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Strong strombolian explosions in rapid succession and lava effusion continue from the New SE crater with little variation during the past days. An ash plume is rising a few 100 m. Tremor has dropped a bit yesterday, but remains…
Local authorities have temporarily banned all climbing activities on Mount Slamet in Central Java due to an increase in volcanic activity. The volcano, which spans five regencies in the province, namely Tegal, Brebes, Pemalang, Purbalingga and Banyumas, reportedly began to…
Following more than 2 months of calm, the volcano is probably about to enter a new eruptive phase, a special bulletin of Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute (IGPEN) informs. Following a steep increase in seismic activity last Sunday afternoon, a small…
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…
Activity at the volcano increased further and produced several lava overflows both inside the crater and on the upper Sciara del Fuoco. At the moment, the latter one is still active and has a length of approx. 200 m. …
Spectacular volcano eruption: Rivers of lava flow down Mount Etna
Despite a recent decline in earthquakes, Ubinas Volcano erupted another ash plume on April 28, 2014. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) collected this false-color view of the area on the same day. Red in the image…
Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has called on the Magelang regency administration to immediately focus on evacuation routes around Mount Merapi that remain in a questionable state, given the current alert status of the volcano, located on the provincial border…
Activity decreased during 12 April, but has quickly picked up again. The volcano continues to show intermittent small to moderate vulcanian explosions with ash emissions of up to 3 km above the crater, accompanied by loud detonations and shock waves.…
A volcano in southwestern Peru called Ubinas began ejecting pyroclastic material into the sky in 2006, after over four decades of lying dormant. Recent volcanic activity has prompted officials to evacuate 60 residents of Querapi, a village near its base. The last…