Category Thermal Activity

Alert Raised To Orange New eruption At Pavlof Volcano In Alaska Peninsula

Based on seismic data, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) assumes that a new eruption could have started at the volcano yesterday evening; the volcano’s alert code was raised from “normal” to “watch” and the Aviation Color code from green to…

Ongoing Seismic Unrest At Bardarbunga Volcano In Iceland

Earthquakes under and near Bardarbunga volcano during the past week Ever since the large Holuhraun fissure eruption (Aug 2014-Mar 2015), the volcano has remained restless. Over the past months, the volcano’s seismic activity has been showing a slow increase.   …

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…