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In the wake of the Tungurahua volcano, the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR) of Ecuador declared Friday “orange alert”.
The statement of caution in areas of high risk surrounding the volcano, specifically in the provinces of Tungurahua, Chimborazo and Pastaza Amazon, it was decided to provide humanitarian aid and perform immediate actions required.
According to the Ecuadorian authorities, a “state of alert” Committees for Emergency Operations (COE) of the jurisdictions involved, must be operational to perform immediate actions that set out conditions demand.
Meanwhile, the Geophysical Institute (GI) of the National Polytechnic School, to monitor the volcanic activity of Tungurahua, said Friday “a significant release of ashes” which formed a column of four kilometers above the crater was recorded and ashfall in the towns of Choglontús and El Manzano, located southwest of the Colossus.
Also, IG spokesmen have warned of increased seismic activity, indicating that the volcano has a daily average of one hundred minor tremors “long period” product of the movement of internal fluids.
Tungurahua is located 180 kilometers from Quito (Ecuador’s capital), and has more than five thousand feet.
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