Piton de la Fournaise volcano news & updates:
Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion Island), eruption warning
Sat, 25 Sep 2010, 07:38
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Sun, 3 Jan 2010, 00:37
Piton de la Fournaise volcano greets the new year with its first eruption in 2010 on 2 January. A fissure vent inside the Dolomieu summit crater erupted lava fountains and a lava flow contained inside the crater, deepened by the large eruption in 2008. The eruption followed a gradual increase inseismic activity since Dec 28. The last, very short-lived eruption happened just about 3 weeks ago, and it seems likely that Piton de la Fournaise has entered a period of frequent but short eruptions, fed by dikes in its highly fractured summit zone, forming of a relatively permeable central plumbing system. ... read all
Mon, 14 Dec 2009, 22:31
A new eruption started on Piton de la Fournaise volcano at 18h30 local time on 14 December. Following a seismic crisis lasting about 1 hr, a new vent opened on the S flank of Dolomieu Crater and produced lava flows inside the enclos. Later in the evening, a second fissure opened east of the first vent. ... read all
Thu, 23 Oct 2008, 16:09
OVPDLF reported that a seismic crisis at Piton de la Fournaise on 20 ... read all
Mon, 22 Sep 2008, 10:51
A new eruption started at Piton de la Fournaise volcano at 15h30 local time on Sep 21, 2008. read all
Sun, 14 Sep 2008, 21:08
There was reported that a seismic crisis at Piton de la Fournaise during 8-9 September was characterized by hundreds of earthquakes. The Alert Level was not changed. ... read all

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