Source: Volcano Discovery Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): The activity of the volcano has become more intense during the past days. Several ash plumes were detected by Tokyo VAAC and blight glow is intermittently visible on the webcam. Most likely, the volcano has started another phase of intense, intermittent strombolian explosions. Semeru (East Java, Indonesia): Access to…
Source: Volcano Discovery Volcanoes Today, 1 Jun 2016: Colima volcano, Bromo, Semeru, Dukono, Turrialba, Nyiragongo, Bristol Island Bromo (East Java, Indonesia): Our expedition leader Andi currently on location reported that the volcano’s activity has been increased since 4 days ago, with visible activity consisting of mild phreatic explosions and strong steaming. The volcano observatory has…
Source: Volcano Discovery Etna (Sicily, Italy): The violent strombolian activity from the Voragine summit crater continued all though Wednesday (25 May) and the following night, but gradually decreased and ceased yesterday. At the moment, no significant eruptive activity is going on. To see images and videos of this recent activity, you could visit the facebook…
Source: Volcano Discovery Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): The activity at the volcano has picked up recently and is now again at (fluctuating) moderate levels similar to what it has been during much of the past 10-15 years – extremely rewarding for those who climb it in the evening. Apparently, the magma column inside the conduits…
Sinabung (Sumatra, Indonesia): Two small to moderately sized pyroclastic flows occurred this morning at the volcano. The larger one at 06:16 local time (image) produced a pyroclastic flow that traveled 2700 m on the SE side and a co-ignimbrite ash plume that rose 2500 m into the sky. Santiaguito (Guatemala): The activity at the Caliente…
Source: Volcano Discovery Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): Following a phase of very low activity during most of March-April (often with several hours between small explosions only), activity has picked up again and strombolian-type explosions, mainly from the western and eastern vents in the crater terrace, have been more regular. According to INGV’s monitoring data, activity…
Source: Volcano Discovery Shiveluch (Kamchatka): (9 May) KVERT reported that during 21-29 April lava-dome extrusion onto Sheveluch’s N flank was accompanied by strong fumarolic activity, dome incandescence, ash explosions, and hot avalanches. Satellite images showed an intense daily thermal anomaly over the dome. The Aviation Color Code remained at Orange. Mount St. Helens (Washington): Since…
