Volcano watch

[Sevan Makaracı]

 

"Of course all volcanoes will explode, as this is going to be a very severe pole shift. What about the months and years preceding the pole shift? It is no secret that Mammoth Lake and the caldera of Yellowstone are warming up, and the populace has been prepared for these occurrences by the movie Volcano where there, in the middle of LA, lava is bubbling up. In fact, there is a fault line running from the approximate San Diego/LA area, up into the Sierras, and this is liable to rupture rather violently during one of the quakes that precedes the pole shift by some months. Volcanic eruptions from that area in the Sierras can be expected. Will Mount St. Helen erupt? All volcanoes that have been active within the memory of man will begin spewing and burping and oozing, and many that were not expected to become active will reactive. "   ZetaTalk

 

 

I will try to update this post daily with new volcano news starting from August 2011.

 

 

- Volcanic activities on the map (March 2012)

Currently active volcanoes visual (Sep 28)

[Howard]

Quakes and Fumarolic Unrest on Peru's Sabancaya Volcano (Feb 26)

A sharp increase in seismicity below Sabancaya Volcano. Over 500 earthquakes were recorded under the volcano between February 22-23 and with an accompanying increase in fumarole emissions (steam and volcanic gases) from the summit. The fumarolic activity at the summit is especially notable - the new steam/gas plume reaching over 100 meters over the volcano.

Residents around Sabancaya volcano are evacuating due to tremors from inside the mountain that have damaged their homes.  National defense officials say about 80 homes sustained damage from the strongest of more than 500 tremors that jolted the area on February 22 and 23.

The last eruption at Sabancaya was back in 2003 — one of the handful of VEI 2 and 3 eruptions that have occurred at the volcano since it began erupting again after almost 200 years of quiet.

Sources

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/earthquakes-and-fumaroles...

http://www.earthweek.com/2013/ew130301/ew130301d.html

[Howard]

Mexico's Fuego de Colima Volcano Spews Lava (Mar 1)

A new lava flow has appeared from the summit crater of Fuego volcano and is traveling towards Trinidad canyon and about 300 meters long. Weak explosions occur from time to time as well, with plumes rising a few 100 meters. The current seismic signal shows an increase of activity.

On January 6th the “Fuego volcano of Colima” awoke with a bang after 18th months in complete calm. Since then, there have been four significant explosions, which have been destroying the dome on top.

The new dome could be accumulation for more that 400 thousands cubic meters of material on environment.

Source

http://guardianlv.com/2013/03/volcano-fuego-de-colima-awoke-with-a-...

[Howard]

Powerful Eruption at Italy's Mount Etna (Feb 28)

Mt. Etna sent plumes of heavy smoke and ash flying into the sky from a new crater 9,500-feet high.

http://www.9news.com/news/article/320337/188/Hot-lava-spews-out-of-...

[Sevan Makaracı]

Inspection shows Rincón de la Vieja Volcano still active (Costa Rica)

Experts at the National Emergency Commission (CNE) on Tuesday conducted an aerial inspection over the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, located in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, after receiving several reports of activity.

A team of experts from the CNE, the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica and the National Seismological Network took off at 6 a.m. to verify the activity. A first report at 11:25 a.m. stated that “small eruptions were seen at the crater lake, but cloudy conditions prevented a clearer view.”

CNE issued a green (preventive) alert in areas surrounding the volcano late last year, both for residents and visitors to the Rincón de la Vieja National Park.

CNE Chief Operating Officer Walter Fonseca said they received multiple reports that the volcano has been spewing ashes and rocks in recent days.

Source

[Planet Twelve]

White Island [NZ] stirs, sends out ash clouds

The crater at 1pm

White Island is stirring again but volcanologists say activity within the crater is only minor.

GNS has monitoring cameras in place at the volcano which take photos of the crater every 15 minutes and scientists noticed an increased level of activity between 11.30am and 1.30pm today.

Duty volcanologist Arthur Jolly said the ash was confined to within the crater and would not affect aviation in the area.

He was unsure as to what the rest of the weekend had to hold.

"In certain volcanic systems you can see an evolution in the pattern and we know from many volcanoes worldwide that some volcanoes follow a pattern that leads to an eruption," Jolly said.

"But in this case, this volcano doesn't follow this kind of set script."

By the end of last month the hot crater lake on White Island completely dried up as explosive rocks, mud and gas were thrown into the air from the active volcano.

The volcano has been spewing a steady stream of gas since activity heated up in December.

It's the most active the volcano has been since 2000.

- © Fairfax NZ News

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/8343757/White-Island-stirs-sends-out...

[jorge namour]

http://www.facebook.com/VolcanesCanarias

Italy's Mount Etna boils over yesterday. Here's an infrared image from EO-1 satellite. For full image & details, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/11X70S5

After maintaining a low simmer for ten months, Italy’s Etna volcano boiled over on February 19–20, 2013, with three outbursts in 36 hours

[Sevan Makaracı]

Mount Etna's Dramatic New Eruption caught on video

 Italy's Mount Etna sent lava and gas shooting toward the stars early this morning (Feb. 19), the first big eruption for the volcano in 2013.

The famous Sicilian volcano burst to life overnight, sending a fountain of fire into the air. The dramatic scene was captured in a video by Klaus Dorschfeldt, a videographer and webmaster at Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.

Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, had emitted signs of an imminent paroxysm in recent weeks. On Jan. 22, lava and strong flashes in the volcano's New Southeast Crater were clearly visible from the Sicilian foothills; these often herald a new paroxysm: short, violent eruptive bursts.

Dorschfeldt said he knew Mount Etna's recent signals could precede new activity.  "[I've] followed the activity of Etna for many years, and with time you learn to know it as if it were your friend," he said in an email interview. "Following it constantly [you] learn to be a keen observer and a minor change can lead to something important," he told OurAmazingPlanet.

Source

[Kojima]

Barren Island (Andaman Islands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barren Island (coordinates: 12°16′N 93°51′E) is located in the Andaman Sea, one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia. Along with the rest of the Andamans, it is a part of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and lies about 135 km (84 mi) northeast of the territory's capital, Port Blair. The first recorded eruption of the volcano dates back to 1787. Since then, the volcano has erupted more than ten times, with the most recent one which started in September 2010 and continued through January 2011.

After the first recorded eruption in 1787, further eruptions were recorded in 1789, 1795, 1803–04, and 1852. After nearly one and half century of dormancy, the island had another eruption in 1991 that lasted six months and caused considerable damage. There were eruptions in 1994–95 and 2005–07, the latter being considered to be linked to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

[Sevan Makaracı]

New eruption at Barren Island volcano, Indian Ocean region

A new eruption seems to have started. An ash plume rising to 20,000 ft (6 km) altitude and drifting 120 nautical miles to the SW was reported last night by VAAC Darwin. The aviation color code was raised to RED.

Source

[Poli]

Four active volcanoes on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula (Far East) - Shiveluch, Karymski, Kisimen and Plosky Tolbachik - have been awarded to one of the dangerous levels of alarm, the orange level.

Volcano Shiveluch spits gas and ash clouds into the air to almost 4,500 meters. The volcano Karymski push some gas and ash clouds up to 2,700 meters into the air. On the volcanoes avalanches go down. In the darkness, the glowing lava is visible.

http://german.ruvr.ru/2013_02_17/105084510/