VolcanoWatch Weekly [24 Dec 2009]

VoW: Mayon

Mayon Volcano ejects a column of ash into air December 24, 2009. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). Image may be subject to copyright.

For recent information on Mayon click links below:

• Mayon Volcano Update 23 December
• Mayon Volcano Update [22 December 2009]
• Mayon Alert Raised to Level 4
• 76% chance Mayon explodes before 2010

• Volcano UPDATE: Mt Mayon Could Explode
• Mayon Lava in Interesting Times!
• Mayon Volcano Oozes Lava
• Strong Earthquake Strikes Mindanao, Philippines
• VolcanoWatch Weekly [11 Nov 2009]
• Latest From TAAL and other Philippines Volcanoes
• Mount Mayon neighbors on evacuation alert
• Mayon Volcano Ejects Ash

SI / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
(17 December – 23 December 2009)

New Activity/Unrest:

• Bezymianny, Central Kamchatka (Russia)
• Cleveland, Chuginadak Island
• Gaua, Banks Islands (SW Pacific)
• Mayon, Luzon
• San Cristóbal, Nicaragua

Volcano News (Source: GVP)

KVERT reported that a significant thermal anomaly from Bezymianny was detected in satellite imagery on 17 December. A few hours later a large explosive eruption produced ash plumes that were seen drifting as far as 350 km W and NW.

Ash from Bezymianny volcano covers a thick blanket of snow at Kozyrevsk village December 16-17, 2009. Credit: Yu. Demyanchuk/ KVERT.

Ongoing Activity

Chaitén, Southern Chile; Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka; Kilauea, Hawaii; Kliuchevskoi, Central Kamchatka (Russia); Sakura-jima, Kyushu (Japan); Sangay, Ecuador;  Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia); Soufrière Hills, Montserrat; Suwanose-jima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan).

Strombolian activity and new lava flow at the eastern flank of Klyuchevskoy volcano on December 21, 2009. Credit: Yu. Demyanchuk/ KVERT.

State of Klyuchevskoy volcano on December 23, 2009.  Credit: Yu. Demyanchuk/ KVERT.

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Images of the Day: Kamchatka Volcanoes

Lava flows from the dome of Sheveluch volcano in this night time photo taken on September 15, 2009. Photo by Yu. Demyanchuk. Click on the image to see other photos. Sheveluch is the northernmost active volcano in Kamchatka.

Strombolian activity of Klyuchevskoy volcano on September 18. Photo by Yu. Demyanchuk. Klyuchevskoy is the highest mountain on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.

Fumarolic activity of Bezymianny volcano on September 03, 2009.  Photo by Yu. Demyanchuk. Considered to be extinct before its 1955 eruption,  Bezymianny  means “nameless” in Russian.

Karymsky volcano on August 18, 2009. Photo by S. Chirkov. Karymsky is the most active volcano of Kamchatka’s eastern volcanic zone.

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