Etna, violent eruption in place: the sky is completely obscured, gigantic ash cloud [LIVE PHOTOS]

December 4, 2015

Etna eruption in place seems like the violent of the night yesterday: gigantic ash cloud rises for kilometers into the atmosphere

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He continues to erupt in a violent Etna that seems to have reached the intensity of the night of December 3, yesterday: the volcanic tremor is at the same level, while the INGV webcam images can be seen towering fountains of lava escape from " abyss ", one of the craters which has been in business for about a month and is now producing the second violent paroxysm within 36 hours.

The eruption has already formed a huge cloud of ash that is obscuring the sun. The winds are very weak, the cloud most likely will fall on the area of ​​Etna, Catania and then in southern Calabria.

Etna gives the trio: violent paroxysm under way, frightening roar. The VIDEO LIVE streaming

December 4, 2015 22:11

Etna eruption, the images live streaming video of Benito Morabito Observatory of Catania

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Etna gives the trio is going on a new violent paroxysm, the third of the last 36 hours after the one this morning and night yesterday.

Violent explosions are shaking the Etna area. The lava fountains are very high and spectacular. Yet another ash cloud is moving toward the edge of the stratosphere. Eloquent live images from the webcam and the Observatory staff Benito Morabito from the heart of Catania.

Here live images from the webcam

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Etna, here is the "poker": new violent explosion, the ash cloud toward Reggio and Messina [LIVE]

December 5, 2015 16:17

Etna new eruption in progress: is the 4th paroxysm in the last 60 hours. Extraordinary spectacle

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Etna serves the "poker" is underway in these minutes the fourth paroxysm in the last three days, after the event of the night between December 2 and 3 and the two yesterday. Protagonist always the "Chasm".

Strong explosions shake the Etna area and the volcanic tremor remains at very high levels by 36 hours. The Catania Airport is closed until at least 19 tonight, while the new ash cloud is heading towards the Strait of Messina and Reggio Calabria and Messina will reach as happened Thursday morning.

Etna eruption live: "mushroom cloud" with the setting sun, which show [PHOTOS]

December 5, 2015 16:29

Etna eruption images in real time is the fourth paroxysm in the last three days of "Cracks"

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The fourth paroxysm of Etna is going on in these minutes: activities similar to the three episodes of the last two days, with high lava fountains and a column of ash that reaches the edge of the stratosphere taking the form of a "mushroom cloud", this time kissed by the sun. The ash cloud is moving towards the Straits of Messina due to winds south / west, and in the afternoon will come right on Messina and Reggio Calabria as happened Thursday morning, resulting in the next few hours to a new "black rain" in the two city ​​of the Strait. Probably the Reggio Calabria Airport will again have to go out of business.

Here live images from the webcam

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Giant column of gas erupts out of Mexico's Colima volcano; authorities warn of falling ash

Posted Sat at 4:29pm

Mexico's Colima volcano has spewed a column of gas and ash into the sky in the latest of a series of intermittent eruptions.

Mexico's civil protection authorities said the column rose 2,500 metres over the crater before it was pulled by winds heading north-east.

The explosion prompted the civil protection authorities to warn nearby residents to watch for falling ash and to wear face masks when outdoors.

Located in the south-western Mexican state of Colima, the volcano — known locally as the Fire volcano — has been exhibiting continuous activity since July 9.

The Colima volcano, which is part of the Pacific's Ring of Fire, was also active in January and February.

Mexico contains over 3,000 volcanos, but only 14 are considered active.

Major eruptions in Mexican history have included the 1953 eruption of the Paricutin volcano in Michoacan, the 1982 eruption of Tacana volcano in Chiapas and the 1986 eruption of the Colima volcano.

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New explosion of ash at Costa Rica's Turrialba Volcano

 8 HOURS AGO

Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano, located 50 kilometers east of San José, erupted at 1:12 p.m. on Monday and launched ash and vapor into the air for about 10 minutes, experts with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the National University (UNA) reported.

This is the second event this month after another 10-minute explosion recorded on Dec. 7. also spewed ash and gases into the air.

Experts from UNA’s Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) reported the explosion reached just under 400 meters in height.

UCR’s Mauricio Mora at 2:30 reported there were no more explosions. Mora was conducting an inspection in the volcano’s surrounding areas and said experts are evaluating whether the explosion was an isolated event or is part of an eruptive process.

OVSICORI on its website reported that current wind conditions likely would take the ash west, and residents northeast of the capital – such as in Coronado and Sabanilla – could experience ash falling on their roofs and properties.

Turrialba Volcano has seen constant activity that in the past five years has prompted several evacuations of residents and farm animals.

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Malang Airport Forced Shut as Bromo Erupts

Malang, East Java. Authorities in East Java have ordered the closure of an airport until at least Saturday morning, following a volcanic eruption blowing ash around the region.

All flights out of and into Abdulrachman Saleh Airport in Malang were cancelled as of 9:30 a.m. on Friday, with authorities only planning to resume operations after 24 hours, conditions permitting.

