On May 20, 1883 the German ship was stationed in the Sunda Strait, observing the ongoing eruption.

Kilauea, meanwhile, is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, with the current ongoing eruption having begun in January 1983.

However, they are hazardous to agriculture and infrastructure; the ongoing 1983 eruption of Kīlauea has destroyed over 200 structures and buried miles of highways.

The Tengger Caldera was still active in late January 2011, the activity being characterised by fluctuating ongoing eruptions.

Get daily updates on ongoing eruptions from Kilauea's summit and east rift zone.

The violence of the ongoing eruptions caused tides in the vicinity to be unusually high, and ships at anchor had to be moored with chains as a result.

It was similar to that of Mount St. Helens in 1980 and the ongoing eruption of Montserrat in the Caribbean.

The number of people killed by the ongoing eruptions had risen to 275 by 18 November.

It is important to note that along these rifts, magmatic activity never stopped, as shown by the ongoing eruption of lava along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

There is currently an ongoing eruption.