Poás Volcano in Costa Rica Spews Gas and Water During 3 Eruptions (Aug 27)

Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano let loose on Wednesday, spewing gas and water more than 300 feet into the air, the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) reported. Seismologists registered three consecutive phreatic eruptions starting at 2:45 p.m. They lasted 3 minutes.

According to an OVSICORI press release, phreatic eruptions, while common, cannot be predicted with precision, and they can pose a danger to volcanologists who work close to the crater lake. Debris is rarely a concern, but living things close to the crater lake can be suffocated by the  gas-saturated cloud emitted from the volcano after an eruption.

Volcanologists say they have occurred sporadically since 2006 and could continue for several more years.

Poás is located a short drive from the Juan Santamaría International Airport in Alajuela.

Sources

http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/08/29/poas-volcano-spews-gas-and-wate...

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/poas/news/47331/Poas-volcano-Costa-...

New Eruptions at Southern Japan's Suwanosejima Volcano (Aug 31)

The volcano entered a more active phase on Sunday. Several (strombolian-type) explosions and phases of constant ash venting have occurred since yesterday, producing ash plumes of 1-2 km height.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/suwanosejima/news/47415/Suwanosejim...

Strong and Frequent explosions at Southern Japan's Sakurajima Volcano (Aug 31)

The activity has picked up significantly at the volcano.

During the past 30 hours, at least 10 vulcanian-type explosions were recorded. Some of them produced ash plumes rising to 13,000 ft (4 km) altitude, i.e. approx. 3 km above the volcano's Showa crater.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sakurajima/news/47405/Sakurajima-vo...

Explosions Generate Lava Flows at Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano (Aug 30)

A series of pyroclastic flows occurred yesterday evening.

The eruptions took place between 18:23 and 19:00 local time, and are the first occurrences of pyroclastic flows since the start of the new eruptive phase that started on 27 July.

Fortunately, the flows were small and eruptive activity remains only moderate, as frequent but typically smaller explosions occur and release pressure. It is thought that the volcano is currently in a state of having an open conduit, allowing magma to rise easily to the crater before building up large pressure.

IGPEN mentioned that significant deformation of the upper part of the volcano had been detected recently, indicating that more magma is on its way towards the crater. Hence, similar eruptions are expected to continue for a while.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tungurahua/news/47395/Tungurahua-vo...

Aerial footage of the ongoing eruption at Iceland’s Bardarbunga volcano.

http://www.wired.com/2014/09/possible-explosions-north-of-vatnajoku...

Possible Explosions North of Vatnajökull as Icelandic Eruption Continues

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Terra MODIS satellite image of the eruption north of Vatnajokull in Iceland peaking through the cloud cover. Seen on August 28, 2014.  NASA

Quick post today, but RUV.is is reporting that three small explosions occurred in the area just north of Vatnajökull. The nature of the explosions are unknown at this point, but from the rough translation of the article in Icelandic, they sound an awful lot like a phreatic explosion — that is, explosions driven by steam. If magma is directly involved, they would then become phreatomagmatic. In both cases, it could be a case where intruding basalt is interacting with saturated sediment at the edges of the Vatnajökull. This area is likely going to be saturated with water from the seasonal melting of the ice sheet itself, so explosive interactions between this wet sediment and basalt might be expected. The resulting mix of sediment and lava is called a peperite. UPDATE: Although likely unrelated to today’s mysterious explosions, there could be a chance for phreatic explosions if/when the lava flow reaches Jokulsa River.

Not much can be seen in the webcams right now, beyond the abundant degassing from the active fissure zones in the Holahraun lava fields between Askja and Barðarbunga. The new fissure that opened Sunday has produced some impressive lava fountains, some reaching 200 meters (650 feet). The lava flow that is issuing from the new fissure is made of slabby pahoehoe, a flavor of basaltic lava that is transitional between pahoehoe and a’a. You can see some video of the lava flows here and a great flyover of the fissure and lava flow.

Earthquakes around Vatnajokull, with hot colors marking the most recent earthquakes. Date is in the top left corner.
 Icelandic Meteorological Office.

Overall, the Icelandic Meteorological Office is reporting that seismicity is down over the last day, along with the rates of deformation seen in the area. It is interesting to note that thisearthquake swarm has now progressed past Askja to the north (see right), with a bit of a “blank zone” under Askja. The eruption itself is also waning since the intense activity of Sunday and Monday. However, as we saw last week, if this fissure stops erupting, new ones may open — potentially related to the explosions reported today. The lava flow now covers about 4.2 square kilometers. The sulfur dioxide plume from the eruption is also prominent around Iceland and the North Atlantic, but it seems that much of the minor hazard due to the plume is localized to Iceland. You can read some more about the gas plume in this Daily Kos article, but be wary of the doom-and-gloom.

If you can’t make it to Iceland right now, be sure to check out the amazing collection of images from the eruption by Einar Guðmann.

http://news.msn.com/us/hawaii-island-declares-emergency-over-volcan...

Hawaii island declares emergency over volcano threat

Provided by AFP

Breakouts of lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano are seen near the West end of Wilipe, Hawaii, on July 31, 2002.

Hawaii's Big Island has declared a state of emergency as lava from an active volcano threatens nearby homes, which could be evacuated within days, officials and reports said Friday.

Dramatic video of shockwave from Mount Tavurvur's recent eruption:

The powerful shockwave from the eruption of Papua New Guinean volcano Mount Tavurvur blew clouds around the sky before rattling a cameraman on a nearby boat.

Queensland resident Linda McNamara today uploaded a video to Facebook which shows the August 29 eruption as it blasts ash and smoke tens of thousands of feet into the air.

Taken by her husband Phil from Blanche Bay in nearby Kokopo Beach the footage shows Tavurvur belching fire and thick ash as high as 60,000 feet above sea level.

In the sky above the volcano the shockwave can be seen pushing aside clouds as it travels towards the cameraman.

"Watch out for the shock, it's coming," someone can be heard saying before a huge boom and force shakes the boat and its occupants.

Source

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/09/06/13/56/volcano-shockwave-se...

Kamchatka's Zhupanovsky Volcano Erupts Several Times (Sept 7)

Zhupanovsky erupted several times on Sunday, sending out ash plumes into the air, the largest two reaching an altitude of 10 kilometers.

The first plume of ash on Sunday reached an altitude of 10 kilometers above sea level, he said. "Two ash clouds were formed, which have drifted to, respectively, 200 and 80 kilometers southeast of the volcano.

One of them is above the Pacific Ocean and the other above the Avachinsky Gulf," he said. The Emergency Situations Ministry's Kamchatka Department said that there are no populated areas on the clouds' way and that no fallout of volcanic dust has been registered.

The most recent eruption occurred at 3:39 p.m. local time (6:39 a.m. Moscow time).

The volcano is located 98 kilometers from the village of Koryaki in the Yelizovsky district, 100 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and 102 kilometers from the town of Yelizovo. Code Red aviation alert was issued after the eruptions, although there are no air routes near the volcano.

