Concepcion Volcano Update; New Eruption Occurs, Largest in 18 Years

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An unexpected volcanic eruption just occurred on an island home to 30,000 people. This took place on Ometepe Island, as the Concepcion volcano in Nicaragua produced its first eruption in 13 years. While this eruption was still fairly small, it was above average in the context of this volcano, which could in the mid term see additional volcanic explosions occur.
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0:00 Concepcion Erupts
1:04 Location
2:10 Cause of Eruption
2:58 Eruption Patterns
3:38 Long Term Activity

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@carolynallisee2463 23 күн бұрын

In other words, the inhabitants of the area were lucky to get away with a nice dusting of slow release fertilizer on their fields and gardens!

@Deeplycloseted435 23 күн бұрын

Wow, what a gorgeous volcano that is.

@notozknows 22 күн бұрын

I thought I was the only one who thought that it is very beautiful. It wouldn't shock me to see a dinosaur walk by.

@analargaespada5997 16 күн бұрын

The whole island is beautiful. The other volcano Maderas, have a lagoon at the crater where you can swim. Beautiful Ometepe, favorite place of my Nicaragua 🥰

@paulw3182 22 күн бұрын

Great Content. Thank You for bringing geology to KZfaq.

@xwiick 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for all of your hard work man!

@susiesue3141 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing Sir! Always interesting! 😊 Glad you warn people!

@ClaireStone777 23 күн бұрын

Thank you ❤

@Heal_Hound 23 күн бұрын

I think I just found my "Why and when", what a beauty.

@Chris_Drifts 23 күн бұрын

Big fan of your content! Keep up the good work

@nickitoff9629 22 күн бұрын

Love your channel! Always look forward to it! Thank you so much!

@jcim6438 22 күн бұрын

Thanks.

@TheSpaceEnthusiast-vl6wx 23 күн бұрын

Thanks as always! The Concepcion volcano is very conical. We all know what today is.

@snarky_user 22 күн бұрын

I thought it had erupted last month, but that was a misconception.

@user-pw6ei2mn7x 22 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@shanehebert3237 23 күн бұрын

Is the unexpected-ness of this volcano possibly attributed to a lack of monitoring equipment? Given the number of towns and development on the island one would think this shouldn't have been so unexpected.

@b.a.erlebacher1139 23 күн бұрын

AFAIK, phreatic eruptions are much harder to predict than other types of eruption. They tend to occur abruptly and with no warning.

@aftersexhighfives 22 күн бұрын

That's not how geology works

@ahoskova7591 22 күн бұрын

I was lucky to climb the Concepcion twice. Nicaragua is a very, very poor country with limited budget for monitoring equipment. If there's even equipment (hard to say, the jungle is thick but I never saw anything that resemble scientific equipment on or around the volcano), it is little very old and limited in what it can detect.

@thelittlestbean82 21 күн бұрын

The nearby volcano recently had a mudslide and the active volcano closed off. This started to create more pressure underground. The locals told me they have been expecting an erruption soon somewhere else. There is a big one near Managua that is "due" to blow. Has a 2000 year cycle. That one would be trouble.

@aftersexhighfives 21 күн бұрын

@@thelittlestbean82 fascinating. No snark. Genuinely.

@user-pi4wj7bm4z 23 күн бұрын

Another interesting development in the world of your chosen field. Keep up the good work. Greg. 😊.

@nnonotnow 22 күн бұрын

Impressive analysis! Thanks for what you do

@AngryGecko1010 23 күн бұрын

Thanks for the information!

@gaius_enceladus 22 күн бұрын

A stunningly-beautiful volcano! Just as lovely as Mt Fuji!

@mrnogood 21 күн бұрын

Thanks for this video. When I visit, I'll make sure to stay close to the other volcano

@OldBillOverHill 23 күн бұрын

8 years is insignificant even in human terms.

