Russian volcano spills record amount of lava
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Moscow : The erupting Plosky Tolbachik volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is spilling a record 1,200 tonnes of lava every second, seismologists said Tuesday. The 3,085-metre Plosky Tolbachik, part of a volcanic complex located 343 km from the region’s capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, erupted Nov 27 for the first time in 36 years. “During […]