Travel firms have been advised not conduct guided tours near Zhupanovsky.

Source

http://rbth.com/articles/2012/08/15/twelve_active_russian_volcanoes...

Blue Haze from Eruption in East Iceland

September 08, 2014 10:42

http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/09/08/blue-haze-eruption-east-ic...

The sun seen through the haze

A bluish haze caused by sulfur dioxide emitted in the Holuhraun eruption could widely be detected in East Iceland over the weekend. The haze was still there this morning, as the weather is still and dry. The pollution is not considered a health hazard.

“It’s like a bluish haze that hangs over everything, especially apparent when you drive from Hérað [by Egilsstaðir] and southwards along the fjords. The mountains disappear into the haze and if the mountains are at varied distance you can see how the haze increases,” Helga Hreinsdóttir, managing director of the East Iceland Public Health Authority, told ruv.is.

Pollution detectors in Reyðarfjörður, which were placed there because of the nearby aluminum smelter, showed on Saturday that pollution levels have never been as high in the town since they were first recorded before 1970.

One of the four pollution detectors in Reyðarfjörður will be moved to Egilsstaðir to monitor the air quality there.

Helga stated it is unlikely that people will be affected by the pollution, except particularly sensitive asthma patients, who might sense discomfort in the respiratory system.

Seismic activity by Bárðarbunga has decreased since midnight and the Holuhraun eruption remains stable.

2014-09-08 07:20:06.93hr 54min ago 64.51 N 17.58 W 10 4.4 ICELAND
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=398939

2014-09-08 06:15:42.04hr 58min ago 64.67 N 17.65 W 2 4.2 ICELAND

ICELAND Bárðarbunga - VOLCANO - September 10 2014

2014-09-11 00:07:40.81hr 45min ago 64.60 N 17.54 W 10 5.0 ICELAND
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=399378

2014-09-10 05:28:34.5 64.67 N 17.15 W 10 5.1 ICELAND
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=399263

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https://www.facebook.com/icelandonline2013/photos/pcb.2812209387282...

STEAM tornados are forming constantly over the new lava except these are completely harmless
The earthquakes are getting stronger for some reason and are based under the glasier which is expected so right now were just waiting for it to melt through and start annoying everyone...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204629803576161&set=g...

A surreal view of the lava field Holuhraun - photo 2014.09.10 - Go iceland - pic.twitter.com/bFiIvoxMKX

VOLCANO SO2 levels at Reydarfjordur in Eastern Iceland measured 2600µg/m3 today - highest ever in country. People told not to labor outside. - via Twitter

Whole country - earthquakes during the last 48 hours

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/iceland-volcano-idINL5N0RB...

Sinking Iceland volcano crater raises flood worries

REYKJAVIK, Sept 10

(Reuters) - Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano registered one of its most powerful earth tremors yet on Wednesday while the sinking of its caldera raised concerns of an eruption and flooding, authorities said.

The caldera, the cauldron-like crater at the top of a volcano, had sunk by up to around 20 metres since last week as magma channeled through underground passages moves away from the volcano

A cloud of abrasive ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, in a different region of Iceland, closed much of Europe's air space for six days in 2010, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, after an eruption under the ice cap.

"We take this increased subsidence in the caldera of Bardarbunga volcano very seriously, due to a possible large eruption and glacial flood," said Vidir Reynisson, Department Manager at Iceland's Civil Protection Department.

The ash warning level for aviation remained at orange, the second-highest level on a five-colour scale, after several brief hikes to the top red in recent weeks.

Lava from cracks around Bardarbunga has so far entered the surface on ice-free land, whereas an eruption under an ice cap may be explosive and produce an ash cloud that could disrupt aviation, as well as flooding due to melting of the ice.

Peru's Ubinas Volcano Erupts Again (Sept 11)

A strong explosion occurred this morning at the Ubinas volcano, generating alarm among residents of surrounding areas of the massif located in the Moquegua region.

According to monitoring conducted by the Volcano Observatory Mining Geological and Metallurgical Institute (Ingemmet) in Arequipa, the explosion occurred at 07:05 hours local time and reached a height of 3.5 kilometers.

The explosion generated ash dispersed in a southerly direction and thus fallout is anticipated in the villages of Querapi, Sacohaya, Tonohaya, Anascapa, Ubinas and San Miguel in the Moquegua region.

The Ingemmet will evaluate the impact of ash falls and implement mitigation actions (provide masks and lenses, and protect deposits from water and food to prevent contamination).

Ubinas last erupted with a sudden strong explosion on August 22.

Sources

http://www.rpp.com.pe/2014-09-11-explosion-del-ubinas-genera-column...

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/ubinas/news/47806/Ubinas-volcano-Pe...

http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-ingemmet-volcan-ubinas-reg...

Indonesia's Slamet Volcano Erupts 165 Times (Sept 11)

Mount Slamet volcano in Central Java province erupted 165 times on September 11, spewing lava 5,000 feet into the air and prompting more than 20,000 villagers living on the slope of the volcano to prepare for evacuation.

Powerful bursts of hot ash and gravel occurred at 12:44 p.m. and 13:35 p.m. Jakarta time, ejecting lava all over the summit cone of the volcano..

BNPB, Indonesian's Civil Protection began preparing for a possible evacuation. According to them, 23,699 people are located within a radius of 5 to 6 km from the summit, and the area up to 4 km radius around the volcano has been declared an exclusion zone.

56,000 dust masks have been distributed to the local population.

Trucks and vans are prepared to be on standby when evacuation order is given in order to transport people away from the danger zone and shelters are being set up.

Mount Slamet erupted again on Friday, spewing a column of ash by up to one km high.

Authorities warned residents to remain outside a four-kilometer radius of the volcano.

Sources

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/95294/indonesian-volcano-in-java...

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/slamet/news/47878/Slamet-volcano-Ce...

Indonesia’s Mount Lokon Volcano Erupts 3 Times (Sept 13)

Mount Lokon volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island erupted three times on Saturday, spewing ash 600 metres into the air, and prompting local authorities to set up an exclusion zone around the volcano.

“The eruption must be monitored closely because… the ash fell on the eastern part of the mountain, Mandolang, Tombariri and East Tombariri district in Minahasa, and Manado has also been affected,” local resident Feri Rismawan said on Saturday.

In Malalayang, a subdistrict of the provincial capital of Manado, people wore facemasks to protect themselves from the respiratory effects of the ash.

Minahasa district head, Jantje Sajow, said the government had advised people not to venture outside without a mask. The local disaster management agency followed this up by distributing masks free of charge, while the local government set up a 2.5-kilometer radius around the crater which local people were not allowed to cross.

Sources

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/indonesias-mount-l...

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/mount-lokon-erupts-north-sulawesi/

10,000 Families Evacuated Amid Imminent Eruption at Mount Mayon (Sept 15)

Thousands of people living near an active volcano in the central Philippines are being evacuated after government scientists warned of an impending eruption.

Authorities said 10,000 families living close to the volcano will be evacuated.

