Volcanic activity worldwide 14 Mar 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Merapi, Shiveluch, Nyamuragir...

Shiveluch (Kamchatka): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 13000 ft (4000 m) altitude or flight level 130 and is moving at 10 kts in N direction.
The full report is as follows: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG:14/1720Z to 13000 ft (4000 m)

Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): (14 Mar) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ERUPTED AT 20230314/0213Z FL070 STNR OBS VA DTG:14/0210Z

Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: EXPLODED AT 20230314/0855Z OVER FL060 EXTD NW OBS VA DTG:14/0850Z


Merapi (Central Java, Indonesia): The intense activity at the volcano continues by producing pyroclastic flows.
The susceptibility of the actively growing southwestern lava dome is high enough to trigger large block-and-ash flows caused by the dome's gravitational partial collapse.
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In the early morning today, the pyroclastic flow took place from the summit area, racing down the Kali Krasak ravine with a total length of about 1,600 meters. Buoyant ash plumes separated from the pyroclastic density current (so-called phoenix clouds) and drifted towards the southeast.
The pyroclastic flow being illuminated by red-to-orange sunlight at dawn today (source: PVMBG)


Popocatépetl (Central Mexico): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 22000 ft (6700 m) altitude or flight level 220 and is moving at 5 kts in E direction.
The full report is as follows: CONT VA EMS to 22000 ft (6700 m)

Fuego (Guatemala): (14 Mar) Vulcanian and strombolian explosive activity continues from the summit crater and remains essentially unchanged.
The volcano is dominated by near-continuous moderate-to-strong, sometimes ash-rich explosions at regular intervals of 5 to 8 per hour.
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Ash plume heights varied between 14,700 ft-15,700 ft (4,500 m-4,800 m) altitude and extended in range between 15 to 20 kilometers to the west, south and southwest of the volcano.
Much of the ejected incandescent material is being ejected to a few hundreds meters above the crater, causing weak to moderate glowing avalanches towards Ceniza and Santa Teresa and Honda chutes.


Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 .
The full report is as follows: VA EMS OBSD to 20000 ft (6100 m)

Sangay (Ecuador): (13 Mar) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: VA NOT DETECTED

Cotopaxi (Ecuador): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: VA HAS LKLY DISPD.

Sabancaya (Peru): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 24000 ft (7300 m) altitude or flight level 240 and is moving at 10 kts in NW direction.
The full report is as follows: PUFF EMISSIONS to 24000 ft (7300 m)

Nyamuragira (DRCongo): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Toulouse (VAAC) issued the following report: ERUPTION AT 20230313/1600Z LAVA FOUNTAINS OBS VA DTG:14/1330Z