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Increase of activity, strombolian explosions, pyroclastic flow At Fuego volcano In Guatemala

The activity at Fuego might be picking up towards a new paroxysm (eruptive phase with strongly increased effusion rate, resulting in lava fountaining and lava flows).    We camped on the SW side of the volcano last night, and observed…

Mt. Kanlaon spews ash anew; 29 volcanic quakes recorded in the Philippines

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported an ash eruption from the active crater of Kanlaon Volcano reaching as high as 4,500 meters above its summit on Sunday.   The heaving volcano has registered 29 earthquakes since Sunday…