They have ordered no human activity within the six-kilometre danger zone around Mayon.

Mount Mayon in Albay province was placed on alert level three after showing signs of "relatively high unrest" based on increased volcanic activity including a growing lava dome, crater glow, rock fall events, volcanic earthquakes and gas emissions.

Phivolcs recorded 39 rock fall events and 32 low frequency volcanic earthquakes indicating that magma is about to rise from its crater.

Sources

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-16/philippines-warns-of-impendin...

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/95462/video--alert-level-3-raise...

http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1874403.ece/alternates/s615/...

Russian Volcano Spews Ash Over 40 Kilometers (Sept 16)

The Karymsky volcano on the far-eastern Kamchatka Peninsula has emitted an ash plume reaching 3,000 meters high, and the cloud has drifted over 40 kilometers from the volcano, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry said Tuesday.

The volcano has been assigned a "yellow" aviation code for "signs of elevated unrest," the ministry said in a statement.

Fortunately the ash plume has passed over uninhabited areas and away from major aviation routes, the ministry said, adding that travel agencies should avoid scheduling tours close to volcanoes.

Sources

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/far-eastern-russian-volc...

http://msc3jy.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/map-of-russia.jpg

ICELAND Bárðarbunga - VOLCANO - September 16 2014

2014-09-16 21:34:17.643min ago 64.72 N 17.10 W 10 4.7 ICELAND
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=400185

2014-09-16 14:47:59.17hr 30min ago 64.62 N 17.50 W 2 4.7 ICELAND
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=400133

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

LIVE WEBCAM : http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/

Gunnuhver Mud Spring Closed

September 16, 2014

http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/09/16/gunnuhver-mud-spring-closed

Police have closed the viewing platform at Gunnuhver mud pool in a geothermal area on Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland, as a precautionary measure after piping hot clay started shooting up many meters into the sky and a lot of steam started rising from the area.

More activity than usual has been detected at the site in recent days, ruv.is reports.

Ólafur G. Flóvenz, director of Iceland Geosurvey (ÍSOR), said it is impossible to know how long the activity will last but that it is normal and a result of increased seismic activity in the region.

Gunnuhver is the largest mud pot in Iceland.

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/?p=4988

It is expected that rift episode that is now taking place north of Bárðarbunga is going to last for months. So it is important to be patience when waiting for nature to do its thing.
Bárðarbunga volcano caldera is currently dropping around 50cm/day. That might change without warning.

Update at 21:42 UTC

Largest earthquake so far is a magnitude 5,2 that took place at 14:47 UTC. More earthquakes have been taking place in the last hour, but there magnitude has not been confirmed yet.

ICELAND Bárðarbunga - VOLCANO - September 16 2014

Bárðarbunga - updated information

Bárðarbunga - updated information

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947

16 September 2014 19:00 - from geoscientist on duty

Nearly 100 earthquakes have been detected in the automatic network since midnight. Just over 20 at Bárðarbunga and over 30 in the intrusion under Dyngjujökull and near the eruptive site. Earthquakes at the northern rim of Bárðarbunga caldera today were at 09:13 M3,4 and at 10:36 M4,8 and at 16:13 M3,7. At the southwestern rim there was an earthquake at 14:47 M5,2. No distinctive subsidence was associated with that earthquake. Some of the GPS stations have shown a change in direction since yesterday. Scientists will take a closer look on that change.

The eruption site in Holuhraun at 18:40 today, 16 September 2014.

See Indonesia’s Mount Slamet Spew Lava and Ash

Sept. 18, 2014

Authorities are prepared to evacuate thousands of people if the threat level rises

Indonesia’s Mount Slamet began spewing lava again Thursday morning after a four-day silence, sending ash tumbling down on nearby villages.

Authorities banned activity within four kilometers of the peak and are prepared to evacuate some 24,000 residents from seven villages with roughly four miles of the crater, the Associated Press reports.

The eruption Thursday followed a series of loud bangs and sent molten material as much as 3,000 feet above the peak, according to the Jakarta Post. Forests on the northern side of the volcano were destroyed.

The alert status has stood at level 3 since August—a level 4 alert, the highest, would prompt the evacuation, according to the Post. The volcano, one of about 130 across the country, last erupted in 2009.

Source: http://time.com/3397931/mount-slamet-volcano-indonesia/

CELAND Bárðarbunga - VOLCANO - September 22 2014

2014-09-21 10:51:47.7 64.59 N 17.41 W 3 5.4 ICELAND
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=400843
2014-09-21 09:36:44.8 64.60 N 17.80 W 8 4.3 ICELAND

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947

21 September 2014 19:00 - from geoscientist on duty

About 85 earthquakes have been detected since midnight, thereof 36 occurred in Bárðarbunga. The largest earthquake was of magnitude 5.5 at the southeastern rim of the caldera at 10:51. A recently mounted GPS station within the caldera showed about 20 cm subsidence at the same time.

The gasplume above the eruption site in Holuhraun 19.09.2014 at 20:05

Actualidad Volcánica de Canarias (AVCAN)

https://www.facebook.com/163883668446/photos/p.10152755710278447/10...

And as for the scattering off the island, today the gases emerging from the eruption go towards the north of the British Isles, especially Scotland area, where you're reaching

https://twitter.com/simoncarn/status/513347314694770688/photo/1

More SO2 from #Holuhraun drifting towards the UK today. Over northern Scotland at around 1 pm.

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/09/vulcano-bardarbunga-il-luogo-piu-per...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...

The most dangerous place in Iceland

Dead birds killed from the air full of sulfur dioxide, were found near the area of the eruption. Vidir Reynisson, head of the National Police Commissioner's Department of Civil Protection, said that if there is a ban approaching eruption, there is a reason: "It 's the place more danger in Iceland, and people need to be careful, just ask them to think before they act."

https://www.facebook.com/groups/abc.volcanoes/

Pic of sulfur dioxide pollution in the Nord - Pas-de-Calais: the main suspect Icelandic volcano - FRANCE

23/09/2014 12

http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/pic-de-pollution-au-dioxyde-de-so...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&...

The content of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere is unusually high in northern France and neighboring countries, the probable cause being the eruption of Iceland Bardabunga according to SFX regional agency.

This unusual concentration, "not yet achieved regulatory thresholds information (300 micrograms / m 3 of air per hour) or alert (500 micrograms), touches the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy and Champagne-Ardenne, as well as Belgium and Britain, "said a duty officer of the agency for monitoring air quality, Claudie Dryjanski.

"This phenomenon has never been observed for the last 15 years, this regional scale, and appears to be related, according to the origin of the winds and back trajectories of air masses, the eruptions of the Icelandic volcano Bardabunga" which began on August 16, told SFX Nord - Pas-de-Calais in a statement.
A back trajectory, explained Ms. Dryjanski, "is the result of the simulation of the path traveled by a particle of air to replenish its path."
In this case, she has said, "as a phenomenon
of concentration at this level and all monitoring sites at once is very rare."
"Therefore, we felt that this could be related to an industrial accident and we are facing a volcanic origin, although it seems likely to be confirmed scientifically," said Ms. Dryjanski.

