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Despite having undergone no historically reported eruptions, the Nabro Volcano erupted shortly after midnight local time on 13 June 2011, after a series of earthquakes ranging up to magnitude 5.7 in the Eritrea-Ethiopia border region. The ash plume was observed on satellite drifting to the west-northwest along the border, spanning about 50 km wide and several hundred kilometres across in the hours immediately following the reported eruption, while reportedly reaching 15 km high.
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Eritrean volcano rumbles for third day

A volcano in Eritrea erupted for a third day on Tuesday but with reduced intensity, its ash cloud spreading out over Sudan and towards Saudi Arabia and forcing the cancellation of some regional flights. Not known to have previously erupted, Nabro burst into life after a string of earthquakes, the biggest of which measured 5.7, according to the US Geographical Survey.
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The ash cloud from the erupting Nabro volcano in the northeast African nation of Eritrea is continuing to spread throughout east Africa and the Middle East.  Disruption to air traffic is expected to be minimal, however, in comparison to the widespread cancellation of flights during the eruptions of the Grímsvötn (Iceland) and Puyehue (Chile) volcanoes.
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