Villarrica volcano news & activity updates:
Villarrica volcano (Chile): increasing activity
Thursday Dec 18, 2014 15:54 PM | BY: TOMPFEIFFER
Increasing activity at the volcano was reported by the Projecto Observación Visual Volcán Villarrica (POVI), suggesting that deep-seated strombolian activity has resumed in the summit crater.
"Satellite images of Villarrica acquired on 10 and 26 November and 3 December revealed a progressively more intense thermal anomaly. Photographs on 9 December showed particulates suspended above the crater rim, and the next day a thin veneer of ash covered the NW edge of the crater rim.
Detonations from the crater were heard during 10-12 December. On 13 December observers noted that the intense blasts of gas from the previous few days had removed some ash deposits from the inner crater wall leaving lighter colored streaks." (Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 10-16 December 2014)
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Previous news
Wednesday, Aug 07, 2013
According to Projecto Observación Visual Volcán Villarrica (POVI), satellite images of Villarrica acquired on 25 July revealed a weak thermal anomaly. On 29 July observers photographed the crater and described a thermal anomaly on the S edge of the crater rim, in the same area from which a lava flow originated on 29 December 1971. They also heard deep degassing sounds. A second photograph showed a diffuse gas plume rising from the bottom of the crater, and ash and lapilli on the snow on the inner crater walls. read all
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013
Terrestrial and satellite observations confirm that for about 2 weeks weak explosive activity deep within the summit crater has resumed and indicates that magma might have begun to rise again within the volcano. ... read all
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012
Incandescence from Villarrica's crater had subsided mid-April 2012 and was undetected by satellite and ground observations at least through 10 November. Images captured by a camera in Pucon (16 km N) on 10 November showed an increase in the plume intensity. Small water vapor plumes, 50 m wide, rose from the depths of the crater. ... read all
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
In its activity report published on 1 May, SERNAGEOMIN reported low levels of seismicity during April 2012 from Villarrica volcano and has it currently at GREEN level. Glow from the summit was visible most of the month. ... read all
Thursday, Mar 22, 2012
Spattering from Villarrica's lava lake was visible during 7-9 March. 4 small ash emissions were observed during 13-14 March. ... read all
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