MAP

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norte-Paso_de_Calais

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/bardarbunga-gaswolke-vom-v...

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Volcanic gases: sulfur cloud of Bárðarbunga reaches Germany
For weeks, the Icelandic volcano spewing lava Bárðarbunga. The case ejected sulfur gas has now reached Germany. Weather stations in Austria report records, but health hazard does not exist.

ARTICLE AND MAP IN THE LINK

Astonishing Lava Volumes From Iceland's Bárdarbunga Volcano (Sept 23)

For the past month, Bardarbunga volcano has been churning out lava at a prodigious rate. And the eruption shows no signs of abating.

So far, the lava field has covered more than 14 square miles.

"That corresponds about to the size of Manhattan," according Rikke Pedersen, with the Nordic Volcanological Center at the University of Iceland.

Pedersen says the eruption is being caused by the spreading of the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate, which are moving apart from each other. As the plates spread, magma from Bardarbunga has started flowing into the gap — literally making Iceland expand.

Pedersen says the eruption has produced more lava than any eruption in Iceland since 1947, and it could soon surpass even that one.

If compared to an explosive eruption using the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption has already reached the category VEI 5.

It has so far erupted about the same volume of magma as the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption, enough to fill a soccer field with 2-3 km of lava!

The discharge rate was estimated to 250-350 cubic meters per second. For a full day (86400 seconds), this corresponds to a cube measuring approx. 300 m on its sides.

The subsidence of the Bardarbunga caldera continues with same rate as before, approx. 50 cm each day.

It has now subsided by almost 30 meters in total.

Sources

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bardarbunga/news/48070/Bardarbunga-...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/22/349268575/massive-vo...

Sudden eruption in Russia: ashes projected 11.5 km from the volcano Šiveluč [VIDEO] Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Šiveluč (Shiveluch) in Russia, located on the peninsula of Kamchatka.

A sudden and violent eruption of the stratovolcano has affected today Šiveluč (Shiveluch) in Russia, located on the peninsula of Kamchatka. It is a volcano with explosive activity, with emission of lava andesitic rich in hornblende (rare type of lava which after cooling forms a rock called adachite). It is the northernmost volcano of the peninsula, in the north-east than in the group of volcanoes which is part of the Ključevskaja Sopka.

The explosion was spectacular, and has projected the ashes up to 11.5 km altitude.

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/09/improvvisa-eruzione-in-russia-ceneri...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=721919071179000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1RtnCjSUpo

Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra Erupts Again (Sept 24)

A powerful burst of hot ash and gravel erupted from the volcano in western Indonesia at 13:43 p.m. local time, spewing hot ash two kilometres to southeast.

All residents in three villages near the volcano are ready to be evacuated if necessary.

The eruption comes days after more than 2,000 villagers who fled their homes last year due to volcanic eruptions at Mount Sinabung returned home. 4,700 are still living in temporary shelters in the remote region.

Tens of thousands of villagers were evacuated from the slopes of the 2,460-meter volcano on Sumatra island after it sprang to life in September 2013. Daily eruptions began in November and continued for months, coating the countryside in gray ash and forcing many villagers to sell off their livestock.

Ultimately, more than 30,000 villagers living within about five kilometers of the peak were evacuated, with most taking shelter in houses of worship and event halls located in highlands towns a safe distance from the peak.

Mount Sinabung in Karo district last erupted on June 29 after erupting on and off from September 2013 to February this year, leaving 15 people dead and more than 30,000 internally displaced.

Sources

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1071362\

http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2014/09/23/thousands-of-sinabung-r...

Over 600 quakes in 36 Hours Near California's Mammoth Mountain Volcano (Sept 26)

The hundreds of earthquakes rattling the Mammoth Lakes region is due to volcanic unrest, according to the USGS.

The swarm of quakes — ranging from magnitude 1.0 to 3.8 — began just before 5 a.m. September 25.

“This is one of the largest earthquake swarms we’ve seen in the past decade or so,” said David Shelly, a USGS research seismologist who has been studying the volcanic system near Mammoth Lakes. “We’ll be tracking it closely.”

Sources 

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mammoth-earthquake-swar...

http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/09/26/mammoth-quake-swarm-called-volca...

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earthquake-swarm-rattle...

* Volcano Erupts in Japan; Injuries Reported [ABC News; Sep 27, 2014]

A volcano erupted in central Japan on Saturday, catching mountain climbers by surprise and seriously injuring at least one person.

With a sound likened to thunder, Mt. Ontake spewed large white plumes high into the sky, sending people fleeing and covering surrounding areas in ash.

Several people were injured, including one who was unconscious, according to Japanese media reports.

The 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) peak erupted shortly before noon on a bright sunny autumn morning. In a YouTube video shown on Japanese TV, surprised climbers can be seen moving quickly away from the peak as an expanding plume emerges above and then engulfs them.

One witness, talking to Japanese broadcaster NHK, said the eruption started with large booms like thunder. It also reported that people had been evacuated from a mountain lodge.

Japan's meteorological agency raised the alert level for Mt. Ontake to three on a scale of one to five. It warned people to stay away from the mountain, saying ash and other debris could fall up to 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away.

Mt. Ontake sits on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures on the spine of mountains that runs down Honshu, Japan's main island.

* UPDATE 2-Erupting Japan volcano leaves seven unconscious, 250 stranded [Reuters; Sep 27, 2014]

(Adds details, PM Abe comment)

By Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito

(Reuters) - A Japanese volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing ash and small rocks into the air and leaving seven people unconscious, eight seriously injured and more than 250 stranded on the mountain, officials and media said.

A thick, rolling, grey cloud of ash rose into the sky above Mount Ontake close to where TV footage showed hikers taking pictures. Trekkers and residents were warned of falling rock and ash within a radius of four km (two and a half miles).

"It was like thunder," a woman told broadcaster NHK of the first eruption at the volcano in seven years. "I heard boom, boom, then everything went dark."

The Meteorological Agency said the volcano, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures 200 km (125 miles) west of Tokyo, erupted just before midday and sent ash pouring down the mountain's south slope for more than three km (two miles).

There was no sign of lava from the TV footage.

The eruption forced aircraft to divert their routes, but officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport and Japan Airlines said there were no disruptions to flights in and out of Tokyo.

NHK quoted a Nagano prefectural official as telling a government meeting that seven people were unconscious and eight people were seriously wounded.

Police said more than 250 hikers were stranded on the mountain, which is 3,067 metres high and last erupted in 2007.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who returned from the United States on Saturday, said he had issued instructions to mobilise the military to help in the rescue effort.

"Nearly 200 people are in the process of descending the mountain, but we are still trying to figure out details. I instructed to do all we can to rescue the people affected and secure the safety of the trekkers," Abe told reporters.

Nagano police sent a team of 80 to the mountain to assist the climbers who were making their way down, while Kiso Prefectural Hospital, near the mountain, said it had dispatched a medical emergency team.

