Hayli Gubbi volcano eruption; Ethiopia's Afar region (Nov 2025)

[Astronuc]

"The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia's Afar region about 500 miles northeast of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday for several hours." The "volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern region erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to nine miles into the sky, the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) said."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/volcano-erupts-first-time-12-170053984.html

https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=221091

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayli_Gubbi

AP


So what caused the Hayli Gubbi volcano to erupt after nearly 12K years of dormancy? What are the implications for the region?

 

[nsaspook]

 

[Baluncore]

Hayli Gubbi is a minor player on a triple-plate boundary, in the Afar Depression, so activity will be associated with cyclic stress reduction. There are many other occasional players in that field.

It will be interesting to see what effect it has on the complex regional politics, when those in power, are disempowered by something bigger than all of them.