Category Active Volcano

Turrialba volcano eruption intensifies in Costa Rica

Source: RSN At about 6:00 am on the Monday after the May Day holiday weekend, an eruption at the Turrialba volcano was detected by scientists from the Observatory on Volcanology and Seismology of Costa Rica (Spanish acronym: OVSICORI). This latest…

Pyroclastic flows destroy village on southern flank at Sinabung volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia

Image: @endrolewa / twitter A series of strong pyroclastic flows occurred yesterday 28 April 2015, reaching 3-4.5 km distance. The largest, at 18:20 local time touched and burnt the (evacuated) village of Guru Kinayan on the southern slope of the…

Mount Kilauea Could Be On The Verge Of Eruption As Lava Reaches Highest Point In Hawaii

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, or HVO, reports that the rising lava on Mount Kilauea was just 13 feet away from the crater’s rim. That is a warning sign that the most active of all volcanoes in Hawaii’s Big Island could…

Explosive gases and ashes at Volcano Tungurahua in Ecuador

The Geophysics Ecuadorian Institute reported today a high seismic activity in the Tungurahua volcano area.   The volcano has 5 thousand meters of altitude and it was detected constant tremors because of the expulsion of gases and ashes.   The Tungurahua…