"We expect a lot of injured people so we are now getting ready for their arrival," said an official at the hospital.

More than five hours after the initial eruption, the thick ash cloud showed no signs of abating, NHK TV showed.

"It's all white outside, looks like it has snowed. There is very bad visibility and we can't see the top of the mountain," Mari Tezuka, who works at a mountain hut for trekkers, told Reuters.

"All we can do now is shut up the hut and then we are planning on coming down... This is a busy season because of the changing autumn leaves. It's one of our busiest seasons." (Reporting by Antoni Slodkowski, Mari Saito, writing by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Nick Macfie)

* Mount Ontake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ontake

Ichi also notes the Japan eruption.

Iceland's Bárdarbunga Volcano SEPTEMBER 28 2014

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Pol­lu­tion from the Holuhraun erup­tion trav­elled as far as Paris this week. Paris mayor Anna Hi­dalgo pe­ti­tioned the French gov­ern­ment to limit traf­fic in the city, cit­ing among other things an in­crease in air pol­lu­tion be­cause of the erup­tion.

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Simulation of the movement of fine particles on the 09/22/2014 the British Isles and Germany, Holland, Belgium, northern France - map Der Spiegel on line

Rear projection of fine particulate 09/24/2014, with impact on Britain

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Updated information
28 September 2014 07:00 - from geoscientist on duty

During the night, no significant changes were seen in earthquake activity. Last night, at 19:32, an M5.2 earthquake occurred at the northern rim of the Bárðarbunga caldera. The largest earthquakes during the night were in the northeastern part of the caldera, at 22:51 M3.5, at 02:04 M3.4 and at 04:44 M4.1. All in all, 16 earthquakes have been detected in Bárðarbunga from midnight, the majority at the northern caldera rim. Only 5 earthquakes have been detected under Dyngjujökull, the largest about M2 in size. According to web cameras the intensity of the eruption is unchanged.

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Vulcanello explodes in Sicily- ITALY, a witness: "wave of mud 20 meters high"

Saturday, September 27 2014,

"A wall of clay and mud twenty meters high" would have overwhelmed the family of three, father and two children, while he was crossing the reserves 'Macalube' of Aragon, in the province of Agrigento. The testimony comes from a group of German tourists, they also visit the reserve at the time of the explosion Vulcanello that hit the three.

The rescuers, after having rescued the man, pulled out from the debris even the seven year old girl, but for her there was nothing to be done. Continuing investigations of the child. The area was evacuated for fear of further explosions: the place of the tragedy remain only the police and fire departments.

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Child dead after Sicily mud geyser eruption

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The sudden eruption of a mud geyser at a nature reserve in southern Sicily killed a seven-year-old girl on Saturday, Italian media reported, adding that her nine-year-old brother was missing.

The Maccalube reserve offers an unusual landscape of small mud geysers that erupt sporadically.

25,000 Quakes at Bárðarbunga Volcano (Sept 30)

The eruption is setting records every day.

Around 25,000 earthquakes have registered on Icelandic Met Office’s equipment since August 29. The eruption is one of the largest in the world.

"We have to go back to the Lakagígar eruption (1783) to find anything similar," according to Volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson.

All in all 39 quakes over 5.0 have been recorded, most of them in the rim of the Bárðarbunga crater. On Monday, a quake of magnitude 5.5 occurred, the second biggest since the beginning of the eruption.

“The flow of magma to the surface is extensive and the lava fountains are going high up in the air. The flow of poisonous gas is also unusually high. 

Ármann says he has no idea how long the eruption will last.

Iceland’s Volcanic Pollution Dwarfs All of Europe’s Human Emissions

“The sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitted from the Holuhraun eruption has reached up to 60,000 tons per day and averaged close to 20,000 tons since it began,” notes Pall Stefanson, in a September 25 report for Iceland Review Online.

“For comparison, all the SO2 pollution in Europe, from industries, energy production, traffic and house heating, etc., amounts to 14,000 tons per day.”

Sources

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Mount Sakurajima Volcano Erupts in Japan (Sept 30)

A few days after the Ontake volcano erupted in Japan, a second volcano, Sakurajima, also threw smoke and ash into the sky Monday, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of residents.

Sakurajima volcano is located 31 miles from a nuclear plant in Japan where the government has announced that operations will restart two reactors.

The Japanese government said Monday that despite the recent eruptions, will not change plans to reactivate two reactors at a nuclear plant near active volcanoes.

This decision has caused public criticism, especially after the disaster of the Fukushima plant, after the tsunami and earthquake of 2011 caused tons of radioactive water to leak into the sea.

Sources

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mount-sakurajima-volcano-erupts-j...

http://espanol.christianpost.com/news/volcan-sakurajima-hace-erupci...

Indonesian Volcano Erupts Again (Oct 5)

Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung has erupted, spewing burning gas and rock up to 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) into the sky.

Sunday’s eruption was one of several potentially deadly pyroclastic flows within days, caused by the collapse of the dome of solid lava on top of the crater.

In February, a pyroclastic ash cloud killed almost 20 people who could not escape the fast-moving current, which can reach speeds up to 450mph and usually travels downhill.

The 8,530ft volcano, in North Sumatra, started erupting four years ago after lying dormant for hundreds of years and has been particularly active in recent months.

More than 4,000 people who were evacuated from nearby homes during earlier eruptions are still living in emergency shelters and more are in temporary homes.

The Government is relocating some villages permanently because they are too close to the summit of Mount Sinabung but people are still attracted to its slopes for the fertile soil used for farming.

Source

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/mount-sinabung-eruptio...

Smoking Alaska mountain no volcano, so why's it smoldering?

A smoking mountain near the Yukon River not far from Eagle is, after further study, still a puzzle.

People first noticed acrid smoke in September 2012. The mountain has been steaming ever since, even during the coldest days of winter. Scientists thought a likely cause for the smoldering mountaintop was an oily rock deposit that somehow caught fire.

Linda Stromquist, a geologist for the National Park Service, has been trying to untangle the mystery of the Windfall Mountain Fire that burns above the Tatonduk River. She is one of few people to set foot on the warm flank of the mountain.

Flammable oil shale?

Stromquist and other professionals looked at geologic maps of the area and guessed the mountain might have a base of flammable oil shale that would explain the smoking. She grabbed a few samples of rock during a two-hour trip to the mountain in a helicopter.

"The pilot was worried about clouds of sulfur dioxide, and so was I," Stromquist said. "It was hot and steamy and smelly, kind of volcano-like."

Carl Stapler, a ranger at nearby Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, called Windfall Mountain "the Yukon-Charley volcano." Though he was joking, the steaming hill could pass for a summit surrounding the Valley of 10,000 Smokes.

Windfall Mountain is not a volcano, Stromquist said.

What is it then? Windfall Mountain is not feeding a coal seam fire, common throughout the world and recorded in Healy and a few other spots in Alaska. Coal can burst into flames with nothing more than the heat of the sun.

