Caspian Sea has high concentration of mud volcanoes, which spew both mud and flammable gas
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The Caspian Sea has a high concentration of mud volcanoes, which spew both mud and flammable gas.
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Socar spokesman Ibrahim Ahmadov was quoted by the Azerbaijani news agency APA as saying the blast took place about 10km (6 miles) from the Umid gas field, which is 75km (45 miles) off the coast of the capital, Baku.
Mud volcano expert Mark Tingay, an adjunct associate professor at Australia’s University of Adelaide, said that the explosion “certainly could be a mud volcano,” and that the location “fits roughly” with a mud volcano called Makarov Bank, which exploded in 1958, releasing a column of flame 500-600m high and 150m wide.
The country has “hundreds” of mud volcanoes, a quarter of which are known to erupt violently, said Tingay.
