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Volcanic activity worldwide 29 Sep 2013: Sakurajima, Jebel Zubair, Etna

Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 17:03

Current tremor signal (ESLN station, INGV Catania)

Etna (Sicily, Italy): Activity at the New SE crater has eased for now. Some occasional small strombolian explosions were last noted about 2 days ago. Tremor amplitude has decreased slightly as well. Read all

Sakurajima volcano (Kyushu, Japan) activity update

Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 12:41

Powerful strombolian explosion from Sakurajima at 13:48 UTC on 27 Sep (22:48 local time)

Activity fluctuates on a scale of few days, but remains at relatively high levels overall. Explosions from the Showa crater often follow each other at intervals of few hours, and ash plumes regularly surpass 10,000 ft altitude (something that had been more rare during the past years). Read all

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Jebel Zubair (Red Sea, Jemen): new submarine volcanic eruption

Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 11:38

Steam plume and discolored water around the new submarine eruption site (NASA / Terra satellite image 28 Sep, annotated by Blog Culture Volcan)

A submarine eruption started yesterday (28 Sep) NW of the island Jebel Zubair and SW of the site of the 2011-12 eruption. The activity manifestated itself in form of a strong SO2 anomaly and steam plume spotted on satellite imagery. Read all

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Volcanic activity worldwide 26 Sep 2013: Telica, Etna

Thu, 26 Sep 2013, 17:03

Explosion yesterday evening (25 Sep) from Etna's New SE crater (photo: Marco Restivo / www.etnawalk.it)

Etna (Sicily, Italy): Strombolian activity continues at the New SE crater. Whether (and when) this might lead to another paroxysm is unclear. The volcanic tremor signal is still relatively low. Read all

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Telica volcano (Nicaragua): new eruption

Thu, 26 Sep 2013, 08:36

A new eruption occurred yesterday morning at the volcano (at 12:50 GMT). A moderate ash explosion took place at the summit crater and produced an ash plume about 1-1.5 km high. Read all

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Volcanic activity worldwide 24 Sep 2013: Fuego, Klyuchevskoy, Sakurajima, Santa María / Santiaguito...

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 17:50

Ash emission from Etna's New SE crater this morning

Etna (Sicily, Italy): Weak strombolian activity and ash emissions continue from the New SE crater. Tremor amplitude continues to rise very slowly. Read all

Klyuchevskoy volcano (Kamchatka): eruption continues

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 17:38

Klyuchevskoy volcano last evening (this morning GMT) with glow from the active lava flow

Strombolian activity, strong degassing, and the effusion of a lava flow on the upper flank continue. The following video shows this activity over the past day: Read all

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Sakurajima volcano (Kyushu, Japan) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 17:26

Eruption plume from Sakurajima this evening

Activity remains at high levels with near-constant ash venting and frequent and often large vulcanian explosions (ash plumes rising to 10,000 ft / 3 km altitude and more). Today's activity seen from the south: Read all

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Santa María / Santiaguito volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 17:23

View of Santiaguito with a small explosion this morning

After the violent explosion and partial dome collapse 3 days ago, the lava dome has returned to its typical comparably low activity. Two explosions of moderate size were observed this morning at 5:47 and 6:00 am local time, with ash plumes rising about 500 m. Ash fall occurred in the area of Monte Claro.

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Fuego volcano (Guatemala): new lava flow

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 17:13

The new lava flow on Fuego volcano this morning

A new lava flow has appeared during the past days and is currently flowing from the summit crater towards the Trinidad canyon (SE side) with a length of 300 m this morning. Weak glowing avalanches detach from its front. Read all

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Pacaya volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 17:06

INSIVUMEH reports continuing strombolian activity with explosions at intervals of 30 seconds to 3 minutes. Glowing bombs are thrown to heights of 50-100 m above the rim of the crater.

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Reventador volcano (Ecuador) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 17:03

Steam emission (with ash?) from Reventador yesterday

Activity (as far as could be observed) has been a bit calmer with less frequent explosions during the past days, but essentially remains unchanged. Seismic activity is at moderate to high levels and a thermal hot spot is visible at the summit.

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Batu Tara volcano (Sunda Islands, Indonesia) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 16:53

Eruptions that produce relatively large ash plumes spotted on satellite imagery, and typically rising to 7-8,000 ft (2.1-2.4 km) altitude, have been occurring daily over the past days.

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Dukono volcano (Halmahera, Indonesia) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 16:51

Activity (strombolian to vulcanian explosions from the crater) is currently at relatively high levels. An ash plume rose to 10,000 ft (3 km) altitude yesterday, and a weak SO2 plume can be detected on satellite data.

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Lokon-Empung volcano (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 16:44

No more explosions have occurred and degassing also has been much reduced recently. While the latest eruptive phase seems to be thus over, it is only a matter of time when the next one will occur.

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Popocatépetl volcano (Central Mexico) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 16:36

Ash emission from Popocatépel this morning

No significant changes in activity have occurred. The number of small emissions has sunken to less than one per hour average. The largest during the past 24 hours occurred this morning producing an ash plume rising 1.5 km above the crater.

