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Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion): lava effusion stopped today

Wed, 5 Oct 2022, 08:59
08:59 AM | BY: MARTIN
The main spatter cone appears to occur without active lava anymore since this morning (image: OVPF)
The main spatter cone appears to occur without active lava anymore since this morning (image: OVPF)
Sharp decline of the tremor led to the cessation of the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise volcano this morning (image: OVPF)
Sharp decline of the tremor led to the cessation of the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise volcano this morning (image: OVPF)
According to the local observatory Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise, the effusive eruption is reported to be ceased today.
The latest available webcam images seem to confirm that the lava flow stopped to be active at about 10:10 local time this morning and is no longer visible in the main spatter cone.
This was confirmed by the seismic station as detected a steep decline of the volcanic-seismic tremor.
Source: Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise volcano activity update 5 October 2022

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Piton de la Fournaise volcano
Shield volcano 2631 m (8,632 ft)
La Réunion, -21.24°S / 55.71°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
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Piton de la Fournaise volcano eruptions:
1900, 1901, 1901, 1902, 1903(?), 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908(?), 1909, 1910, 1913, 1915, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1924, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933-34, 1935(?), 1936, 1937, 1938, 1938-39, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947(?), 1948, 1948(?), 1950, 1951(?), 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955-57, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1964-65, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1973, 1975-76, 1976, 1977, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983-84, 1985-88, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2000 (Feb-March), 2001 (March-April), 2001 (June-July), 2002 (Jan.), 2002 (Nov-Dec), 2003 (May) - 2004 (Jan), 2004 (May), 2004 (Aug-Oct), 2005 (Feb-March), 2005 (Oct), 2005 (Nov), 2005 (Dec)-2006 (Jan), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (Oct), 2010 (Dec), 2014 (June), 2015 (Feb), 2015 (May), 2015 (Aug-Oct), 2016 (May, Sep), 2017 (Jan-Mar), 2018 (Apr, 2x), 2018 (Sep), 2019 (Feb, June, July, Aug, Oct), 2020 (Feb), 2020 (Dec), 2021 (Apr), 2021 (Dec)
Typical eruption style
Effusive
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