After 12,000 years of silence, a volcano in Ethiopia has erupted again, reminding us that an inactive volcano is never truly extinct
A quiet volcano can still be very much alive. A 2025 Frontiers study found that after Erta Ale’s July 2025 eruption, a dike propagated about 36 kilometers southward. Smithsonian’s weekly report later noted that fissure vents opened within 2 kilometers of Hayli Gubbi before the November explosion. That does not mean every quiet volcano is about to erupt, but it does show how much can happen underground while the surface still looks calm. Why Campi Flegrei is a different puzzleCampi Flegrei is the case that often worries Italians most, but it is not a copy of Hayli Gubbi.
Source: Ethiopian News March 22, 2026 17:22 UTC
