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Intense ash emissions from the volcano create plumes at low altitude (2-2.5 km) that extend up to approx. 100 km to the NE. Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com
Pyroclastic flow from Santiaguito last Wednesday (INSIVUMEH) Activity has picked up during the past days: a series of partial collapses from the Caliente lava dome has been generating small to moderately large (up to 4-5 km long) pyroclastic flows, the…
The alert level of the world’s largest volcano was raised a notch to “ADVISORY”, and the Aviation Color code to “YELLOW” because shallow earthquakes have recently appeared in increasing numbers under the volcano. There is no sign that the volcano…
Ash plume from a pyroclastic flow at Sinabung this morning (photo: Dedi Vernandho Ginting / facebook) A moderately large pyroclastic flow occurred this morning (08:22 local time) at the volcano. The associated ash plume rose to 18,000 ft (5.4 km)…
Eurasia’s largest volcano, the Klyuchevskoy, located on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, has erupted for the second time this year, said Olga Girina, chief of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. …
Smoke rises from Colima Volcano, also known as the Volcano of Fire, near the town of Comala © Stringer / Reuters Two of Mexico’s most active volcanoes are erupting, sending a spectacular mix of ash, smoke, and gas thousands of…
Stay away!: Mount Lokon in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, erupts on Saturday evening, spewing a column of ash around 1,500 meters high. No fatalities were reported during the eruption. (Kompas/Lucky Pransiska) Mount Lokon in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, erupted on 11:49 p.m.…
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…
Ash plume from Cotopaxi seen from Quito yesterday (Image: Ministerio Coordinador de Seguridad) Ash emissions have been increasing and producing plumes that rose 2 km above the summit and drifted west for over 50 km. Ash fall occurred in…