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Two small lava lakes active inside Santiago crater at Masaya volcano in Nicaragua

INETER reported ongoing strong seismic and surface activity. There here are currently two small lava lakes active contained in two pits inside the Santiago crater. Access to Masaya’s crater rim, a very popular tourist destination, was closed to the public…

Strong ash emissions, incandescent ejections reported at Bromo volcano in East Java, Indonesia

According to a local news article referring to information from the volcano observatory, the volcano’s eruption started to eject visibly incandescent lava bombs this morning.    In more technical words, this suggests that by now the eruption entered a so-called…

Mount Etna, erupts for the first time since 2013 sending lava and ash into the sky in a spectacular show

© karmel__ / Instagram Italy’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, erupted for the first time since 2013 on Thursday, sending lava and ash into the sky in a spectacular show.   The “dirty thunderstorm” caused lightning to strike through the…

Eruption increased, ash plume at Rinjani volcano in Lombok Island, Indonesia forces Bali airport shut down

View of the eruption yesterday (image: Ade Adrian / facebook)   The eruption has intensified a lot over the past few days. Activity takes place from a lateral vent on the Barujari cone inside the volcano’s caldera, producing continuous ash…