Volcanic activity worldwide 3 Apr 2014: Ubinas, Shiveluch, Reventador, Tungurahua
Thu, 3 Apr 2014, 21:00
21:00 PM | 
Explosion at Reventador Monday evening
Current seismic signal from Tungurahua (RETU station, IG)
Ash emission from Ubinas last night
A bright thermal anomaly was detected daily in satellite images. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange. (USGS / KVERT)
Reventador (Ecuador): (3 Apr) Activity remains high. The volcano produces frequent small ash explosions and lava extrudes in a new flow on the upper eastern flank.
Most of the time, the volcano is in clouds and only occasionally allows direct observations.
Tungurahua (Ecuador): (3 Apr) The volcano continues to be restless with moderate seismic activity. Short emissions occurred occasionally during the past days, but most of them were inferred by seismic signals and could not be observed directly due to cloud cover.
Minor ashfall was reported in El Manzano (8 km SW) and Cahuaji on 26 March. Seismicity was at moderate levels and then declined during 28 March-1 April. Lahars on 31 March traveled down the Vascún (N) and Mapayacu (SW) drainages, carrying blocks up to 1 m in diameter in the latter drainage (from the latest Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report).
Ubinas (Peru): (3 Apr) The volcano has increased its visible activity and produced several more small to medium-sized explosions over the past days. Ash plumes rose up to about 2 km height.
Residents of Querapi village had started to evacuate. Ashfall was reported in Ubinas and Querapi.
Previous news
Wed, 2 Apr 2014, 21:00
Etna (Sicily, Italy): After a few days of apparent calm, new activity resumes on Etna: weak strombolian activity occurs at the NSEC and renewed small lava effusion from a fissure vent at the eastern base of the cone. ... read all
Tue, 1 Apr 2014, 21:00
Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): (31 Mar) Recently discovered dinosaur footprints in volcanic ash layers on a remote island volcano challenge the widely accepted theory that dinosaurs got extinct 65 million years ago. Some of them might have survived for much longer. ... read all
Mon, 31 Mar 2014, 17:58
Karymsky (Kamchatka): The volcano remains more active than average. Another series of strombolian to vulcanian-type explosions today produced ash plumes rising to estimated 7,000 ft (2.1 km) and drifting SE (VAAC Tokyo). ... read all
Sun, 30 Mar 2014, 21:00
Etna (Sicily, Italy): (30 Mar) Since the end of lava effusion 3 days ago, Etna has remained all quiet and the recent flow field is now slowly cooling down. ... read all
Sat, 29 Mar 2014, 21:00
Karymsky (Kamchatka): Activity at the volcano seems to have been on comparably high levels, since ash plume reports have become more frequent recently. ... read all
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