Affected airlines have had to refund tickets, reschedule flights, or bus passengers to Surabaya, a two-hour drive away, to catch a flight from Djuanda Airport.

Continued rise of magma in the Masaya Volcano - Nicaragua

12/12/2015

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The formation of a lava lake in the crater of the Masaya volcano crater Santiago has been obstructing this and you can perceive a sound like waves by the movement of volcanic fluids.

According to Rosario Murillo, the government spokeswoman, "there incandescence, there are small flames accompanied by a sound wave type, suggesting that there is much movement of volcanic fluids, gases and magma near the surface," so experts Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) and international experts who are in the country -a purpose of the eruptive activity of the volcano Momotombo- will perform field evaluations and measure gases

The geologist Eduardo Mayorga explained that the lava lake formation is a normal activity in a volcanic environment.

Mayorga said that "possibly there may be projections of fragments of magma to the surface of the Masaya crater floor because the crater is a flat, a fund, and the fund has a intercrater which is the smallest hole through which the gases then that may eventually be the odd fragment ejecting lava outside the intercrater and falling into the crater. "

Mayorga recalled that on 9 December there was an earthquake measuring 3 degrees on the Richter scale and only 0.3 kilometers deep in the area of Masaya / Nindirí / Ticuantepe, as recorded in its monitoring INET.

The activity in the Masaya volcano occurs 10 days after the Momotombo volcano in La Paz Centro, Leon, recorded the start of an eruptive process, after 110 years of silence.

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Ash eruptions, quakes shake Kanlaon volcano

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TRACES of ashes were reported seen in some villages near Mt. Kanalon in Negros Province Sunday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
Kanlaon volcano produced a low energy ash eruptions at 09:51 a.m. and 10:08 a.m. Sunday that lasted for five and six minutes, respectively.
Traces of ashes were reported in Sitio Bais, Brgy. Yubo in La Carlota City on the western side and Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana on the southwestern slopes of Kanlaon Volcano.
Phivolcs said that although no seismic signals were recorded after the event, it generated a light-gray to grayish cloud of ash reaching a height of 200 to 300 meters which then drifted southwest.
Since Saturday, the volcano’s seismic monitoring network recorded four volcanic earthquakes.
Also visually observed were two low-energy ash eruptions from the active summit crater.
However, Phivolcs said these events were not detected by the seismic network, indicating a shallow volcanic source.
The first ash eruption occurred at 11:40 a.m. on Saturday. It produced dirty white ash clouds that reached 200 meters above the summit before slowly drifting southwest.
A second ash eruption occurred at 1:01 p.m also on Saturday. It produced dirty white to light gray ash clouds reaching 200 meters above the summit and again slowly drifted southwest.
Phivolcs said that background activity was characterized by the emission of weak to moderate white to light gray steam plumes from the active crater that drifted northeast to southwest.
Meanwhile, Alert Level 1 status remains in effect over Kanlaon Volcano, which means that it is at an “abnormal condition” and is in a “period of current unrest”.

Volcanic activity summary over the past few days.

Mexico's Colima Volcano Remains Highly Active (Dec 16)

Moderate to strong vulcanian explosions occur every few hours.

Pyroclastic Flows Continue at Sumatra's Sinabung Volcano (Dec 16)

The volcano continues to extrude viscous lava that builds up the active dome with several overspilling lava lobes.

As parts of these break off now and then, large pyroclastic flows are being generated.

Kamchatka's Shiveluch Volcano Cover Town in Ash (Dec 16)

A volcano in Russia's Kamchatka region has spewed ashes, covering a local village with a thin layer of soot, the Emergency Situations Ministry said on Wednesday, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

The ash cloud from the Shiveluch Volcano reached 6,500 meters above sea level, the ministry said in a statement, RIA Novosti reported. The volcano is 3,283 meters high.

Winds carried ashes nearly 50 kilometers east of the volcano, reaching the village of Ust-Kamchatsk, where a 1-millimeter layer of ash fallout was registered, the report said.

The incident presented no hazards to local residents' health, the report said.

Continuing Ash Emissions at Indonesia's Bromo Volcano (Dec 15)

Ash emissions of varying intensity continue from the volcano, producing a plume that rises approx. 500-1500 m above the crater.

Volcanic tremor has been elevated with a tendency to increase during the past days.

Access to the volcano remains restricted, as the caldera floor around Bromo (and the cone itself, of course) are now off-limits.

Another Phase of Strong Activity at Guatemala's Fuego Volcano (Dec 14)

Explosions have become more intense and frequent, 4-6 per hour.

Ash plumes rose up to 1 km and loud shock waves accompanied many of them.

Two new lava flows, 800 m long, have started to head towards the Santa Teresa (west flank) and Trinidad (south flank) drainages.

This would be the 13th paroxysmal episode during 2015, and if activity increases further, dangerous pyroclastic flows are likely to occur in the coming hours / days.

In particular, river beds and valleys at the feet of the mountain should be avoided at all times, as these are high-risk areas.

Sources

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Shiveluch Volcano Continues Erupting in Kamchatka (Dec 21)

Lava descending from the Shiveluch volcano in Russia’s Far East has raised columns of ash up to five kilometers above the sea level, scientists from the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) told TASS on Monday.

