Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Aug 2013: Kizimen, Karymsky, Shiveluch, Poas

Thu, 22 Aug 2013, 17:04
17:04 PM |
Glowing rock avalanche from Kizimen last night
Glowing rock avalanche from Kizimen last night
Shiveluch this morning (KVERT webcam)
Shiveluch this morning (KVERT webcam)
Phreatic activity at Poás on 20 Aug 2013 (OVSICORI)
Phreatic activity at Poás on 20 Aug 2013 (OVSICORI)
Kizimen (Kamchatka): The lava dome continues to grow at the top of the volcano and produce incandescent rockfalls and small pyroclastic flows, generating ash plumes. A new prominent spine is being extruded at the top and visible on the webcam. The following time-lapse movies show this activity during the day and night:

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Karymsky (Kamchatka): Activity has remained elevated. A series of ash emissions caused by moderately strong vulcanian-type explosions occurred over the past days. This morning, an ash plume rose to 8,000 ft (2.4 km) altitude and drifted east.

Shiveluch (Kamchatka): The volcano continues to extrude a new lobe of viscous lava (visible as the dark patch in the webcam image) at the lava dome, as well as produce occasional (usually small) ash explosions.

Poas (Costa Rica): A series of small phreatic eruptions occurred on 20 August at the crater lake. The first occurred at 09:55 (local time), ejecting mud and water to 2-3 m height, and a second one, more powerful, at 11:16 reached heights of 10-20 m.

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