Fears in Lebanon about the eruption of the Dobi volcano, and the National Center for Geophysics clarifies the rumor

Fears in Lebanon about the eruption of the Dobi volcano, and the National Center for Geophysics clarifies the rumor

In an interview with the National News Agency, the Director of the “National Center for Geophysics” of the National Council for Scientific Research, Dr. Eng. Marlene Al-Barraks, denied what is being reported via the WhatsApp application that European and American geological observatories revealed that the dormant “Dobie” volcano, which is located inside Lebanese territory on Close to Israel, it will erupt again after a violent earthquake on Sunday evening.

Al-Barraks considered that “the news is not true,” and put it in the context of “rumour,” stressing that “no one can expect an earthquake, especially with such accuracy and details,” stressing that “Lebanon is not a volcanic country.”

In turn, the researcher in groundwater and geological hazards, Jean Abi Rizk, confirmed in an interview with the “National News Agency” that “there are no volcanic eruptions in Lebanon,” explaining that “there are volcanic rocks that were formed due to the leakage of volcanic lava from the ground and its spread through faults and fractures. Layers of igneous rocks about 150 million years ago.

An indication that Dobi volcano is a stratified volcano located in the southern Red Sea region at the northern tip of the eastern Afar Triangle in Eritrea.

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