Category Ash Plume

Phreatic ash explosions at Nevados de Chillán volcano in Chile

Ash explosion at Chillán on 31 Jan 2016 (SERNAGEOMIN) A series of new explosions with small to moderate ash emissions occurred at the volcano during the end of last week. This activity formed a second new crater, approx. 25×30 m…

MONSTER ERUPTIONS: Panic as two volcanoes EXPLODE causing mass evacuation

  EARTHQUAKES struck today in a volatile region that saw TWO massive volcanic eruptions less than 24 hours ago.   More than 1,200 people today remain evacuated from a 1.9-mile containment zone around Mount Egon in Kupang, eastern Indonesia, after…

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…

Air traffic alert issued due to ash explosions from Kanlaon Volcano, Philippines

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded two ash explosions coming from Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Oriental on Saturday.    Resident volcanologist Jay Jamelo said the first ash eruption was recorded at 11:40 a.m. while the second one…