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A new eruption occurred yesterday at the volcano at 12h25 local time. It consisted of a single powerful explosion from the Shin-Dake crater. An ash plume rose to approx 1.5 km height, and a pyroclastic flow was generated. The…
Activity, weak during the past months, seems to have picked up. A new lava flow has started to slowly descend the southeastern slope. Since the intense explosive phase of activity in February 2012, accompanied by pyroclastic flows down the…
The volcano has entered a new eruptive phase since yesterday, Ecuador’s Institute of Geophysics (IGP) reported. Starting from 15:00 local time yesterday, increasing tremor was registered and steady ash emissions were observed. At night, incandescent blocks could be seen and…
Ecuadorian Tungurahua Volcano Increases Activity Ecuador’s Risk Management Secretariat today keeps on orange alert the areas surrounding Tungurahua, volcano, which has increased its activity in the last few hours with explosions, ash plumes, and pyroclastic flows. According to local press…
Eruption Increases, Large Pyroclastic Flows At Sinabung Volcano, Sumatra After a few days of deceiving calm, the eruption of the volcano intensified again today and produced the so-far largest pyroclastic flows, reaching probably more than 5-6 km in length, and…
***Orange Alert*** Volcano Pacaya, Guatemala Guatemala remains on alert after Volcan Pacaya showed increasing signs of activity. The National Disaster Reduction Commission (CONRED) declared an alert level of ‘orange’ as a means of ensuring the safety of residents in the south-eastern part of the country.…
Increase Of Activity At Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala Strombolian activity has started to increase last evening, INSIVUMEH reports in its latest special bulletin, and might lead up to another phase of lava flow emission. Accompanied by continuous tremor, explosions from the…
Paroxysmal Eruptive Phase With Frequent Strombolian Explosions At Fuego Volcano, Guatemala A surge in activity occurred yesterday, with drastically increased numbers of strombolian explosions and lava effusions. The explosions generated ash plumes rising about 500 m and caused moderate ash…
Explosions Continue At Sinabung Volcano, Sumatra, Indonesia Explosions continue to become gradually stronger. Two powerful vulcanian explosions occurred on 14 Nov producing ash plumes rising to about 12,000 ft (3.6 km) and causing small pyroclastic flows. More than 5000 people…
Uptake In Pyroclastic Flows At Tungurahua Volcano, Ecuador The eruptive phase that had started on 6 Oct, after a quiet interval of 3 months, continues to increase. The volcano observatory reports ash columns rising up to 3 km above the…
