News & activity updates from Sotara volcano

Sotará volcano (Colombia) activity update

Thu, 20 Jun 2013, 15:58

15:58 PM | BY: T

INGEOMINAS - Popayan volcano observatory reports no significant changes. Occasional small earthquakes continue to show the volcano is at unrest.
Nevado del Huila's degassing and seismic activity have remained stable at low levels.

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Thu, 16 May 2013, 08:56

Sotará volcano (Colombia) activity update

Weak seismic unrest continued over the past weeks. The alert level remains at yellow. ... Read all

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Thu, 31 Jan 2013, 06:53

Sotará volcano (Colombia) activity update

The only sign of acivtity over the past week were 4 small volcano-tectonic quakes. ... Read all

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Wed, 23 Jan 2013, 11:05

Sotará volcano (Colombia) activity update

Seismic activity remains barely above background. During the past week, INGEOMINAS reported a total of 13 mostly weak-energy events. ... Read all

Fri, 11 Jan 2013, 10:45

Sotará volcano (Colombia) activity update

Seismic activity remains slightly elevated, but there have not been any signs of surface activity. Read all

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Wed, 7 Nov 2012, 08:50

Sotará volcano activity wummary 31 Oct - 6 Nov 2012

There were a total of 14 seismic events associated with rock fracturing processes, of which 12 were characterized by low energy level. The 2 remaining ones were of higher energy level located 20 km northeast of the volcano, at a depth of 10 km, with a maximum magnitude of 1.3 ML on the Richter scale. Read all

Wed, 24 Oct 2012, 08:48

Sotará volcanic activity from 17 to 23 October 2012

Seismic signal on 17 Oct (SOSO station, INGEOMINAS)

Seismic activity remains elevated. A swarm on 17 Oct contained over 700 small quakes. Read all

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Sotará volcano

stratovolcano 4400+ m / 14,436 ft
Colombia, 2.11°N / -76.59°W
Current status: restless (2 out of 5)

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Sotará volcano eruptions:
unknown
Typical eruption style:
explosive

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