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Posted by feww on August 3, 2015
The eruption prompted evacuation on Friday, as rivers of lava rolled down the slopes of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano.
A World Heritage Site, Piton de la Fournaise is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
Posted in active volcano, Volcano News, Volcano Watch | Tagged: Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, volcano, World Heritage Site | Leave a Comment »
Posted by feww on February 8, 2015
Fuego volcano [Volcán de Fuego, or “Volcano of Fire,”] located about 40 km southwest of Guatemalan capital, spewed ash into the air on Saturday, prompting the authorities to evacuate a nearby community and forcing the closure of the capital’s international airport.
At least a dozen flights were cancelled after the main airport in the capital Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, aka Guatemala City, was shut down.
On September 13, 2012 the 3,763-meter-high volcano erupted forcing the authorities to evacuate tens of thousands of people from 20 or so villages near the mountain.
Latest Volcanic Activity/Unrest
Piton de la Fournaise volcano, aka,“Peak of the Furnace,” a shield volcano on the eastern side of (France-administered) Réunion island in the Indian Ocean erupts, February 5, 2015. (Photo Source: chinanews.com). More images…
For a list of the ongoing eruption/unrest at 13 other volcanoes see weekly reports HERE.
Posted in volcanic eruption, volcano, volcano alert, volcano erupts, Volcano News, Volcano Watch | Tagged: Colima, Fuego, Karymsky, KLYUCHEVSKOY, MAGIC 50, Mt Etna, Pacaya, Piton de la Fournaise, Ruapehu, Shishaldin | Leave a Comment »
Posted by feww on January 14, 2010
During 11-12 January, activity from Tungurahua increased; ash plumes rose to higher altitudes and more explosions were detected. Incandescent blocks were ejected almost 1 km above the crater and 1.5 km away from the crater, onto the flanks. Gas-and-ash plumes rose to an altitude of 8 km (26,200 ft) a.s.l.
MVO reported that during 31 December-8 January pyroclastic flows from the Soufrière Hills lava dome continued to travel predominantly down areas to the N. On 8 January, a large pyroclastic flow event occurred after a collapsing fountain of tephra was observed on the NE side of the volcano. Source: GVP
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Posted in volcanic activity, Volcanic Activity Report, volcanism, volcano | Tagged: Mayon, Nyamuragira, Piton de la Fournaise, Tungurahua, Turrialba, volcani | 1 Comment »
Posted by feww on January 11, 2010
Turrialba has been quiescent since a series of explosive eruptions during the 19th century that were sometimes accompanied by pyroclastic flows. Photo by Federico Chavarria Kopper, 1999. Caption: GVP.
Volcano Details
An explosive eruption from Galeras on 2 January prompted INGEOMINAS to raise the Alert Level. An ash plume rose to an altitude of 12 km (39,400 ft) a.s.l. Ejected incandescent blocks ignited fires.
Nyamuragira erupted on 2 January from a fissure on the SE flank. By 3 January, the lava flow had traveled 4.6 km and had burned about 10 hectares of forest.
On 1 January, an ash plume from Tungurahua rose to an altitude of 5.9 km (19,500 ft) a.s.l. and drifted NW. Slight ashfall was reported the next day in Manzano. On 3 and 4 January, incandescent blocks were ejected from the crater.
On 5 January, OVSICORI-UNA reported that an eruption from Turrialba produced ashfall in local areas, particularly in areas to the SW. (SOURCE: GVP)
Barren Island, Andaman Is; Chaitén, Southern Chile; Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka; Kilauea, Hawaii (USA); Kliuchevskoi, Central Kamchatka (Russia); Nevado del Huila, Colombia; Rabaul, New Britain; Sakura-jima, Kyushu; Sangay, Ecuador; Santa María, Guatemala; Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia); Soufrière Hills, Montserrat; Suwanose-jima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan).
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Posted by feww on December 17, 2009
We would have liked to reprint a striking image of Mayon Volcano taken from space, and all that NASA had made available as of posting was this truly disappointing “turn-of-the-satellite” image:
Mt Mayon. Image Source: NASA. Click image to enlarge.
Click here for larger, but not necessarily any less disappointing image.