"Lava has descended today from the top of the Young Shiveluch. Columns of ash were raised up to five kilometers above the sea level," scientists said adding that there is no threat to settlements in the area.

The ash cloud is drifting to the east and south-east, with the plume covering the area of around 15 kilometers.

An orange alert was issued over the eruption of the Shiveluch which can spew ash up to 10 kilometers above the sea level at any moment. Airlines that fly near the Shiveluch are recommended to change their routes.

There are over 150 volcanos on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s Far East, and up to 30 of them are active.

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Mexico's Colima volcano spews towering ash column

Published December 24, 2015

The Colima volcano in western Mexico spewed ash to a height of 2 kilometers (6,550 feet) above its crater on Thursday morning, the emergency management office in Jalisco state said.

The first ash column was emitted at 7:17 a.m. (1317 GMT), while the second was ejected at 11:25 a.m. (1725 GMT), both in a northeasterly direction.

The volcanic alert remains on yellow, although the emergency management office urged people to be aware of the possibility of falling ash and to follow recommendations such as covering doors and windows with wet towels and blocking sewers and storm drains.

The Colima volcano has an elevation of 3,860 meters (12,655 feet) above sea level and straddles the border between the western states of Jalisco and Colima.

Along with Popocatepetl in central Mexico, it is considered one of the country's most active volcanoes. EFE

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Kanlaon Volcano spews ash anew

Mount Kanlaon in Negros Oriental province spewed ash anew on Sunday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

Citing seismic records, Phivolcs said the eruption which started at around 1:29 p.m. from the volcano’s active crater lasted five minutes.

“The event was accompanied by a rumbling sound heard in Brgy. Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Sitio Guintubdan, Brgy. Ara-al and Brgy. Yubo, La Carlota City. From the southeastern side of the volcano, the eruption plume was observed through cloud cover to have reached 1000m above the active crater, although it may have lofted as high as 4500m above the summit based in pilot reports,” Phivolcs said in an advisory.

“Traces of light ashfall were reported in Sitio Guintubdan, Brgy. Ara-al, and Brgy. La Granja, La Carlota City and reached as far as the Municipality of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental,” it added.

Phivolcs said Kanlaon, one of the most active volcanoes in central Philippines, exploded for about 30 minutes last Nov. 25, which prompted Phivolcs to raise alert level 1 over the volcano. A minor eruption was also reported last Dec. 12.

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Nicaragua: Momotombo spews gas and lava for 2nd time in a month after series of quakes on Christmas Day

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Managua (AFP) - A volcano in Nicaragua that has been dormant for 110 years spewed gas and lava Sunday (3rd January) for the second time in a month.

The volcano known as Momotombo in the west of the Central American country rumbled into activity before dawn, but then calmed down again, the Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies said.

No one living near the mountain was hurt, it said.

Momotombo stands 1,297 meters (4,255 feet) high, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the capital Managua, separated by a large lake called Lago Xolotlan.

On December 1 the volcano belched gas and ash and then lava that poured onto uninhabited areas on the slopes of the mountain.

Then on Christmas Day the volcano was rattled by some 20 small earthquakes of up to 3.0 on the Richter scale, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).

Its last big eruption dates back to 1905.

Guatemala: Jan 4 2016,  Fuego Volcano increase Eruption:

The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh) said on Monday that has increased the effusive eruption of Fire Volcano with ash columns reaching a height of seven thousand meters above sea level and move west, southeast , south and southwest.
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Mt. Soputan Alert III, Official: No Evacuation Needed Yet

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Mount Soputan in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, began showing volcanic activity. On January 4, the Center for Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) has raised the status to Alert III.

Spokesman for PVMBG, Sutopo Puwo Nugroho, said that Soputan has erupted and propelled dark pyroclastic clouds. “Bright lava can also be seen flowing down the east side of the mount,” he said.

Sutopo said that evacuation is not yet necessary, although ashes have been spotted in some areas.

Soputan volcanic activity adds more threat to Indonesia, as Bromo, Karangetang, and Lokon are also in Alert III status. Out of 127 volcanoes in Indonesia, 20 of which have been on Alert status, with Sinabung topping other mounts.

Soputan Eruption Victims Face Dire Water Shortage (Jan 5)

Victims of Mount Soputan's recent eruption in Southeast Minahasa, North Sulawesi province, are facing dire water shortages. "Residents of the villages of Pangu, Pangu Satu, and Pangu Tiga, are particularly affected," said an official of Southeast Minahasa's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD), Erick Manaroisong in Ratahan on Wednesday.

According to Erick, the areas' main water supply have been tainted by volcanic ash released by the volcano, which has continued to erupt. "Furthermore, most residents' water reservoirs are not covered - which allows loose volcanic ash to pollute the water, turning it murky brown and rendering it unsafe for human consumption," he said.

Residents are still scrambling for clean water, which is getting harder to get as the eruption continues. "The villages' tap waters have been polluted by the ash, so we can't use it to cook, or even to wash," said Rina Saweho, a resident of Pangu.

