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An official said on Friday, 2 October that India’s only mud volcano in Bartang in Andaman and Nicobar Islands has again erupted.
The volcano erupted with a deaf sound on 2 October, the officer was asked by the news agency PTI. This volcano has been inactive for more than two decades.
The official said, “Here the mud volcano is formed by gases inside the earth, which is deep inside the earth by decaying organic matter. It pushes the mud and gas to the surface, which makes bubbles and craters. It is one of the visiting spots in Andaman and Nicobar Islands,” the official said.
Where is Bartang volcanic?
Bartang is located in North and Central Andaman districts, and is about 150 km from Port Blair. It is a very popular tourist place as it is the only mud volcano in India.
“We came to know about the violent eruption of a mud volcano at Jarwa Creek, Baratang at around 1.30 pm on Thursday (2 October). Such a major explosion was last reported in 2005. There was an explosion like an explosion like an explosion after the explosion. On receiving the information, a senior police officer said, with local police officers.
One of the mud volcanoes in Baratang Island recently exploded due to seismic changes of the sea in 2005. The mud volcano in the Bartang Islands is the only known volcano in the Indian sub-continent, although other volcanoes are present in the surrounding islands
“As a result of the explosion, an earth has become a mound of about 3-4 meters in height, and the dirty soil has spread over an area of more than 1,000 square meters. The explosion is still on, coming out continuously with mud and smoke. As a safety forecast, the mud has been closed.
How does a mud volcanic form?
The earthen volcano, also known as ‘mud dome’, is formed by the explosion of soil slices, water and gases, including a series of geological processes. But unlike real simple volcanoes, the mud does not throw the volcanic lava out when they burst.
It is a geological formation where a mixture of mud, water, and gases (mainly methane, sometimes carbon dioxide or nitrogen) explodes on the surface, forms a cone-like structures that make up with true volcanoes without melted lava.
The size of clay volcanoes is located between one and two meters to 700 meters high and one and two meters to 10 kilometers wide.
Mud volcanoes produce mud when they burst and therefore name. And this mud is one that usually goes into the formation of a hot water waterfall. The temperature of clay volcanoes is also usually less than that of real simple volcanoes.
Recent explosion on barren island
Recently, on September 13 and 20, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were also seen twice a minor volcanic explosions in Banjar Islands at an interval of eight days.
About 140 km from Port Blair from the sea, this uninhabited island is located at the junction of Indian and Burmese tectonic plates. The total area of the Banjar Island is 8.34 sq km, and the nearest residence is Swaraj Island (Havalk Island) and Narcondam Lookout Post (LOP), which is about 140–150 km from Banjar Island respectively.
According to data available with the collection of Andaman and Nicobar Administration, the first explosion in Banjar Island occurred in 1787, followed by light explosions in 1991, 2005, 2017 and the most recently was in November 2022.
All security measures have been taken for tourists and locals.
The police team has informed the Fiber Boat Owners Association and the local tourist vehicle owners about the suspension of the movement towards the Mud volcanic site.
By decaying the volcanic of the soil here, by decaying organic materials, it is made from deep gases inside the earth.
“The mud volcanoes in Bartang and the volcanoes active in the barren island are located at different places and the two are not the same. On 13 September and 20, the recently active volcanic eruption was reported on the Banjar Island, but it was reported from the mud volcano in Bartang.
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