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The Mount Sinabung volcano in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province erupted on Thursday afternoon, spewing a column of ash by up to two kilometres into the sky and triggering a small-scale evacuation, an official said on Friday. A powerful burst…
Volcano Villarrica rumbles and spews lava in Chile Authorities have restricted access to the area within 5km of the crater and have put the area under an orange alert due to the volcano’s heightened unrest and increased likelihood of eruption…
Strong explosions continue to occur. An eruption at 08:20 local time this morning produced several pyroclastic flows that traveled down the western flank of the volcano. Courtesy of Volcano Discovery
If the Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management were to declare a state of emergency, the minister responsible for the issue could ration electricity, limit telecommunication and cut off roads, according to a new bill presented at a cabinet…
At least three volcanic quakes were recorded at restive Mayon Volcano in the last 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Saturday. In its 8 a.m. update, Phivolcs said this is consistent with “overall slow, magma…
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded three volcanic earthquakes during the past 24 hours in the area around Mayon Volcano in Albay. The volcano, which exhibited seismic and volcanic activity earlier this year, remains at…
Lava is again flowing out of Mayon, the Philippines’ most active volcano, raising fears an eruption could be imminent, authorities say. The government has already evacuated around 63,000 people living inside a six-kilometre danger zone around the volcano, after…
Efforts to recover the bodies of at least 24 climbers have been suspended again after the eruption on Japan’s Mount Ontake intensified. A BBC correspondent near the mountain on Tuesday said the volcano was shooting out even more ash, smoke…
Activity at the volcano has increased and VSI raised the alert level to “siaga”, 3 on a scale of 1-4. The mild strombolian activity which had been going on for months at the volcano has become more and more intense…
