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Yasur volcan
stratovolcan 361 m (1,184 ft)
Tanna Island, Vanuatu, -19.53°S / 169.44°E
Eruptions du volcan Yasur:
ongoing since at least AD 1774 (but likely many centuries before)
Style éruptif tipique:
persistent strombolian activity
Yasur webcams / live data

Yasur volcano news

dimanche, juin 05, 2011
Yasur volcano (Vanuatu): alert level rises to 3 (out of 4) - crater is closed
The alert level of Yasur has gone up to 3 out of 4, the Vanuatu’s department of geohazards decided early in June, due to increased activity. Access to the crater rim is now forbidden. [lire toutes]
jeudi, juin 10, 2010
Yasur volcano (Vanuatu): activity decreases again to normal levels, alert level 2
The activity of Yasur has decreased again to normal, but still elevated levels. Bombs are still occasionally falling on the rim and outside, but the frequency and intensity of the explosions is now lower than during late May, when its alert level was raised to 3. Geohazards now lowered the alert to 2. [lire toutes]
mardi, juin 01, 2010
Yasur volcano (Vanuatu), activity update:strong eruptions, ash cloud reaching 1.8 km
Yasur's strong activity is sending ash clouds to up to 1.8 km elevation and causing problems with ash fall in surrounding villages. ...plus [lire toutes]
vendredi, mai 28, 2010
Yasur volcano (Vanuatu): increasing activity - alert level 3
Yasur's activity has continued to be very violent, with explosions that often throw bombs onto the visitor's rim and as far as the parking lot. This caused the Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources from Port Vila to raise the alert level to 3 (out of 4) on 27 May. [lire toutes]
mercredi, mai 12, 2010
Yasur volcano (Vanuatu), activity update: continuing strong activity, level 2
Yasur volcano's activity continues to be dangerously strong. Explosions frequently throw bombs outside the crater onto the rim, the outer flanks and even as far as the ash plane and the parking lot. Alert level remains at 2, as the Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources from Port Vila stresses in their latest bulletin about Yasur. [lire toutes]
jeudi, mars 18, 2010
Yasur volcano (Vanuatu): increasing activity
Since January 2010, the activity of Yasur volcano has been increasing and the activity level has been raised from 1 to 2. Explosions are frequently throwing bombs onto the visitors' path on rim of the crater, making visits to the volcano very dangerous. [lire toutes]
mardi, juin 02, 2009
Yasur volcano (Vanuatu), activity update: small to moderate activity
A moderately powerful explosion at Yasur volcano (26 May 2009)
A moderately powerful explosion at Yasur volcano (26 May 2009)
During our expedition on Tanna Island, we observed Yasur during 25-29 May. Activity was a low to moderate levels in that period and only 3 vents in the western crater were active although glow from the eastern crater was seen. Near-continuous spattering was seen from the westernmost vent, and more powerful ejections from the other two vents were observed at intervals of 10-15 minutes, throwing incandescent lava bombs to 100-150 m height. Only small amounts of ash were usually produced. ...plus [lire toutes]
jeudi, janv. 15, 2009
Yasur volcano news, Vanuatu archipel. Activity updates: ash eruptions
A pilot observation reported that an ash plume from Yasur was seen. [lire toutes]