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The strombolian activity at the volcano’s O-take crater continues to be relatively intense. VAAC Tokyo reports low-level ash plumes at approx. 6,000 ft and incandescence from the activity can be seen from neighboring islands. Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com
The volcano continues to have relatively strong vulcanian-type explosions at varying rates between 0-3 or more per day, and again mostly from the Showa crater (on the upper eastern flank) An explosion this afternoon generated an ash column that…
This is the incredible scene as a huge volcano erupts and starts throwing a tower of hot ash into the air. Captured on series of CCTV cameras the eruption was caught from a variety of angles. The eruption…
Seismic activity at Soputan over the past year (red lines=explosion signals, guguran=avalanche signals) The volcano has remained calm since its last eruption on 6-7 February, but continues to show significant signs of unrest. Its alert level is being maintained at…
INETER and SINAPRED confirmed that a small amount of lava was erupted from a small new fissure into the crater of Telica during the night, as bright glow had suggested. A warning was issued not to approach the crater because…
The activity of the volcano continued to increase into its 4th paroxysm (called “eruption” by local press) of 2016. Lava effusion rate increased gradually and continued to feed the lava flow on the eastern side into the Las Lajas ravine,…
Two moderately strong explosions occurred during the past 24 hours at the volcano, covering the upper slopes of the cone with fresh lava bombs and producing ash plumes that rose approx 2 km. This followed a period of calmer…
After a period of relative calm since last October, a new phase of strombolian activity occurred this morning at the volcano. Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com
Evolution of the fumarole field of Iwo crater between Dec 2015 and Feb 2016 (JMA) A “near-crater” warning was issued for the volcano by JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), in particular for the Iwo crater where an increase in seismic…
Green lake at Dallol (image: Enku Mulugheta) The hydrothermal activity was observed to be very intense, with many colorful ponds and hot springs. Expedition leader Enku reported: “Dallol is back to its original status with every bit of the…