Samples Stromquist plucked during her visit to the mountain haven't helped explain the fire.

"Why is it continuing to burn when our samples show not-remarkable levels of organic carbon [like coal and peat]?" Stromquist said. "And there's no obvious combustion mechanism, either."

Elevated temperatures

Pat Sanders, a ranger at Yukon-Charley based in Eagle, said she heard a distant explosion in late September 2012, right before people smelled bitter smoke. Stromquist checked for a record of lightning strikes at that time and found none.

Anupma Prakash is an expert on coal fires who has studied them around the world, including Healy. Interested in the Windfall Mountain Fire, the professor at UAF’s Geophysical Institute encouraged graduate student Christine Waigl and undergraduate intern Kristen Stilson to review satellite images of Windfall Mountain. They found that during the five years before the fire, the mountain had higher temperatures than the surrounding hills and boreal forest.

"The area has had elevated temperatures for a while, which makes it easier for a fire to start," Prakash said.

Stromquist has shared information on the mountain with a half dozen geologists, including two men who wrote their doctoral theses on rocks of the area. The meeting of minds might solve the mystery of Windfall Mountain. Or it might not, she said.

"Science is like that — you can't tie it up with a bow most of the time."

Science writer Ned Rozell works for the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Used with permission.

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Copahue- ARGENTINA CHILE

OCTOBER 12 2014

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Saturday is recorded an increase in the pen of the ashes of copahue, which amounted to 3.600 meters tall, and a color ' grey dark evidence of the presence of material particulado, together with an seguidilla of sismos additional ', Was in a report of the service National geology and mining ( sernageomin ), That led to raise the alarm of yellow to alert orange technique.

' has been observed clearly changes, I saw the column referring to smoke, which is a dark ', He explained grandón

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Mayon lava dome gets bigger

READY TO EXPLODE.The lava dome of restive

Mayon Volcano has grown to the size of a
10-storey building and the authorities are
being urged to be stricter in implementing the
danger zones around the volcano.
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THE lava dome that has formed at the crater of Mayon volcano is now as large as a 10-storey building and is already visible to the naked eye, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Saturday.

Science research specialist  Riza Villeza of the Phivolcs Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction Division estimated the lava dome to have a volume of 855,854 cubic meters at a height of 45 meters.

The lava dome started to sneak up from the hollow crater last August 12 when Phivolcs raised the monitoring alarm to Alert Level 2. Phivolcs raised the alert status to Level 3 last September 15.

“Actually, Mayon is not really the perfect cone that it is renowned for. There is a big crevice at its summit. It only looks like perfect from afar,” Villeza said.

But now the lava dome has started to sneak into full view and is already visible from Legaspi City at volcano’s southeast side.

It looks like the dome of the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and partially covers the open crater of the volcano, which stands at 2,463 meters.

The swelling increased last Wednesday when Phivolcs monitored ground deflation at the base of the volcano, indicating that the magma has started to move up to the crater.

Villeza said the ground deflation of negative 2.48 millimeters from positive 4.21 millimeters last Oct. 6 suggested that the magma at the base has started to leave its holding.

At the same time, Villeza said the low volume of gas emission suggests that the swelling lava dome has been blocking the escape of sulfur dioxide from inside the volcano.

Yesterday’s sulfur dioxide emission was measured at 259 tons per day, which is way below the peak emission of 2,360 tons per day last Sept. 6.

Meanwhile, the Albay provincial government asked Phivolcs to help mark the danger zones around the restive volcano to guide patrol teams and also deter residents from returning to their homes.

“In order for us to be assured that they refrain from going back to their respective houses we have established choke points and foot patrols at the strategic locations around the volcano to serve as deterrent to those who still insist in returning back,” Albay Gov. Joey Salceda wrote Phivolcs director Renato Solidum Jr.

“However, the (primary) problem arising during apprehension the lack of permanent marker delineating the danger zone hence creating arguments during apprehension,” Salceda said.

Source: http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/10/19/mayon-lava-dome-gets-bigger/

7 Weeks of Continuous Eruption at Iceland’s Bardarbunga Volcano (Oct 20) 

Nearly 7 weeks have passed since the Holuhraun lava eruption began. The eruption is continuing with few changes. The eruption is showing no signs of slowing down.

The eruption is considered the largest in Iceland for centuries, despite Eyjafjallajökull’s headline-grabbing eruption in 2010, which was surprisingly paltry in comparison – because of how it grounded flights across southern Europe.

By October 1, Bardarbunga had already ejected more sulfur dioxide than any other Icelandic volcano in several hundred years.

Source

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Mount Sinabung Eruptions Likely to Continue Indefinitely (Oct 21)

Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra is likely to continue erupting for quite some time.

As of 12 p.m. Monday, Mt. Sinabung had 148 temblors comprising 83 short-period quakes, 34 low-frequency and 31 mixed tremors.

Observation team member Arif Cahyo said Mt. Sinabung’s tectonic quakes showed that a large volume of magma was present, indicating that the volcano would continue to erupt for a long time.

“We cannot determine how long Mt. Sinabung will continue to erupt, but if we observe the increase in seismic activity, it will definitely be a long time,” Arif told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

Arif said that Mt. Sinabung was still erupting and emitting pyroclastic flows and volcanic ash sporadically.

He said the volcano had emitted pyroclastic clouds twice on Sunday and three times on Monday.

“Until Monday noon, the volcano discharged pyroclastic flows three times that drifted as far as 2,500 meters to the south, while volcanic ash drifted up to 1,500 meters to the east,” said Arif, who voiced fear that Berastagi city would be covered by ash that had been drifting east for the past two days.

Two weeks ago, the wind carried volcanic ash east, paralyzing trading activities as many shops were forced to close. A week later, the wind shifted to the west in the direction of the three districts of Payung, Tiganderket and Kuta Buluh. Currently, pyroclastic clouds are drifting to the east in the direction of Berastagi city.

Arif said his office had yet to recommend that the volcanic’s status be raised from alert level 3 (caution) as it considered the situation relatively safe for residents living beyond a 3-km radius of the volcano peak.

Sinabung has been erupting for the past year and has shown no signs of stopping. Fourteen people have been killed and tens of thousands of residents forced to take shelter elsewhere.

North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho said his administration had proposed to the central government that the current eruptions be categorized as a national disaster, as demanded by a number of provincial legislators.

However, Gatot said the proposal had not been approved by the central government as a number of criteria had not been meet, such as the number of fatalities and material losses caused by the eruptions.

“The provincial administration has conveyed the proposal, but the central government has not approved it,” Gatot told the media when he attended security preparations for the new president’s inaugural celebration at Merdeka Square in Medan on Monday.

The prolonged eruptions have taken away the livelihoods of people living around the volcano, which started erupting in September last year.

The supply of agricultural products in the regency, which is known for its oranges, has sharply decreased as volcanic ash has blanketed thousands of hectares of farmland.

Sources

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/10/21/volcano-s-eruptions-c...

http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/tourists-return-despite-eruptions...

