Question: Can earthquakes trigger volcanic

eruptions?
Answer:

Volcano eruptions have occurred shortly after earthquakes and they

may be linked, but scientists are still debating the topic. Notably, an
Andean volcano (Cordon Caulle) began erupting 2 days after the magnitude
9.5 1960 Chile earthquake.
Eruptions of mud volcanoes have occurred in the Andaman Islands
following the recent magnitude 9.0 megathrust earthquake. Mud volcanoes
consist of surface mud extrusions that vary in size from meters to several
kilometers. They sometimes resemble magmatic volcanoes in appearance but
they generally consist of low lying mud flows. Mud volcanoes do not
involve magma. They emit mud at significantly cooler temperatures than
lava, well below the ~800 degrees Celsius temperatures that characterize
volcanic eruptions. Eruptions from mud volcanoes can reach heights of
several hundred meters and consist of mud and sometimes burning
hydrocarbon gasses. They are often associated with gas and oil fields. Mud
volcanoes were known to exist in the Andaman Islands before the
earthquake and in many other regions of the world.
Deadly mud volcano eruptions are extremely rare because their
eruptions generally do not affect large areas. One deadly eruption in
Bozdagh, Azerbaijan reportedly killed six shepherds who were camping in
the caldera of a mud volcano and about 2,000 of their sheep.