A Violent Mud Volcano Erupts In The Caspian Sea

A Violent Mud Volcano Erupts In The Caspian Sea

A violent mud volcano erupts in the Caspian Sea

Last night a huge column of fire erupted in the Caspian Sea of ​​Azerbaijan.

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The Caspian eruption, which continues to burn, was caused by a mud volcano. Mud volcanoes, also known as mud domes, are a new landform created by the eruption of mud or mud, water, and gases.

The fire occurred about 6 miles from the Umid gas field, south of Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, and did not affect nearby oil and natural gas platforms.

Azerbaijan has basically the perfect geological conditions for mud volcanoes. The fireball was a large eruption from the Dashly Island mud volcano. This mud volcano also had major eruptions in 1920 and 1945.

The main eruption lasted 8 minutes and was associated with a small magnitude 2 seismic event at ~ 1.5 km depth.