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The volcano, which stands approximately 500 meters high, is located within the Rift Valley, an area of intense geological activity where two tectonic plates meet
The Volcano in Ethiopia’s northeastern region erupted for the first time in about 12,000 years, sending a thick plume of smoke up to 14 kilometers (nine miles) into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) said.
The Hayeli Gubbi volcano, located about 800 kilometers (500 miles) northeast of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border in Ethiopia’s Afar region, erupted for several hours on Sunday.
❗️🌋🇪🇹 – Ethiopia’s Hayeli Gubbi volcano awakens after 10,000 years
In a stunning geological event, Ethiopia’s Hayeli Gubbi volcano – long dormant in the remote Danakil Depression of the Afar Rift – erupted explosively for the first time in recorded history on November 23, 2025.
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The volcano, which stands approximately 500 meters high, is located within the Rift Valley, an area of intense geological activity where two tectonic plates meet.
VAAC said clouds of ash from the volcano swept across Yemen, Oman, India and northern Pakistan.
In the video shared on social media which AFP Could not be immediately verified, a thick column of white smoke could be seen rising.
The Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program said Hayeli Gubbi has had no known eruptions during the Holocene, which began at the end of the last ice age about 12,000 years ago.
Volcanologist and Michigan Technological University professor Simon Carn confirmed on Bluesky that Hayley Gubbi has “no record of Holocene eruptions”.
Afar authorities have not yet responded AFP Inquiries about the number of possible casualties or displaced people.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Firstpost staff.)
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