Category Fumarolic Activity

Very Powerful Explosions With Ash Plumes 3-4 km Tall At Santiaguito Volcano In Guatemala

Eruption column of Santiaguito from this morning’s explosion (image: CONRED) The activity at the Caliente lava dome remains very elevated: a series of 3 powerful explosions occurred this morning (around 07:45 local time), yesterday evening (17:45) and Saturday morning.   …

Alert Raised To Level 2 Due To Increased Degassing And Heat Output In Ruapehu Volcano New Zealand

Ruapehu volcano sat by (c) Google Earth View The alert level of the volcano was raised by a notch from 1 to Level 2 (moderate to heightened unrest) last Wednesday, Geonet informed in a special note.    This was triggered…

Worrying signs as volcanic gas releases from sea floor at Sakurajima volcano in Japan

Inferometry map of Sakurajima showing large deformation (inflation) of the summit area More worrying signs of volcanic unrest started to appear: according to FNN News, volcanic gas releases have been detected at the sea floor of the Futatsumata Port on…