Incandescence is visible at night at Halema`uma`u crater at Kilauea summit. Small amounts of lava are being emitted from the vent, and ash emissions are visible during the day. On March 29 sulphur dioxide levels at the summit were 730 tonnes/day, compared to background levels of 150-200 tonnes/day. Sulphur dioxide emission rate increases from this [...]
Eruptions have occurred at Karymsky Volcano in Kamchatka, Russia. More than 100 earthquakes were recorded in one day. Ash emissions have reached 7 km high and rockfalls were visible on the slopes. Ash emissions are creating an aviation risk.More on Karymsky Volcano…
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Eruptions continue at two locations at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Ash emissions are occurring from a 30 m wide vent at Halema`uma`u crater at Kilauea summit. Ashfall has deposited on Highway 11 and as far away as south point. Lava from Pu`u `O`o vent on the east rift zone is flowing through Royal Gardens subdivision [...]
Ash emissions are occurring from a small vent at Halema`uma`u crater, Kilauea volcano. This follows an explosion which occurred at the crater on the 19th March. The current explosive activity at the summit of Kilauea is the first in 84 years. Sulfur dioxide emissions are above background levels in the summit area. Crater Rim Drive [...]
Weak explosive activity has been occurring since January at Mt Etna volcano in Italy. Ash emissions are occurring from a depression on SE Crater. Periods of activity were reported from 9-10 January, 11-17 February, 25th February-3rd March, and during the past 10 days. Significant activity at Mt Etna last occurred in April 2007 with lava [...]
Ash emissions continue from Turvurvur, Rabaul Volcano, Papua New Guinea. Moderate ashfall occurred at Matupit Island. Roaring noises were occasionally heard from the crater, and a night glow was visible.More on Rabaul Volcano…
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A major earthquake, magnitude 7.2, hit Kunlun volcano region in Tibet this morning at 0633 hr local time. The epicentre was located 100 km east of Kunlun volcano, which produced China’s most recent eruption in 1951. Earthquakes of this magnitude are able to disrupt nearby volcanoes. The Kunlun Fault system produced a magnitude 8.1 earthquake [...]
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A large eruption occurred at Turvurvur crater Rabaul Volcano, Papua New Guinea today at 11:05 hr local time. The shockwave rattled windows in Rabaul town and covered the cone with lava fragments. Ash emission reached 2.5 km above the crater.More on Rabaul Volcano…
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An explosive eruption occurred on 19th March, local time, at Halema`uma`u Crater at the summit of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. This is the first explosive eruption in the summit crater since 1924. The explosion occurred at the location of the new gas vent which formed last week. The eruption was probably phreatic, and created a [...]
A new gas vent has opened in Halema`uma`u crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. This is the first summit activity in 25 years at the volcano. The vent shows an orange glow at night, and has doubled the already high sulphur dioxide emissions at the summit. Along the east rift zone, lava [...]