Local wells, continued Rina, are no different, as most are left open and exposed to the elements. "The eruption happened so suddenly that we had no time to cover our wells," she said.

Pangu village chief, Jafry Kawulusan said that all three villages are faced with the same problem, because the main water supply comes from the same source - a spring in Rangkuli Forest. "We welcome any aid from whomever's willing to help," he said

The regent of Southeast Minahasa, James Sumendap, who visited the villages to inspect the local water supply, advises residents to refrain from using the tainted water - both from wells as well as the local tap water supply. "It is unsafe for human consumption - we will ship out clean water to affected villages, and we will continue to do so until water quality across all villages returns to normal," he said.

It is known that BPBD has dispatched one 5,000 litre water tanks for each villages. "These are aids given by South Minahasa BPBD, Tomohon BPBD, and North Sulawesi Provincial BPBD," said the Head of Southeast Minahasa's BPBD, Joppie Mokodaser.

A powerful explosive eruption occurred at the volcano during 4-6 January. It began with a series of at least 4 powerful explosions between 20:50 on 4 Jan and up to the next morning, producing tall ash plumes that rose 4-6 km above the volcano and drifted north.

At least some of the explosions also triggered pyroclastic flows reaching the southern base of the summit cone. Moderately strong ash fall of 1-2 cm occurred in villages about 10 km to the NE of the volcano.

Apart from significant damage to farmland because of the ash cover, no injuries or damage to infrastructure were reported. The airport of Manado had to be closed for 2 days.

In the course of the second day (5 Jan), the activity at the volcano changed to violent lava fountaining from a fissure vent at the summit of the cone, producing lava flows that descended the cone.

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Shiveluch volcano in Russia's Kamchatka erupted once again on Sunday, as the volcano's activity continues to grow, potentially leading to a major eruption.

The Shiveluch volcano in Russia's Kamchatka territory woke up on Sunday morning local time, releasing a plume seven kilometers up in the atmosphere, the  Kamchatka Branch of the Russian Academy of Science's Geophysical Service said.

According to satellite data, an ash plume 31 km wide, extended for about 121 km to the west-northwest of the volcano.

The Shiveluch volcano released ash plumes throughout 2015, at times releasing enough ash to carpet nearby towns. The new eruption led the Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) to issue an orange warning, meaning that while a major eruption is not imminent, it is nevertheless a danger to aircraft.

The volcano continues to erupt, according to the response team. Seismologists have previously predicted that the volcano's activity would continue to rise over time.

"Explosive-extrusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 32,800 ft (10 km) [above sea level] could occur at any time. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft," the KVERT warning also sai.

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Bromo Erupts; Spews Volcanic Materials Up to 4,000 Meters

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Bromo eruption is reported to have resulted in spews of volcanic ash to a height of more than 4,000 meters above sea levels on Tuesday, January 12.

The Bromo Volcano Observation Post (PGA) in Cemoro Lawang hamlet, Probolinggo, said that smoke and volcanic ash erupted from the crater with strong pressure up to 1,800 meters above the summit crater, or 4,129 meters above sea level.

From Tuesday past midnight until morning, three eruption quakes occurred with duration between 9.44s to 17.89s and a maximum amplitude of 35-36 millimeters. Rumbles continued to be heard from the crater, while vague firelight can be seen from the active crater.

According to the observation post, from this morning until 12.00 pm, four eruption quakes occurred with durations between 10.69 and 14.72s with a maximum amplitude of 25-35 millimeters.

The current status of Bromo's activity still remains at level III or standby.

Indonesia raises alert for volcano in east
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Authorities have raised the alert for a volcano in eastern Indonesia and told hundreds of residents to evacuate following increased activity.

Mount Egon in East Nusa Tenggara province had rumbled since Tuesday morning as its magma pressure increased, said Sutopo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency on Wednesday.

About 600 residents living in a village near the peak have been advised to evacuate, as the exclusion zone has been extended from 1.5 kilometres to 3 kilometres, he said.

The alert was raised to the second-highest level.

The 1703-metre volcano last erupted in 2008, forcing more than 10,000 people to flee.

Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is noted for volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and the country is home to 127 active volcanoes.

Strong Explosion at Nicaragua's Momotombo Volcano (Jan 12)

A strong vulcanian explosion occurred yesterday at 12:10 local time producing an ash plume rising 3 km above the summit along with a small pyroclastic flow.

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El Salvador volcano spouts ash that could move close to capital

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JAN 12th 2016 - SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador's Chaparrastique volcano has spouted a plume of ash and hot gases, and officials said the ash could move close to the capital.
The country's environment minister says the plume was between 1,500 metres and 2,000 metres (yards) high. Lina Pohl said Tuesday that appropriate warnings were in place.
The director of El Salvador's civil defence office said the expulsion of ash and gas was a positive sign.
Melendez said "the risk of a larger eruption is less."

Evacuation Ordered as Indonesia's Ergon Volcano Rumbles to Life (Jan 12)

Officials have ordered an evacuation of residents living at the foot of Mount Egon on the island of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara province, following an increase in volcanic activity.

The Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation Center, or PVMBG, raised the alert status for the volcano to level 3 on its four-point scale, which indicates “an imminent eruption or disaster.”

The new alert came into effect as of 6 a.m. local time (5 a.m. in Jakarta) on Wednesday, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, or BNPB.

Under the heightened alert status, the PVMBG has extended the exclusion radius from the volcano’s crater to three kilometers from the initial 1.5 kilometers enforced on Dec. 15, when the PVMBG raise the alert status from 2 to 3. That put the village of Egon Gahar in the danger zone, prompting an evacuation of residents.

Egon’s last major eruption was in April 2008, but volcanic earthquakes have been registering there almost regularly since November 2010.

Egon is one of five volcanoes in Indonesia on level 3 alert. The others – all of which are currently erupting or have recently erupted – are Soputan, Lokon and Siau, in North Sulawesi province; and Bromo, in East Java.

Another volcano, Sinabung in North Sumatra, is on level 4 alert, and has been erupting sporadically – and spectacularly – since September 2013.

Fourteen other volcanoes are on level 2 alert.

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Peru's Ubinas Volcano Erupts (Jan 15)

Ubinas volcano registered a new explosion this afternoon, sending an ash column 3,000 meters above the crater.

The ash column scattered south and southwest, reaching a radius of 10 kilometers.

The towns affected by the emission of ashes and gas include Querapi, Ubinas, Tonohaya, San Miguel, Anascapa, Huatagua, Sacohaya and communities located in the Moquegua region.

About 600 families live near Ubinas volcano within a radius of 12 kilometers informed Civil Defense authorities. They recommend that local populations take necessary precautions by wearing goggles and protecting water sources.

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Zhupanovsky , Kamchatka : RUSSIA

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, January 19 2016

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Zhupanovsky volcano eruption on 19 January 2016. Ash column up to 7-8 km a.s.l.

The Zhupanovsky volcano in Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday released ash to the height of 8 kilometers above the sea level after almost two months of relative calm, a member of the local group of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology has said. « Today at around 4.30 p.m. local time [3.30 a.m. GMT] the Zhupanovsky volcano spewed ash to the height of up to 8 kilometers [5 miles] above the sea level. The ash column could be seen with the naked eye from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and some other settlements, » the scientist said. Experts said the ash cloud spreads in the eastern direction towards the Pacific Ocean.

The populated areas are currently not under threat. « At the moment, the ash cloud has spread to 20 kilometers and it continues moving towards the ocean, » the member of the group said. An « orange » code of warning for the aviation has been issued. Travel companies have been asked not to organize tours to the areas close to the Zhupanovsky volcano. The Aviation Color Codes reflect four levels of danger posed for civilian aircraft overflying areas adjacent to volcanoes and range from ‘Green’ to ‘Red’ codes.

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ACTIVE VOLCANO COPAHUE - ARGENTINA CHILE

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Yellow alert phase in Nevados de Chillán Volcano (19-1-2016) -

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Increased Explosions at Guatemala's Fuego Volcano (Jan 20)

Another phase of increased explosive activity and lava effusion is taking place at the volcano. Small pyroclastic flows were observed this morning.

After the violent phase during the first days of 2016, this is the second paroxysm of the volcano this year already.

Over the past months, such phases have occurred at astonishing rhythmic intervals of 3-4 weeks (see the peaks on the thermal signal graphic).

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Mexico’s Colima Volcano Erupting More Frequently (Jan 19)

With several eruptions after Christmas 2015, the volcano has become unusually active.

It marked Christmas and New Year’s Eve 2015 with a bang, sending rocks and associated objects nearly 7,000 feet up in the air three times over two days.

Two weeks later, anyone going close to the volcano is still being told to watch out for falling chunks of rock up to 50 cm in diameter, and ash.

The volcano spewed a large column of gas and ash some 2,500m high into a blue sky on 19 January at 8.30am local time.

The morning explosion was preceded by an eruption of incandescent rock at the volcanos mouth at 11pm local time on 18 January.

Sources

http://video.scroll.in/802103/watch-mexicos-colima-volcano-spew-smo...

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mexico-colima-volcano-eruption-lights-up-t...

Ash From Russian Volcano Threatens Air Routes (Jan 19)

Russian officials issued a code orange alert for the Zhupanovsky volcano after a powerful explosion spewed ash five miles into the air above the Kamchatka Peninsula.

The explosion at 16:36 local time generated an ash plume that rose to altitudes of 23,000-26,200 ft and drifted east, creating a potential threat to air routes between North America and Asia.

Sources

http://www.earthweek.com/2016/ew160122/ew160122d.html

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/zhupanovsky/news/56160/Zhupanovsky-...

Mass EVACUATION alert: One of world's MOST DANGEROUS volcanoes threatens to BLOW

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/637110/MILLIONS-at-risk-as-Mt...

The Popocatépetl volcano, just 35 miles from Mexico City and only 20 miles from nearby city Peubla sent a mile high plume of ash into the air, putting thousands of people living within 10 miles of it on a yellow alert to be ready to evacuate should activity increase.

