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Global Volcanic Eruptions 2013: Tempo Rising?

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Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE

CLEVELAND VOLCANO (52°49’20” N 169°56’42” W; CAVW #1101-24-) – [Group A on the Global Map]
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 12:14 PM AKST (Wednesday, March 6, 2013 21:14 UTC)
Summit Elevation: 5676 ft (1,730 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Source: AVO

Cleveland viewed from an Alaska Airlines 737 en route to Adak, Alaska. [Carlisle Volcano, center of image. Mount Cleveland, lower right of image.]

Date: May 31, 2012 12:00 AM
Photographer/Creator: Read, Cyrus. Image courtesy of AVO/USGS.

This GeoEye IKONOS image shows a faint plume issuing from Cleveland Volcano at 2:31 PM on September 14, 2010. Red in this image highlights areas of vegetation detected by the near-infrared channel.

Date: September 14, 2010 10:31 PM UTC
Volcano(es): Cleveland
Photographer/Creator: Wessels, Rick
Image processed by AVO/USGS. Image copyright 2010 – GeoEye

KILAUEA VOLCANO (19°25’16” N 155°17’13” W; CAVW #1302-01-)
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 7:43 AM HST (Wednesday, March 6, 2013 17:43 UTC)
Summit Elevation 4091 ft (1,247 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE
Source: HVO

Kamchatka Volcanoes on ORANGE Alert [Group J on the Global Map]

• PLOSKY TOLBACHIK VOLCANO (55.83 N, 160.39 E; CAVW #1000-24-)
  Elevation:  3,085 m (10119 ft )

• SHEVELUCH VOLCANO (56.64 N, 161.32 E; CAVW #1000-27-)
  Elevation: 3, 283 m [the dome elevation: 2,500 m)

• KIZIMEN VOLCANO (55.13 N, 160.32 E; CAVW #1000-23-)
  Elevation: 2,485 m (8151 ft)

• KARYMSKY VOLCANO (54.05 N, 159.44 E; CAVW #1000-13-)
  Elevation 1,486 m (4874 ft)

Other Kamchatka Volcanoes on YELLOW Alert [Group J on the Global Map]

• KLYUCHEVSKOY VOLCANO (56.06 N, 160.64 E; CAVW #1000-26-)
  Elevation:  4,750 m
• BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO (55.97 N, 160.6 E; CAVW #1000-25-)
  Elevation: 2,882 m
• GORELY VOLCANO (52.56 N, 158.03 E; CAVW #1000-07-)
  Elevation: 1,828 m

Volcanoes of the Kurile Islands

• Snow (Chirpoi Is.)  – YELLOW
• Ivan Grozny – YELLOW

Recent Activity/ Unrest at other volcanoes

• Etna, Sicily
• Karkar, Northeast of New Guinea (SW Pacific)
• Sabancaya, Perú
• Sangay, Ecuador
• Soufrière Hills, Montserrat
• Tangkubanparahu, Western Java (Indonesia)
• White Island, New Zealand

Ongoing Activity

• Popocatépetl, México
• Sakura-jima, Kyushu  (Japan)
•  Santa María, Guatemala

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