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Right now, 10,000 people are at risk of a potential major volcanic eruption. This is due to a massive 21 kilometer or 13 mile long dike of magma which is currently intruding underneath central Ethiopia. Fresh hot springs and apparent geysers have appeared where they previously did not exist, large cracks have appeared in the ground, the local railroad was bent, and several magnitude 4 range earthquakes occurred. This video discusses the ongoing intrusion, similar intrusions which have occurred around the Fentale volcano in Ethiopia, and the general East African Rift through the analysis and opinions of a volcanologist. Already, 700 people have been evacuated. Thumbnail Photo Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Public Domain, This image was overlaid with text, in addition to GeologyHub made graphics (the image border & the GeologyHub logo). Note: This video's thumbnail image shows what a basaltic fissure eruption (were one to occur since no eruption has occurred yet) might look like. More specifically, the image is of a 2018 eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. I could very well be wrong about this magmatic intrusion, but I deemed the risk of causing an eruption to be high enough that it warranted me making this video. If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: ) (YouTube membership: ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: ) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: ) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use“. If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at geologyhubyt@ and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): Public Domain: CC BY 4.0: Sources/Citations: [1] Tessema, T., Biggs, J., Lewi, E., & Ayele, A. (2020). Evidence for Active Rhyolitic dike Intrusion in the Northern Main Ethiopian Rift from the 2015 Fentale Seismic Swarm. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Advance online publication. , CC BY 4.0. [2] U.S. Geological Survey [3] USGS Denver Library Photographic Collection [4] Fragile States Index, 0:00 A Major Problem 0:12 Magma Intrusion 1:03 Uplift & Magma Dike 1:25 Opinion & Analysis 2:15 East African Rift 3:44 Magma Composition