@baddspacesquad 23 күн бұрын

could you please do a video on lava shields and how they form (not shield volcanoes themselves, but shields formed by long eruptions, for example: mauna iki, pu'u' o'o' more specifically kupaianaha, and more)

@silvershadow013 22 күн бұрын

Con-sep-see-own. Great video, as always!

@CricketsBay 22 күн бұрын

Thanks. I would amend that to cone-sep-see-OWN to make it more understandable to English speakers.

@Stoney_AKA_James 22 күн бұрын

Also, today is the anniversary of the Mt. Helens eruption in 1980. I was there, our unit responded and it was surreal!

@hoperules8874 21 күн бұрын

😢My teacher had just come back from cross-country skiing across it's glacier and had showed the class all his pictures! Surreal is so accurate!

@marshaslater8576 23 күн бұрын

Interesting 🌋

@shlby69m 22 күн бұрын

I think I felt that!

@Masonstorms781 22 күн бұрын

Hey geology hub, can you make a video on the volcanic field north of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico that borders Arizona and Mexico, called El Pinacate?

@rogerwilco2 22 күн бұрын

A gorgeous angry mountain.

@JackFrost008 22 күн бұрын

Well thats fun.

@1966jcar 23 күн бұрын

the whole lake is a volcano

@earthlymatters888 22 күн бұрын

🫨

@analargaespada5997 16 күн бұрын

Actually it is… Nicaragua have a high volcanic activity & many of our lakes come from very ancient volcanic eruptions

@keatonterry 23 күн бұрын

Central America: *volcanoes erupting all the time* Alaska: *volcanoes erupting all the time* Cascades: 🛌💤💤

@hildeschmid8400 22 күн бұрын

You forgot Indonesia; meanwhile, Mt. St. Helen's still likes to remind us she's still breathing.😉

@KaceTrax 22 күн бұрын

Is the lake it’s in a massive caldera?

@richard--s 22 күн бұрын

Isn't it somewhere where they want to build another shipping canal between the Pacific and the Atlantic ocean? Imagine it was open and then this volcano erupts more heavily... But all right, now the Panama canal is or was not at it's full capacity, was a drought the reason? Such canals seam to have some risks... Also near the one at Africa...

@GeSchmidtt 22 күн бұрын

The latest is that the Chinese primary mover and financier of the canal has backed out, so for at least for the present the canal is tabled. And yes, the Panama canal has been effected by the drought.

@analargaespada5997 16 күн бұрын

That was a smoke screen of the government for taking out resources cause than Chinese investor doesn’t exist in China 🙈

@TheJohnmurphy516 22 күн бұрын

is the lake this volcano is in a caldera?

@MaxiF-wg5ke 23 күн бұрын

First

@AdstarAPAD 22 күн бұрын

That lake looks like a giant caldera..

@baystated 22 күн бұрын

Is the lake a caldera?

@CricketsBay 22 күн бұрын

That was my question when he showed the map of the volcanic islands in the lake.

@analargaespada5997 16 күн бұрын

Used to be maaaaany eons ago. All our lakes in Nicaragua are from ancient volcanic eruptions

@Peter_Morris 22 күн бұрын

Lava bombs are not something I’d ever want to see outside of a video game. They have to be terrifying.

@mikeaz6938 22 күн бұрын

What are the chances of an extinct volcano eruption? The volcano I live by has had a large uprise in earthquakes from one or 2 a year to almost 20 in a 48 hr period, they have calmed and nothing bigger then a 2.0 has happened the past 2 day now my biggest concern is the geothermal power plant has been the epicenter for the large portion of those quakes and dont think they have that strict of regulations to follow not being in the usa. I just have bad feelings about them drilling into the fault line to the magma chamber of said volcano

@b.a.erlebacher1139 22 күн бұрын

In Iceland they accidentally drilled into a magma chamber when developing a geothermal plant. They ruined the drill, but nothing else happened. The water that geothermal plants pump can sometimes lubricate faults and cause small earthquakes, similar to fracking operations.