The Mexican capital is the world’s fourth most populated city and home to 20 million people, while Peubla has more than 6 million people living there, and all could be at risk in both cites in the event of a catastrophic eruption.

The volcano alert follows fears earlier this month that a second large volcano in Mexico - the 3,850 metres-high Colima in western Mexico - could be about to face a large scale eruption for the first time in 100 years.

Popocatépetl last saw a major eruption in 2000, but early warnings saw 41,000 people evacuated in advance, averting a major disaster.

In 2005 it had a minor eruption, but activity has been increasing since 2012, with this week's some of the most notable, prompting officials to issue the warning.

If the volcano experienced a massive eruption, an estimated nine million people would be in the blast zone and the impact on the atmosphere could be catastrophic.

Popocatépetl has erupted more than 20 times since 1519, according to records.

The glacier-covered peak is 5,426 metres-high.

Meanwhile Colima experienced a saw an ash cloud of 1.8 miles high expelled earlier this month.

This also put locals on standby for evacuations immediately afterwards.

Increased Activity Along the African Rift (Jan 28)

Volcano-tectonic activity has increased in recent weeks along the Ethiopian part of the East African rift, coinciding with the sudden disappearance of a large reservoir in Kenya.

In the Danakil depression of northern Ethiopia, the continuously active lava lake at Erta Ale started to overflow on the 27th of January.

Erta Ale is one of many volcanoes dotted along the East African rift, which can be compared to a large tear running from Erithrea through Ethiopia, along the great lakes of Uganda, Kenyia, DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi down into Mozambique, and which is actively pulling the African continent apart.

This latest overflow created new pahoehoe lava flows that cover Erta Ale´s caldera floor both to the north and south of the lava lake´s eruptive vent.

The lava lake is still overflowing and its unclear how long this phase of lava overflow will continue.

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake occured along this same rift system but in southern Ethiopia on 24 January at 18h34 UTC, with a hypocenter at about 10 km depth. Although not very strong, such earthquakes are rather unusual in this area near Lake Awassa, as shown by the ´´I felt it´´ reports from people living 20 km east of the epicenter and which vary from V (moderate shaking) to VI (strong shaking) on the Mercalli scale which ranges from I (not felt) to XII (extreme).

Reports describe books falling from shelfs and cracks in many local houses, frightening the inhabitants which remained outside for the rest of that night. Since this first earthquake, more shaking is reported to have occurred afterwards on irregular intervals. The epicenter of Sunday´s M4.2 earthquake was only 22 km S-SE of Corbetti caldera volcano.

The currently increased activity at Erta Ale was first reported in November 2015 when travellers visiting the caldera observed that the level of the lava lake was less than 1 meter below the rim of the vent. The lake´s activity remained high throughout the next 9-10 weeks, with the lava lake falling and rising repeatedly, and eventually culminated in a first overflow of its vent around midnight of 15 to 16 January 2016. The previous phase of increased volcanic activity with lava overflows dates back to December 2010, making it a rather rare event.

A series of similarly sized earthquakes (magnitude 4.5 or greater) started on the night of 12 January 2011 near a sparsely populated area of the Erithrea-Ethiopia border in the northern part of the Danakil depression. The earthquakes were linked to the simultaneous eruption of nearby Nabro stratovolcano, which up to 12 January 2011 had no record of historic eruptions. This sudden volcanic activity at the northern end of the East African rift continued for about one month and formed a ca. 15 km long lava flow. The ash cloud of this eruption rose up to 14 km and drifted to W-NW, forming a minor disruption to air traffic. On the 19th of June, the Nabro eruption produced the up to then highest concentrations of sulphur dioxide emission in the earth´s atmosphere ever recorded from space. The ash and tephra fall from this eruption covered a large area, negatively affecting water, crops and cattle of the local nomadic Afar people. Many Afar villages near the volcano were evacuated and at least 38 people were reportedly killed, but the exact death toll is this eruption is unknown.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/view_news/56204/Increased-activity-...

Peru's El Misti Volcano Awakening After 5 Centuries (Jan 30)

For the first time in over 500 years, Peru's El Misti volcano is showing signs of potentially eruptive activity.

According to the committee charged with volcanic risk management for the region of Arequipa, El Misti is one of a dozen potentially active volcanoes in Peru but its proximity to a million residents have the officials concerned. 

Gas emissions and magmatic activity have been recorded, Peru This Week reports, but officials note the activity does not necessarily pose an immediate danger of eruption.

Officials warned people living nearby to refrain from building property too close to the volcano and to be prepared for evacuations, Wired reports.

According to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, El Misti is Peru's most well-known volcano and hasn't had a major eruption since the 15th century.

Source

https://weather.com/science/nature/news/peru-el-misti-volcano-activ...

