Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Steam/ash Plume From Klyuchevskoy Volcano Tokyo VAAC reported an ash plume from the volcano at 20:40 UTC, based on satellite data. While it is entirely possible that activity at the lava dome of Bezymianny has picked up or that…
Ash emissions from Bristol island on 19 July 2016 (image: Terra/MODIS/NASA via South Sandwich Islands Volcano Monitoring Blog) The eruption on the remote island continues. Recent satellite images show increased ash emissions as well as two dark stripes that likely…
SO2 plume from Bagana volcano (NOAA) The volcano’s activity seems to have increased a bit during the past days although it is currently unknown what is exactly going on (growing lava dome? effusion of lava flows?). Overall heat emission…
Strong explosion at Fuego with incandescent avalanches this morning (INSIVUMEH webcam) Strombolian-type explosions have increased in size and frequency during the past days. Many of the explosions ejected lava bombs to several hundred meters above the crater and caused spectacular…
Mushroom cloud from Popocatépetl volcano yesterday (CENAPRED webcam) A moderately strong vulcanian explosion occurred yesterday morning at 11:17 local time, producing a mushroom-shaped ash plume that rose approx. 3 km above the summit and dispersed in westerly directions. Today,…
Explosion from Sinabung this morning (10 June 2016) (photo: Andi / VolcanoDiscovery Indonesia) The eruption of the volcano continues with little changes: viscous magma is accumulating at the summit lava dome and forms over-spilling lobes on the southeastern slope that…
Continuing thermal anomalies from Manam (MIROVA) Mild eruptive activity likely continues at the volcano. Satellite images show a thermal hot spot at the summit crater and occasionally, during clear weather, strong emissions of sulfur dioxide gas. Due to the…
A new eruption – the first in 2016 – started at the volcano this morning, around 08:05 local time when the volcano observatory registered a strong tremor signal, typical for the onset of Piton de la Fournaise’s fissure eruptions. …
The deadly pyroclastic flow at Sinabung yesterday (image: PVMBG) A series of pyroclastic flows occurred yesterday afternoon – sadly, at least one of them was was much larger than most others during the past months and claimed at least…
