Volcano news: Lokon
Lokon volcano (North-Sulawesi, Indonesia): new eruption on 20 May
Thu, 21 May 2015, 11:05
11:05 AM | BY: TThe eruption came from two vents, both the Tompaluan crater and the new crater west of it that had formed in October last year.
The eruption had been expected by VSI's volcanologists who noted changes in seismic activity since early May and saw a rapid increase in earthquakes 2-3 hours before the actual event.
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Previous news
Sat, 13 Sep 2014, 12:33
Small ash emissions along with white steam plumes have occurred again from the volcano recently. At the moment, there is no indications that they have been caused by new magma near the surface, and could be phreatic in nature, or due to disturbance of the hydrothermal system. ... read all
Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 16:44
No more explosions have occurred and degassing also has been much reduced recently. While the latest eruptive phase seems to be thus over, it is only a matter of time when the next one will occur. ... read all
Thu, 12 Sep 2013, 09:26
Activity remains elevated. During yesterday, no significant explosions occurred, but the volcano erupted again several times with small explosions and ash emissions today, such as on the attached picture and time-lapse video: read all
Tue, 10 Sep 2013, 12:59
More explosions have occurred today (at least 6 so far, at 06:12, 06:55, 07:45, 08:36, 09:51, 15:59), preceded by increased degassing and often followed by continuous ash venting lasting for up to 1-2 hours. Ash plumes rose to elevations of 1-2 km and the Aviation Color code was raised to orange. ... read all
Mon, 9 Sep 2013, 09:30
An explosion at 6:30 am (local time) today at Lokon-Empung volcano produced an ash plume that rose to a height of 1.5 km. The explosion was heard 10 km away. read all
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