Powerful Explosion at Japan's Sakurajima Volcano (Oct 24) 

A particularly strong vulcanian explosion occurred this morning and produced an ash plume that rose to 15,000 ft (4.5 km) altitude.

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Thousands Evacuated Near Colombia Volcanoes (Oct 23) 

Authorities in southwest Colombia ordered the evacuation of around 12,000 people living near the Chiles and Cerro Negro volcanoes on the border with Ecuador, amid fears that recent volcanic activity may result in an eruption.

On Tuesday, Colombia’s Geological Service have changed the alert level of two volcanoes from yellow to orange.

48 hours later, it was followed up by the National Disaster Risk Management Unit’s (UNGRD) decision to evacuate more than 3,500 families belonging to indigenous reserves of Chiles , Panam and Mayasquer.

According to Carlos Ivan Marquez, the director of the UNGRD, the authorities set up an incident command post in the town of Cumbal where they have delivered 3,000 tents for the people in temporary shelters.

“In accord with the forecast given to us by the Geological Service, the change of alert level from yellow to orange means anticipated eruptions in the coming days or weeks,” Marquez told the media.

The governor of Narino, Raul Delgado Guerrero, declared state of emergency in the area, in order to facilitate rescue missions and provision of care in case of seismic or volcanic activity.

While the authorities asked the community to remain calm, the hospital network of the Nariño state issued yellow alert for 16 municipalities in the region.

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Big Island of Hawaii Kilauea volcano OCTOBER 24 2014

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The lava flow threatening homes and a town on the Big Island of Hawaii is like “standing inside of a furnace.” ABC News

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A lava flow threatening homes and a town on the Big Island of Hawaii has gained speed in recent days, advancing more than five football fields in just the last 48 hours.

Hawaii civil defense authorities and scientists are closely monitoring the lava’s progress, which is steadily encroaching on the small town of Pahoa and several Big Island subdivisions. The flow is now less than a mile from Pahoa, Civil Defense Administrator Darryl Oliveira said Thursday.

Oliveira said changes in topography may help slow or change the path of the red-hot lava flow, which emerged from the Kilauea volcano East Rift Zone on June 27 and has traveled roughly 11 miles since then.

PHOTO: The lava flow from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has advanced more than five football fields in the last 48 hours.

Authorities now say they are preparing for the inevitable. About 10,000 residents on the island could be affected, Oliveira said. When the lava gets too close — and Oliveira says he doesn’t yet know when that is — the plan is to give residents three to five days warning before they need to evacuate.

“We’d like to allow people adequate time to make whatever plans they need to make on a comfortable timeline,” Oliveira said.

Authorities said the lava traveled 425 yards from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning. The lava devoured another 130 acres of terrain by Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Emergency roads are already being constructed in case the lava cuts off people living in the lower Puna area. Power company officials began efforts Thursday to protect electrical transmission lines.

PHOTO: About 10,00 residents in Hawaii might be forced to evacuate their homes as lava continues to flow from the Kilauea volcano.

Oliveira says past efforts to slow or divert lava flows simply don’t work, and can create more problems.

Any redirecting of the flow would likely push it into another subdivision in another area, basically putting new properties at risk that would not have been at risk before,” Oliveira told ABC News.

“If we divert it, we are going to push it into someone else’s backyard,” he said.

Ioyama volcano raises fears Japan’s Sendai nuclear power facility may be at risk

FIRST it was an earthquake. Then it was a tsunami. Now Japan fears another nuclear disaster — this time because of a stirring volcano.

The Japan Times has reported a sleeping volcano next to its already damaged Sendai nuclear power facility has woken, and is beginning to shake.

The new activity comes barely a month after the sudden and unexpected eruption of Mount Ontake killed 57 hikers enjoying its until-then scenic slopes.

Volcanologists have warned that the enormous magnitude 9.0 earthquake of March 2011 may have increased the likelihood of volcanic activity throughout Japan — which sits on the “Ring of Fire” band of more than 100 volcanoes which forms the Pacific Rim.

Now the signs appear to be proving them right.

The waking of Mount Ioyama on the island of Kyushu comes after a recent warning from a prominent Japanese volcanologist about the Sendai nuclear plant’s vulnerability.

A cauldron eruption at one of several volcanoes surrounding the Sendai nuclear power plant could hit the reactors and cause a nationwide disaster, said Toshitsugu Fujii, head of a government-commissioned panel on volcanic eruption prediction.

Mount Ioyama sits virtually next door to the power plant. In recent weeks it has started experiencing tremors, the Japanese Metrological Agency’s volcano bureau says.

The implications for restarting the repaired Sendai nuclear power plant are serious.

The spectre of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which experienced a partial meltdown, continues to cause scandal and controversy.

A second such crisis would do irreparable damage to the industry.

Now Mount Ioyama has suddenly gone from the dormant end of the threat scale to the second-highest. This means the area around the crater can be regarded as dangerous, and that small-scale eruptions are likely.

Another volatile giant, Mount Sakurajima, sits some 40km from the Sendai facility. This is a very active volcano with frequent minor eruptions.

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Kilauea Volcano Prompts National Guard Deployment (Oct 30) 

National Guard troops arrived in Pahoa on Thursday that is being threatened by a slow-moving river of molten lava.

The lava threatens to destroy homes and cut off a road and a highway through Pahoa, but officials have not offered any predictions on when exactly it could bisect the town of about 800 residents at the site of an old sugar plantation.

Some 83 National Guard troops arrived on Thursday in the community, where some residents have expressed concern about potential looters targeting evacuated homes. The troops, who are at checkpoints in town, were cheered by residents who waved and walked up to start conversations.

Residents of about 50 dwellings in what civil defence officials called a "corridor of risk" have been asked to be ready to leave. At this stage, 10 to 15 homes lie in the direct path of the lava's leading edge, which measures about 55 metres across, officials said.

In another challenge, authorities say the lava could take down power poles and leave residents without electricity, and one pole was already surrounded by lava but still stands, a spokeswoman for the local utility said.

Source

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Costa Rica on Alert After Turrialba Volcano Erupts (Oct 29) 

Costa Rica has issued an emergency alert after ash from an erupting volcano reached the capital and beyond.

Turrialba volcano, some 50km (30 miles) east of San Jose, began rumbling and producing seismic activity on Wednesday night.

The authorities said they were evacuating nearby residents to temporary shelters as a precaution.

Eyewitnesses reported fiery explosions and ash falling like snow over parts of central Costa Rica.

This is Turrialba's largest eruption in more than a century.

The National Emergency Commission said volcanologists and other specialists were on site to assess the situation.

Source

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29841990

Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano Eruptions Intensify (Nov 2)

The Turrialba Volcano has expelled rocks up to 1 meter in diameter at a distance of some 400 meters from the crater.

These were among the observations by volcanologists conducting weekend inspections in the area around Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano. Craters in the earth measured up to one meter in diameter from rocks shooting out from the volcano.

