{"id":30416,"date":"2025-02-27T11:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30416"},"modified":"2025-04-10T10:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:07:52","slug":"mount-fentale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mount-fentale\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Fentale"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Mount Fentale Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Mount Fentale volcano in Ethiopia is spewing unusually large volumes of methane from its crater, according to satellite measurements of the potent greenhouse gas.<\/p>\n<h2>About Mount Fentale<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>stratovolcano <\/strong>located in Awash National Park in the <strong>Oromia Region, Ethiopia.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It rises approximately 600 m from the floor of the Rift Valley, and the lavas of the volcano cover an oval area of approximately 100 sq km.<\/li>\n<li>An <strong>elliptical caldera<\/strong>, approximately <strong>6 km in diameter, dominates the upper portion <\/strong>of the volcano.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recent Earthquake Activity:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit under Fentale volcano on 14 February 2025.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is the strongest earthquake to strike Ethiopia since 1989.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is a Stratovolcano?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>stratovolcano<\/strong> is a <strong>tall, steep, and cone-shaped<\/strong> type of volcano.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike flat shield volcanoes like in Hawaii, they have <strong>higher peaks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>At the peak,<\/strong> stratovolcanoes <strong>usually have a small crater.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Stratovolcanoes build up on height by layering lava, ash, and tephra. By definition, they have <strong>alternating layers of pyroclastics and lava.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When ash falls or <strong>lava flows<\/strong>, it solidifies and <strong>makes a narrower cone.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Stratovolcanoes comprise the <strong>largest percentage (~60%) of the Earth&#8217;s individual volcanoes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Strato volcanoes are usually about half-half lava and pyroclastic material, and the layering of these products gives them their other c<strong>ommon name of composite volcanoes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mount Fentale FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is a rift valley?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A rift valley is a lowland region that forms where Earth\u2019s tectonic plates move apart, or rift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is a caldera?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A caldera is a large depression formed when a volcano erupts and collapses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What are pyroclastic materials?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Pyroclastic materials, also called tephra, are formed from cooling magma during explosive volcanic eruptions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indiandefencereview.com\/ethiopian-volcano-unleashes-mamethane-plumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IDR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Fentale, a stratovolcano in Awash National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, is known for its stunning landscapes and active volcanic features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}