End of the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise on Reunion Island

Publication date: 04/09/2023

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The eruption began on 2 July 2023, at around 8:30 am local time and stopped on 10 August 2023, at around 5 am local time (01:00 am UTC), after a phase of piston gas.

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