Australia's Remote Big Ben Volcano Erupts in the Antarctic (Jan 30)

Scientists aboard Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have filmed a rare volcanic eruption video off the coast of Antarctica. You may also like: Rainfall on Earth affected by phases of Moon, finds study Your lifestyle is turning Earth into a 'plastic planet' The team, working in partnership with Tasmania’s Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), was studying underwater volcanoes in the region. However, the land-based volcano caught their attention, and the event was captured on reel. This rare volcanic eruption video is one of the first to capture the Big Ben volcano spew out thick smoke. The Big Ben is an active volcano located in the Heard Island, a remote sub-Antarctic region. It is believed that the volcano has erupted only thrice since the turn of the century.

Source

http://www.skymetweather.com/content/earth-and-nature/rare-video-of...

Colima's Violent Eruption Captured on Video (Jan 29)

A pillar of ash shot 10,000 feet into the sky in a violent explosion of the Colima volcano in south-central Mexico. The event was captured on a web camera installed by scientists to monitor the active volcano in the Jalisco province.

The awe-inspiring timelapse footage shows the volcano as it burst last Friday. The mountain is still erupting intermittent explosions varying from 3,000ft to 9,800ft in height, according to VolcanoDiscovery.

Footage from the webcam, installed across from the mountain to catch volcanic activity, is being analyzed by a specialized team at the University of Colima.

As Mt. Colima is one of the most active volcanoes in Central America, the eruption wasn’t the first for the locals, who have suffered the wrath of the mountain as recently as July 2015.

Colima, a small state beside Western Mexico, about 155 miles (250km) from Guadalajara, has endured more than 30 periods of eruptions, including several significant explosions in recent years, often covering the town in sheets of ash.

Residents have not been evacuated yet as winds are blowing the ash north-east, away from villages. However, the area has been placed on a possible evacuation alert until the eruptions die down.

Source

https://www.rt.com/news/330936-mexico-volcano-colima-video/

The Alboran Island, a volcanic island in the western Mediterranean.

February 3 2016

http://www.earth-of-fire.com/2016/02/the-alboran-island-a-volcanic-...

The series of earthquakes that hit Alboran Sea since 25 January (link: http://www.earth-of-fire.com/2016/01/nombreux-seismes-dans-la-mer-d... ) is linked to the tectonic and volcanic origin of Alborán island.

This island is located between the Iberian Peninsula (Eurasian plate) and North Africa (African plate), at the coordinates 35º56'24 "N 3º02'04 y" W, in the west of the Mediterranean Sea.

The island has a visible part which is limited to 7.12 ha and a maximum extent of 265 m 605mètres; its highest elevation is 15 meters above sea level.

This small area contrasts with the expansion of its submerged base, formed by the ridge of Alboran and a continental shelf, 10 km wide and 45 km long, located at a maximum depth of 200 meters. The edges of the continental shelf, on each side, plunge to depths between 1,000 and 2,000 meters. CONTINUE...

Guatemala's Santa Maria Volcano Erupts, Forcing Evacuations (Feb 5)

A strong explosion occurred from the active Caliente lava dome this morning around 10:30 local time.

It genereated a pyroclastic flow that traveled down the southeast flank of the dome complex reaching a length of approx. 2-3 km. 

Ash plumes from both the explosion and the pyroclastic flow rose to an elevation of 17,000 ft (5.5 km) and produced moderate ash falls in the southern sectors of the volcano, in particular in the village and coffee farm of El Palmar.

Authorities ordered preventive evacuations in areas to the S and SE closest to the volcano.

At the moment, it is unclear what exactly triggered the pyroclastic flow - collapse of ejected material or partial collapse of the upper parts of the dome itself, or, most likely, a combination of both.

This morning's eruption was preceded by 34 small to moderate explosions within 24 hours, a quite unusually high rate, suggesting that magma and/or gas supply into the dome has been elevated at the moment.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/guatemala/santiaguito/news/56310/Sa...

Indonesia's Soputan Volcano Erupts Twice (Feb 6)

There were two eruptions at the volcano today - a smaller one in the morning at 10:00 UTC and a powerful eruption 15 minutes later that sent a large ash plume into the sky.

At 11:45 UTC, Darwin VAAC issued alerts to aviation about an ash plume that had risen to estimated 23,000 ft (7 km) altitude and has been drifting NW. Aviation color code was immediately raised to RED.

Ash fall was reported from the areas at the foot of the volcano.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/soputan/news/56344/Soputan-volcano-...

Increased Explosions at Costa Rica's Turrialba Volcano (Feb 8)

Turrialba Volcano has recorded an increase in activity that includes 5 ash, gas and vapor explosions since Feb 6. The most recent event occurred on Monday at 5:33 p.m., according to the University of Costa Rica’s National Seismological Network (RSN).

The explosion formed an ash plume of about one kilometer high, similar to that reported during another explosion on Sunday that also included gas emanations.

Earlier on Monday RSN monitoring systems recorded an explosion at 10:24 a.m. that formed an ash plume of about 400 meters high, but shortly after it moved towards the Braulio Carrillo National Park area, the agency reported. Other similar explosions occurred Saturday at 1:50 p.m. and Sunday at 10:26 p.m.

RSN volcanologist Raúl Mora said experts noticed an increase in Turrialba’s activity since late January, along with a spike in seismic activity.