@CricketsBay 22 күн бұрын

Drilling through a sill or a dike (aka a fault line) filled with uncooled magma won't do anything. And the U.S. doesn't have good rules about that either. Iceland and Greenland do, and they're where the evidence that nothing happens comes from.

@chillindave1357 22 күн бұрын

With that bright yellow ball in the sky juicing up our blue ball with real power, are we too surprised? Luv your channel!

@erikmaguina1 22 күн бұрын

Any correlation to the solar flares ?

@ChrisKatsu- 22 күн бұрын

Yep

@michaeldeierhoi4096 22 күн бұрын

Nope! There is no mechanism by which solar flares might influence or cause volcanic eruptions or earthquakes for that matter. I'm sure the conspiracy theory crowd will try to make a connection anyway. 🙄

@vanhouten64 22 күн бұрын

Hopefully the locals don't have any misConcepcions about the danger of this volcano

@dani16161 21 күн бұрын

what the conception?

@MrDan708 22 күн бұрын

con-SEP-see-OHN

@aldito7586 22 күн бұрын

Is there really any such thing as a "Dormant" volcano? I have heard that at least 1 volcano erupts once a year on Earth that has not erupted in 10,000 years.

@xwiick 22 күн бұрын

Dormant and extinct is not the same

@davidcranstone9044 22 күн бұрын

The term 'dormant' is used much less these days, which I think is a pity. And volcanoes have erupted in this century which had not previously erupted in the last 10,000 years (at least so far as we can tell), but much less than one per year I think.

@swainscheps 22 күн бұрын

Stay away from this volcano or life will *end* at Concepción…

@ericbourque6389 22 күн бұрын

Kinda makes sense because of recent bursts from the sun?

@coxley1854 22 күн бұрын

Errrr WHAT ?

@ironwolfF1 22 күн бұрын

After Earth getting washed by 7 X-class solar flares, it doesn't seem that 'unexpected' to me. Expect to see more eruptions like this...

@Doctor-vn8es 22 күн бұрын

Errrrr, WHAT?

@Crowfist 22 күн бұрын

How would solar flares affect tectonic plates? I would like to know.

@davidmurray6176 22 күн бұрын

Solar flares have absolutely nothing to do with 🌋. Plate tectonics do, though. Now that you know, quit listening to the flat earthers.😂

@WillSurvive2TheEnd 22 күн бұрын

earth is going to become cooler than it already is with all that superfine silica floating around along with gases that can block the sun's heat. we're already experiencing a grand solar minimum. earth will cool off more now. I live in Central Alabama, and by this time, even last month we should have been scorching already. it's just the way it is here in this town, always stupidly hot early in spring. but we've unusually cool days and cooler nights for weeks. global warming my @ss.

@stormcrowemissaryofsophia2366 22 күн бұрын

Terra nova.. precursor to solar hypernova of our white sun with a blue corona.

@davidmayhew8083 22 күн бұрын

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@xwiick 22 күн бұрын

Have you ever watched a sport broadcast?

@kimfleury 22 күн бұрын

This is bizarre AI voice. Creepy.

@davidcranstone9044 22 күн бұрын

No. This is his real voice - it can be a bit monotone because he is autistic (as he explains in the intro to his Iceland drone flight livestream about a month ago, where you also see the person you have just insulted). If you find autistic people creepy you have some learning to do)! Just concentrate on the content of his videos which is consistently excellent, and if you really can't stand his voice mute it and follow the transcript instead..

@b.a.erlebacher1139 22 күн бұрын

It's his natural voice. He's a geologist, not a voice actor.

@xwiick 22 күн бұрын

Stop talking about AI when you have no clue

@alangray9753 22 күн бұрын

I think the commentary is AI generated. It is flat, boring and totally devoid of emotion.

@xwiick 22 күн бұрын

This is NOT AI generated, stop talking about things you have no clue about. This is a hardworking man that happens to have touch of autism. Learn some tolerance of others. Or mute and the subs if your brain can't handle it

@KKollective 21 күн бұрын

It’s actually an amazing guy who is on the spectrum and who intonates differently. Not AI this time 🙂