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A resident rides his motorcycle as Mount Sinabung spews ash at Namanteran village in Karo Regency, Indonesia’s North Sumatra province yesterday More than 10,000 villagers have fled a rumbling volcano in western Indonesia this month, most in recent days after…
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) raised the alert of the volcano from 1 to 2 (on a scale of 1-5), as the volcano has recently been showing growing signs of unrest – increased seismic activity and strongly elevated gas emissions.…
Ash plumes from Kuchinoerabu-jima and Sakura-jima volcanoes today (MODIS Terra / NASA) Two people have been reported injured, presumably burnt by pyroclastic surge, and were flown to a hospital in Yakushima Island. Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com
After a week of calm, a new phase of explosive activity occurred yesterday at the volcano, beginning with a moderately large explosion at 12:02 local time. An ash plume rose approx. 3 km above the summit: Several smaller explosions and…
Unrest continues at the volcano. Strong steam emissions, sometimes mixed with light ash continue, accompanied by elevated seismic activity inside the volcano. Manizales observatory reported several episodes of volcanic tremor associated with the movement of fluids and gases and…
Image of Wolf volcano’s eruption on 25 May 2015 (Ecuador TV / twitter) As day breaks on the archipelago, the first images start to emerge and media pick up on the spectacular eruption. From images it seems that a…
Batu Tara volcano sat by (c) Google Earth View The volcano had explosions that produced ash plumes that rose to 8,000 ft (2.4 km) altitude and drifted 80 km to the west today. Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com
An explosion occurred Wednesday (20 May) at 15:22 local time and produced an ash plume of approx 1.5 km height. The eruption was accompanied by strong explosion sounds, that caused concern in nearby villages and the town of Tomohon. After…
Earthquake locations at Chiles volcano during 1-8 Jan 2015 (IGEPN) Seismic activity remains high with an average of almost 1200 small quakes detected on a daily basis under the Chiles volcano. However, it has been decreasing overall compared to…
Ash plume from Nevado del Ruiz Monday afternoon (INGEOMINAS) Activity at the volcano has increased during the past week. Accompanied by elevated seismic activity, ash emissions have been occurring since 14 April. The strongest phase of activity was on…
