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Is a larger explosive volcanic blast coming at Nishinoshima volcanic island in Japan? The newest flyover video of Nishinoshima, released by the Japanese Coast Guard, shows major sulfur deposits around the main crater of the new volcanic island. Large…
An Asahi Shimbun aerial photo confirms eruptive volcanic discharges deposited at the Showa vent of Mount Sakurajima on Aug. 15 in Kagoshima. (Mahito Kaai) A major eruption at Mount Sakurajima here appears more likely after scientists confirmed that volcanic discharge…
Ash emission from Etna’s Voragine (photo: Boris Behncke / twitter) Etna has been mostly calm during the past months. However, signs of unrest have appeared in the form of dilute ash emissions from the central crater (Voragine). The emissions…
Cotopaxi is considered one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes [AP] Ecuador’s Cotopaxi volcano, located near the capital Quito, has exploded, sending clouds of steam and ash more than a kilometre above its rim. Many residents had already evacuated…
MIROVA thermal signals of Barren Island volcano An ash plume was reported this morning, at estimated 5,000 ft (1.5 km) altitude, extending 50 km to the east from the island (VAAC Darwin). This suggests that a new phase of activity…
Inferometry map of Sakurajima showing large deformation (inflation) of the summit area More worrying signs of volcanic unrest started to appear: according to FNN News, volcanic gas releases have been detected at the sea floor of the Futatsumata Port on…
Ecuador has declared a state of emergency following increased activity from the its Cotopaxi volcano. President Rafael Correa made the announcement in a weekly address on Saturday, a day after two small explosions on Cotopaxi. The move will…
Mount Sakurajima in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, August 15th, 2015. Photograph: Reuters/Kyodo Japan warned on Saturday that a volcano 50 kilometres from a just-restarted nuclear reactor is showing signs of increased activity, and said nearby residents should prepare to evacuate. …
The Cotopaxi volcano near Ecuador’s capital has spewed ash over a wide area in two pre-dawn blasts. Authorities stressed that the explosions and a five-kilometer- (3-mile-) high plume of ash do not signify that the Andean country’s highest active…