Worldwide Volcano News and Updates

At 14:57 (local time) on January 9, 2013 a brief phase of ash emissions occurred, associated by a tremor pulse of short duration and low energy. Light ash fall occurred in the area of ​​the Valley of the Tombs. Read all

• More about Nevado del Ruiz volcano

This night at around 1:00 am local time, eruptive activity, most likely strombolian eruptions from the eastern vent, resumed in the Bocca Nuova, accompanied by a rise in tremor. Images indicate that the activity gradually increased untiil about 3:15 and the stabilized.

• More about Etna volcano

New lava overflows occurred this night (on the northern side) and this morning (eastern side) of the SE crater. Strong detonations from large exploding magma bubbles can be felt and heard in the village, rattling doors and windows.

• More about Stromboli volcano

The new summit lava dome of Kizimen seems to have undergone a larger collapse event earlier this morning, as our colleagues on activolcans.info reported. What was likely a pyroclastic flow could be seen on webcam images. Intense steaming was seen on both the northern and eastern flank, suggesting that both sides were affected by the flow. Ash emissions reported shortly after by Tokyo VAAC reached an altitude of about 3600 m altitude.

• More about Kizimen volcano

Effusive activity has apparently increased, as INSIVUMEH reports that the SE and NE lava flows descending from the dome are advancing about 5-7 meters per day. This implies a relatively high effusion rate from the summit vent feeding the flows. Explosive activity remains very weak in contrast.

• More about Santiaguito volcano

Weak strombolian activity can be seen at night. Ash plumes from these explosions rise about 400 m above the crater. The lava flow on the SE flank remains active and had a length of 800 m yesterday morning.

• More about Fuego volcano

Alert level has been put back to "green", after a gradual decline in seismic activity has been observed since March 2012, even though some earthquakes are still being registered under the volcano.

• More about Iliamna volcano

After a gradual overall decrease in seismicity during the past months, AVO has put the alert level of Little Sitkin volcano back to green.

• More about Little Sitkin volcano

SERNAGEOMIN reports a strong increase in seismicity during 8 Dec, when more than 1100 events were recorded with little change in surface activity (so far!).

• More about Copahue volcano

Activity continues to build the lava dome which sheds hot avalanches from time to time. Incandescence above the summit of the lava dome was observed. Satellite data shows a thermal anomaly over the volcano. Moderate seismicity and strong degassing accompany this activity. (KVERT)

• More about Shiveluch volcano