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Sinabung volcano (Sumatra, Indonesia) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 16:31

No more eruptions have taken place during the past days.Authorities allowed about 6,000 of the more than 10,000 reported evacuees to return to their homes.

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Veniaminof volcano (Alaska Peninsula, USA) activity update

Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 16:23

The Alaska Volcano Observatory recently lowered the alert status from Orange/Watch to Yellow/Advisory. Although some weak tremor continues to be recorded under the caldera, no more eruptive activity seems to have taken place during the past weeks. The lava flows and the new cinder cone that was built inside the caldera are now cooling.

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Volcanic activity worldwide 22 Sep 2013: Santa María / Santiaguito, Etna

Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 20:03

Small ash eruption from the New SE crater this morning (Etna-Trekking webcam)

Etna (Sicily, Italy): Sporadic small ash emissions have reappeared from the New SE crater during the past days, although weather conditions did not often allow direct observation. Since about 4 days ago, tremor has been showing a slowly rising trend, although it is still at low levels. Read all

Etna volcano (Sicily): ash emissions from New SE crater

Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 19:29

Sporadic small ash emissions have reappeared from the New SE crater during the past days, although weather conditions did not often allow direct observation. Since about 4 days ago, tremor has been showing a slowly rising trend, although it is still at low levels.

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Santiaguito volcano (Guatemala): strong explosion and pyroclastic flows

Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 19:10

Explosion and pyroclastic flows from Santiaguito yesterday morning (INSIVUMEH)

Another violent eruption occurred at the lava dome yesterday morning (21 Sep) at 8:30 local time. Accompanied by explosions, the Caliente dome suddenly produced a series of major pyroclastic flows triggered by collapse of accumulated viscous lava at the southeastern rim rim and flank of the dome. The flows descended on all sides of the lava dome. Read all

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Volcanic activity worldwide 20 Sep 2013: Pacaya, Popocatépetl, Ubinas, Sinabung, Shikotsu, Santa Ma...

Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 09:53

Earthquakes near Tarumai in 2013

Shikotsu (Hokkaido): The latest report of the Japan Meteorological Agency indicates some unrest at the caldera. Seismic activity accompanied by inflation were recorded under the western flank of Tarumai stratovolcano (the most active vent of the system, located on the SW rim of the Shikotsu caldera) between late June and early July this year. Read all

Santa María / Santiaguito volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 09:52

Santiaguito's Caliente lava dome yesterday morning

Activity has been week with no significant changes. No explosions were reported during 18-19 Sep, but moderate rock avalanches could be heard, indicating that (some of) the lava flows on the flanks of the Caliente dome remain weakly active.

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Fuego volcano (Guatemala) activity update

Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 09:49

Fuego yesterday morning (INSIVUMEH)

No significant change in activity occurred over the past days. Small to moderate explosions that often are accompanied by shock waves occur from time to time (several times per day). Ash plumes rose up to about 600 m during 18-19 September.

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Pacaya volcano (Guatemala): increase of activity

Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 09:46

Seismic signal this morning at Pacaya (PCG station, INSIVUMEH)

An increase in seismic activity has occurred gradually over the past 24 hours. Individual explosion signals have merged into strong continuous tremor. This could indicate another paroxysm with continuous explosions / lava fountaining / lava flow emission in the progress, but CONRED / INSIVUMEH have not (yet) updated on this possible increase in activity. Read all

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Sinabung volcano (Sumatra, Indonesia) activity update

Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 01:05

Since the eruptions on 15 and 17 September, the volcano has been calm, but VSI warns that new eruptions could follow. Read all

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Ubinas volcano (Peru): calm at the surface, but volcanic tremor indicates internal unrest

Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 00:42

Seismic signal from Ubinas 18 Sep (UB2 station, IGP)

While the volcano has calmed down at the surface since the series of 9 phreatic explosions during 1-5 September, a pulse of volcanic tremor yesterday could indicate that the volcanic crisis is not over or even still at the beginning. Read all

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Shikotsu volcano (Hokkaido, Japan): seismic unrest and deformation

Fri, 20 Sep 2013, 00:26

Earthquakes near Tarumai in 2013

The latest report of the Japan Meteorological Agency indicates some unrest at the caldera. Seismic activity accompanied by inflation were recorded under the western flank of Tarumai stratovolcano (the most active vent of the system, located on the SW rim of the Shikotsu caldera) between late June and early July this year. Read all

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Popocatépetl volcano (Mexico) activity update: occasional small to moderate ash eruptions

Thu, 19 Sep 2013, 22:11

Explosion from Popo early on 19 Sep

Activity has remained at generally low levels with no large fluctuations. During 18-19 Sep, the number of small to moderate emissions has risen to about 2 per hour. Some of these events produced ash plumes up to about 1 km height, but frequent cloud cover prevented observation most of the time. Read all

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Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Sep 2013: Reventador, Bagana, Klyuchevskoy, Kilauea

Thu, 19 Sep 2013, 17:03

Klyuchevskoy volcano last evening with glow from the active lava flow

Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka): (19 Sep) Lava flows remain active on the SW upper flank and are often visible on the beautiful KVERT webcam. Read all

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