Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi Volcano: Understanding Its Recent Eruption After 10,000 Years

Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano has caught the attention of scientists worldwide with its recent violent eruption, despite remaining inactive for nearly 10,000 years. While many assume long-dormant volcanoes to be extinct, new research suggests that underground processes may silently reset their internal plumbing over millennia before erupting with force. The latest eruption seems to follow this pattern. The reactivation of the volcano may be linked to a shift inside its magma chamber, where molten rock, gases, and crystals accumulate over time. It’s plausible that magma slowly accumulated beneath the dormant volcano for thousands of years without surfacing.