Volcanic activity worldwide 15 Mar 2023: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Popocatépetl, Merapi, Shiveluc...
Wed, 15 Mar 2023, 21:00 21:00 PM | BY: SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS
Map of today's active volcanoes
Satellite image of Merapi volcano on 15 Mar 2023
Satellite image of Fuego volcano on 15 Mar 2023
Glowing steam from Villarrica summit vent as seen from Coñaripe on 10 March (image: @AngaritaV/twitter)
Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): (15 Mar) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: VA AT 20230315/0744Z 8NM S OF RJFK FL070 EXTD NNW REPORTED
Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ERUPTED AT 20230315/1829Z FL070 EXTD NW OBS VA DTG:15/1820Z
Merapi (Central Java, Indonesia): (15 Mar) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: DISCRETE VA EMISSION TO FL140 SEEN ON WEBCAM AT 14/2243Z
Popocatépetl (Central Mexico): (15 Mar) 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 CONT to 20000 ft (6100 m)
Santiaguito (Guatemala): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150 .
The full report is as follows: ONGOING VA EMS to 15000 ft (4600 m)
Fuego (Guatemala): (15 Mar) Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150 .
The full report is as follows: INTMT TO OCNL VA EMS. to 15000 ft (4600 m)
Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington 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 W direction.
The full report is as follows: NEW VA EMS to 24000 ft (7300 m)
Reventador (Ecuador): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 16000 ft (4900 m) altitude or flight level 160 .
The full report is as follows: NEW VA EMS to 16000 ft (4900 m)
Sabancaya (Peru): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Buenos Aires (VAAC) issued the following report: INTERMITTENT PUFFS OF VA
Villarrica (Central Chile): (15 Mar) The activity of the volcano has slowed down over the past two weeks and it seems to have shown signs of weakening.
However, in the early morning of 13 March, a short-term pulsating strombolian activity returned to the summit crater associated with a near-constant glowing (see the attached video below).
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Volcano Activity Summary for 15 Mar 2023:
Currently erupting:
Dukono (Halmahera): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 15 Sep 2022)Ebeko (Paramushir Island): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 5 Mar 2023)
Erebus (Antarctica): active lava lake in summit crater (updated 8 Dec 2014)
Erta Ale (Danakil depression, Ethiopia): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 29 Jan 2023)
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 31 Jan 2023)
Fuego (Guatemala): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 14 Mar 2023)
Ibu (Halmahera, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 11 Nov 2022)
Karangetang (Siau Island, Sangihe Islands, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 26 Feb 2023)
Kilauea (Hawai'i): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 7 Jan 2023)
Krakatau (Sunda Strait, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 28 Jan 2023)
Lewotolo (Lesser Sunda Islands): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 18 Jan 2023)
Masaya (Nicaragua): minor ashfall (updated 24 Oct 2019)
Merapi (Central Java, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 14 Mar 2023)
Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 6 Mar 2023)
Nyiragongo (DRCongo): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 8 Jul 2022)
Popocatépetl (Central Mexico): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 28 Feb 2023)
Reventador (Ecuador): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 5 Mar 2023)
Sabancaya (Peru): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 14 Feb 2023)
Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 2 Mar 2023)
Sangay (Ecuador): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 9 Mar 2023)
Santiaguito (Guatemala): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 11 Mar 2023)
Semeru (East Java, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 6 Mar 2023)
Shiveluch (Kamchatka): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 5 Mar 2023)
Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): lava flow ended (updated 11 Mar 2023)
Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 9 Mar 2023)
Yasur (Tanna Island, Vanuatu): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 26 Jan 2023)
Eruption warning / minor activity:
Ahyi (United States, Mariana Islands): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 29 Nov 2022)Aoba (Vanuatu): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 9 Dec 2022)
Bagana (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 23 Jul 2021)
Barren Island (Indian Ocean): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 16 Mar 2021)
Bezymianny (Central Kamchatka Depression): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 24 Oct 2022)
Chikurachki (Paramushir Island): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 29 Jan 2023)
Cotopaxi (Ecuador): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 2 Mar 2023)
Epi (Vanuatu): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 7 Feb 2023)
Great Sitkin (United States, Aleutian Islands): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 7 Feb 2023)
Kadovar (Northeast of New Guinea): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 25 Jun 2022)
Kerinci (Sumatra): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 26 Feb 2023)
Lascar (Northern Chile): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 8 Feb 2023)
Manam (Papua New Guinea): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 18 Dec 2022)
Marapi (Western Sumatra, Indonesia): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 11 Feb 2023)
Nyamuragira (DRCongo): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 9 Feb 2022)
Ol Doinyo Lengai (Tanzania): effusion of natrocarbonatite lava inside the pit crater in the northern main crater (updated 27 Aug 2021)
Rincón de la Vieja (Costa Rica): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 28 Apr 2022)
San Miguel (El Salvador): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 9 Mar 2023)
Semisopochnoi (United States, Aleutian Islands): Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (updated 29 Dec 2022)
Taal (Luzon, Philippines): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 21 Oct 2022)
Takawangha (Tanaga Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska): seismic crisis continues to evolve, alert status raised to Orange (updated 10 Mar 2023)
Tanaga (Aleutian Islands): seismic crisis continues to evolve, alert status raised to Orange (updated 10 Mar 2023)
Villarrica (Central Chile): activity continues at reduced levels, short-lived pulsating period recently (updated 15 Mar 2023)
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