RSN volcanologist Gino González Ilama said the areas of impact are located on the south side of the volcano and cover 80 percent of the slope up to 400 meters from the volcano’s crater.

“We observed the impact of volcanic rock that had caused several craters on the ground. We believe the rocks were shot out of the volcano at speeds greater than 100 kilometers per hour, and this proves there is strong activity inside,” González said.

Expelled ash again reached several areas north of San José, located 60 kilometers southwest of the volcano, and several areas in the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia and Limón. According to the RSN, it was the first time ash had appeared in Limón, falling on the city of Guápiles.

“The Turrialba Volcano is very active,” González said. “The hole formed after the first explosion has grown and is about 150 meters long and 100 meters wide. It’s getting bigger, and the volcano’s walls continue collapsing because explosions of gas, ash and rock are constant. We also found small amounts of lava.”

Volcanologists on Sunday reported two types of eruptions taking place: phreatic – which entails gases, mud and ash – and strombolian – which contains magma and ash.

The Red Cross in Turrialba has reported dozens of cases of respiratory complications in the communities of Santa Rosa, Tierra Blanca and Pacayas. Red Cross workers have distributed surgical masks in the communities that lie on the skirts of the volcano, and they are conducting air quality checks twice a day. Nausea, vomiting and difficult breathing are the most common symptoms. In some cases, farm workers have also reported skin irritation.

Up to 65 hectares of broccoli, potatoes, carrots, and cauliflowers have been impacted, although it is still too early to estimate losses. Dairy cows are a major concern, hence the need for evacuating livestock.

Acid rain is another concern for animals and plants in the region. High concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) have been detected by satellite imagery, and Costa Rica is expected to experience two more weeks of rain before the dry season begins. 

Turrialba Volcano started showing signs of activity in 2010 with phreatic explosions.

According to OVSICORI, magma hasn’t been expelled from the volcano since 1866.

Sources

http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/11/03/ash-from-costa-ricas-turrialba-...

http://news.co.cr/volcanic-blues-ash-clouds-acid-rain-costa-rica/35...

Iceland Eruption Has Produced a Cubic Kilometer of Lava (Nov 6) 

More than a cubic kilometer of magma covering 70 square km has been produced by the Bardarbunga volcano.  The Holuhraun fissure eruption continues with amazing stability. 

This volume of magma is 6 times greater than what surfaced during the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 and 4 times greater than the 2011 Grímsvötn eruption.

The depression in the ice above the caldera has deepened by 44 meters (144 feet).

Around 200 earthquakes were detected in the caldera between Monday and yesterday morning, according to the latest Status Report from the Civil Protection Department’s Scientific Advisory Board, published yesterday.

The energy of the geothermal areas in Bárðarbunga volcano in Vatnajökull now measures several hundred megawatts and the melting of glacial ice is estimated at approximately 2 cubic meters per second.

A sub-glacial eruption is still a possible future scenario and scientists remain on the alert.

Sources

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bardarbunga/seismic-crisis-2014/upd...

http://www.icelandreview.com/news/2014/11/06/holuhraun-eruption-sti...

http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/11/03/holuhraun-five-six-times-b...

M 5.6 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND - 2014-11-10 21:37:58 UTC

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Submarine eruption at Monowai volcano (Pacific Ocean) -

VOLCANO shared Earthquake Report's photo.

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Flotants rock debris to the surface of the Pacific Ocean in the region of Monowai. October 11. Image via Geonet

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Kilauea Volcano- HAWAII

LATEST DETAILS: The first home has been claimed by the #PunaLavaFlow, just across the street from the Pāhoa Transfer Station along Cemetery Road/Apa‘a Street.

Hawai‘i County Civil Defense officials confirm it ignited just before noon, the home was completely destroyed and collapsed around 12:45 p.m.

Officials say the property owner was on site when the lava reached the 1,100 square foot home. CONTINUE...

Lava updates: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/27344777/puna-lava-flow-breakout...

PHOTOS:
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5 November 2014 Whakaari White Island (14 photos)- NEW ZEALAND

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November 12, 2014

Pavlof, with low-level ash emission, viewed from Cold Bay, around 5 p.m., Nov. 12, 2014.

Courtesy Robert Nielson / AVO

Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory said that Pavlof Volcano entered a "new phase of eruptive activity" Wednesday, prompting a heightened alert level as the volcano spewed an ash plume into the atmosphere. 

A ground observer in Cold Bay, a community about 36 miles away, reported seeing ash emissions at around 9,000 feet elevation. At 4:50 p.m., "minor ash emissions" could also be seen from a web camera operated in Cold Bay by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to the AVO. 

Pavlof Volcano last erupted beginning in early June and ending in late July of this year, and is considered one of the most active volcanoes in Alaska.

hortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, AVO upgraded the alert level for the volcano from "normal" to "watch" in a volcano activity notification posted online.

In its post, the AVO said seismic tremor had increased over the past few hours and remained elevated. A low cloud deck obscured satellite observation of the volcano, it said.

Source: http://www.adn.com/article/20141112/alert-level-raised-alaska-volca...

Alaska's Pavlof Volcano Eruption Intensifies (Nov 15)

Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory Saturday raised the alert level for Pavlof Volcano from "watch" (orange) to "warning" (red) Saturday as an ash cloud rose 30,000 feet above sea level.

Planes are being warned to avoid airspace near an erupting Alaska volcano.

"The intensity of seismic tremor has increased significantly over the past 6 hours," AVO wrote in an activity alert.

The National Weather Service said on Saturday ash was being blown to the west and northwest of Pavlof Volcano.

Pavlof began erupting three days ago, pushing lava out from a vent near its summit. On Friday, the ash cloud reached 16,000ft.

Alaska Volcano Observatory geophysicist Dave Schneider said the eruption intensified at 6am on Saturday, sending the ash cloud higher. Schneider said it was not clear how long the eruption will last, as Pavlof’s eruptions may last for weeks or months with varying levels of intensity.

Sources

http://www.adn.com/article/20141115/pavlof-volcano-eruption-intensi...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/15/planes-warned-erupting...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/alaska-volcano-could-continue-erupti...

Mexico's Colima Volcano Spews Rock and Ash (Nov 21)

The Colima volcano in western Mexico has erupted, sending a column of ash about 3 miles (5 kilometers) into the air.

Mexico's federal civil defense office said Friday that ash has fallen on towns as far as 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the peak, which is also known as the Volcano of Fire.

Glowing hot rock tumbled down the volcano's flanks over a mile (2 kilometers) from the crater.

Ash fall was reported in the town of Queseria, Colima, and the towns of Tonila and Zapotiltic in the neighboring state of Jalisco.

"We recommend that people cover their nose and mouth, protect sources of potable water, and avoid dumping ash in drainage systems because it hardens with the moisture," national civil protection coordinator Luis Felipe Puente told Foro television.

Sources

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/21/mexicos-colima-volcano-s...

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mexicos-volcano-fire-blows-huge-ash-cloud...

http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2014/11/21/photo-the-colima-volcan...