A mud volcano has erupted in Colombia’s Antioquia province. The eruption occurred in a residential town, causing cracks in surrounding roads, killing animals, and damaging vegetation. | Al Jazeera English

🚨A mud volcano just erupted in Colombia On February 25, 2026, a mud volcano erupted near San Juan de Urabá, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Videos from the area show thick mud and gas blasting out of the earth, with flames visible at the vent. For people standing nearby, it looked like lava and fire under their feet. But this is not a lava volcano. A mud volcano is driven by mud, water and gas under pressure in the subsurface. In this region, there are methane-rich sediments. When pressure build