Category Alert Level 4

Seismic activity prompts alert at Alaska Peninsula volcano

An Alaska Peninsula volcano that has long been a hotbed of seismic activity prompted a new alert from volcanologists Thursday, though no signs of an eruption have been seen so far.   According to a statement from the U.S. Geological…

State of emergency declared due to large seismic activity at Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador

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…

Alert level raised at Sakurajima volcano which is 50km from nuclear plant in Japan

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.  …

RED ALERT ISSUED Large explosive eruption, ash to 36,000 ft at Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea

A large explosive eruption occurred at the volcano today. The event produced an ash column that rose to approx. 65,000 ft (20 km) altitude and started to drift SW.    VAAC Darwin changed aviation color code to red. This explosion,…

Alert Level Raised To Maximum 4 At Sinabung Volcano In Sumatra, Indonesia

The alert level of the volcano was again raised from “siaga” to “awas”, the highest on the Indonesian 1-4 scale. The reason is a currently elevated risk of possibly larger pyroclastic flows, that could be triggered by collapse of the…