Category Volcano Eruption

Intermittent explosions and ash emissions at Cotopaxi Volcano in Ecuador

During the past days, intermittent explosive activity has resumed at the volcano’s summit crater. Intense activity on 8 and 9 Oct generated ash plumes that rose up to 1-1.5 km height above the crater and drifted to the west. Courtesy…

Explosions of small to moderate size continue to occur from the summit crater at Colima volcano in Western Mexico

Explosion at Colima volcano yesterday Activity at the volcano remains essentially unchanged. Explosions of small to moderate size continue to occur from the summit crater at irregular intervals (up to a few times a day). Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com

Pyroclastic flow, ash plume 3-4 km high at Sinabung volcano in Sumatra, Indonesia

Ash plume from a pyroclastic flow at Sinabung this morning (photo: Dedi Vernandho Ginting / facebook) A moderately large pyroclastic flow occurred this morning (08:22 local time) at the volcano. The associated ash plume rose to 18,000 ft (5.4 km)…

Eurasia’s highest volcano erupts in Kamchatka for second time in year; Yellow Warning Issued

Eurasia’s largest volcano, the Klyuchevskoy, located on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula, has erupted for the second time this year, said Olga Girina, chief of the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.  …

Mexico’s Colima And Popocatepetl Volcanoes Erupt, Shoot Out Ash And Smoke In Fresh Rumblings

Smoke rises from Colima Volcano, also known as the Volcano of Fire, near the town of Comala © Stringer / Reuters Two of Mexico’s most active volcanoes are erupting, sending a spectacular mix of ash, smoke, and gas thousands of…