For recent information on Mayon click links below:
Chaitén, Southern Chile; Dukono, Halmahera; Fuego, Guatemala; Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka; Kilauea, Hawaii; Kliuchevskoi, Central Kamchatka (Russia); Manam, Northeast of New Guinea (SW Pacific); Nevado del Huila, Colombia; Pacaya, Guatemala; Rabaul, New Britain; Sakura-jima, Kyushu; Santa María, Guatemala; Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia); Suwanose-jima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan).
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Posted in volcano, Volcano Hazard, volcano images, Volcano Status, Volcano Watch Weekly | Tagged: Concepción, Galeras, Mayon, Piton de la Fournaise, Soufrière Hills | Leave a Comment »
Posted by feww on October 2, 2008
RVO reported ash emissions from Garbuna on 23 September through 1 October. Ash plumes rose to an altitude of about 1.6 km a.s.l. and drifted NW.
OVPDLF reported lava flows from Piton de la Fournaise 24-30 September ponding at the bottom of Dolomieu crater. Air photos [25 September] showed lava flow was about 180 m long by 100 m wide and 30 m deep. The erupted volume was estimated at 300,000 cubic meters.
Having analyzed satellite imagery, information from the Guayaquil MWO, and pilot reports, Washington VAAC reported a minor ash plume rising from Sangay on 24 September.
The Garbuna volcano group at the southern end of the Willaumez Peninsula rises to the WNW across Stetin Bay. The complex consists of three volcanic peaks, Krummel, Garbuna, and Welcker, along a N-S line. The most prominent peaks, Welcker (right) and Krummel (left), anchor the northern and southern sides of the complex, respectively. The lower peaks of the centrally located Garbuna volcano contain a large vegetation-free area that is probably the most extensive thermal field in Papua New Guinea. Photo by Elliot Endo, 2002 (U.S. Geological Survey). Source of image and caption: GVP.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Subregion Name: New Britain
Volcano Type: Stratovolcanoes
Last Known Eruption: 2008
Summit Elevation: 564 m
Latitude: 5.45°S 5°27’0″S
Longitude: 150.03°E 150°2’0″E
This Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey’s Volcano Hazards Program.
Posted in Akan volcano, Dukono, Santa María Volcano, Suwanose-jima, Turrialba | Tagged: Arenal Costa Rica, Garbuna Group, Piton de la Fournaise, Sangay, volcanic unrest | Leave a Comment »
Posted by feww on September 25, 2008
An ash plume ejected from Bagana (right), just south of the dark-colored caldera lake of Billy Mitchell, rises into the atmosphere.
Steam clouds rise from an andesitic lava flow descending the NW flank of Bagana on April 26, 1988. The massive symmetrical lava cone, one of the most active volcanoes in Papua New Guinea, was largely constructed by an accumulation of viscous andesitic lava flows. – Photo by Wally Johnson, 1988 (Australia Bureau of Mineral Resources). Source: GVP
Elevation: 1,750 metres (5,741 feet)
Location: Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Range: Emperor Range
Coordinates: 6.140° S 155.195° E
Type: Lava cone
Last eruption: 2008 (continuing)
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Posted by feww on September 6, 2008
Deposits from the pyroclastic flow on 25 August 2008. Inset shows image from thermal camera. Source: Montserrat Volcano Observatory’s photostream. Image may be subject to copyright.
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Posted in chile, colombia, environment, food, Fox Islands, health, Llaima, Luzon, Nevado del Huila, Okmok, Taal | Tagged: Andreanof Islands, Kasatochi, Montserrat, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, Soufrière Hills, volcanic activity, Volcano Hazards | Leave a Comment »
Posted by feww on August 21, 2008
Piton de la Fournaise. The massive Piton de la Fournaise on the island of Réunion is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. It is seen here in 1977 with a fresh black lava flow descending the outer NE flank of the shield volcano to the sea. An unvegetated summit lava shield (upper left) was constructed within an 8-km-wide caldera that is breached to the sea. Its sloping northern rim is marked by the diagonal vegetation line at the left. More than 150 eruptions have occurred since the 17th century, mostly from vents within the caldera. (Caption:Global Volcanism Program ). Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft, 1977 (published in SEAN Bulletin, 1977).
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