So far this month the RSN has registered tremors of moderate magnitudes in the area. Last Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 9:40 a.m., a strong, magnitude-4.4 temblor with an epicenter located 17 kilometers west of the Caribbean canton of Guápiles was reported by residents in Limón, Cartago and San José.

On Monday at 1:40 p.m., a magnitude-3.8 temblor was recorded in Santa Rosa de Turrialba, while at 9:04 a.m. on Tuesday, RSN reported a magnitude-2.9 temblor with an epicenter located 15 kilometers west of Guápiles, near the Turrialba area.

Source

https://www.ticotimes.net/2016/02/09/turrialba-volcano-records-new-...

Feb 09. 20.16 20:30 Local Time , Guatemala: Tonight Fire Volcano recorded strong Explosions...

From:

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=es&sl=es&tl=en&am...

http://elperiodico.com.gt/2016/02/09/pais/volcan-de-fuego-registra-...

Webcams capture the moment Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano erupted into the sunlight

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecarib...

SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY:  This dramatic footage shows the Popocatepetl volcano in Puebla, Mexico, spewing ash and smoke into the sunlight.
The powerful eruption sent ash as high as 2,500 feet into the atmosphere and was caught on camera by Webcams de México.

The volcano erupted three times over 17 hours and caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 1.7 on Saturday.
Local authorities have set up a 7.5 mile exclusion zone around the volcano as a safety precaution.

Guatemala's Fuego Volcano Spews Ash on Nearby Towns (Feb 10)

The overnight eruption of Fuego Volcano sent ash billowing up to five kilometers into the sky and rivers of lava up to two kilometers long, according to Guatemala's Volcanology Institute.

This is the third paroxysm this year at the volcano. Over the past days, strombolian and effusive activity had gradually increased into now pulsating lava fountains and well-alimented lava flows.

Light tremors were also felt up to 25 kilometers away.

Strong gusts of wind could carry the clouds of "fine ash particles" to Guatemala City, 45 kilometers distant, said David de Leon, a spokesman for the government's disaster coordination service.

But thus far authorities were maintaining a yellow alert and were not ordering evacuations. However schools in the vicinity were ordered closed.

De Leon said the ash had so far fallen on three towns -- including Antigua Guatemala, a small, UNESCO-listed city dating back nearly five centuries and which served as the capital until the 18th century.

Sources

http://traveller24.news24.com/News/guatemalas-fire-volcano-spews-as...

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news/56365/Fuego-volcano-Guat...

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news/56380/Fuego-volcano-Guat...

Large pyroclastic flows at volcanoes in Indonesia and Nicaragua yesterday.

Large Pyroclastic Flow at Indonesia's Semeru Volcano (Feb 13)

A pyroclastic flow (hot avalanche of fragmented volcanic material) occurred on the volcano's southern side yesterday morning, reaching 4.5 km length and producing an ash plume that rose to 26,000 ft (8 km) altitude.

Darwin VAAC raised the aviation color code to RED. Another, smaller flow seems to have occurred today.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/semeru/news/56429/Semeru-volcano-Ea...

Pyroclastic Flow at Nicaragua's Momotombo Volcano (Feb 13)

Another explosion occurred at the volcano yesterday at 10:40 local time.

It produced a pyroclastic flow that descended the NE flank through the prominent ravine that also had channeled the recent lava flow from 2015.

Two relatively smaller explosions occurred at the volcano on Feb 12, one at around 02:20 and another at 11:15 local time.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/momotombo/news/56419/Momotombo-volc...

Authorities activate emergency plans after two volcanoes erupt in Nicaragua

http://news.co.cr/authorities-activate-emergency-plans-after-two-vo...

Authorities in Nicaragua activated emergency plans after explosions occurred at both the Momotombo and Telica volcanoes on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Masaya volcano has also witnessed an increase in seismic activity in recent days.

According to the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER), the Telica volcano, located in the Leon department, erupted at 8:28 a.m. Saturday morning, launching a column of ash and gas some 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the air. At least 20 smaller eruptions were recorded at the volcano in the subsequent hours. Ashfall was reported in some nearby communities.

About two hours after the first explosion at Telica, the Momotombo volcano – which had been essentially dormant for 100 years before exploding to life in December – launched a column of ash and gas more than 1,600 feet (500 meters) into the air.

There were no injuries reported in either event, though Civil Defense and municipal authorities said they were activating emergency plans in order to provide a rapid response should communities become at risk. Civil Defense authorities also visited communities near the Momotombo to coordinate evacuation routes should a major incident occur.

Increasing Eruptions at Nicaragua's Momotombo Volcano (Feb 18)

Activity at the volcano has been increasing.

During the past days, explosions have become frequent, with intervals of only few hours. The largest on Wednesday evening at 20:50 local time showered almost the cone with incandescent ejecta and produced ash plumes up to 1 km tall.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that some of the eruptions also have produced small pyroclastic flows.

Ash fall was reported in the communities of La Concha, Matuzán, Boca de Cántaro, Flor de la Piedra and Puerto Momotombo.

According to the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INET) reported that microseismic activity remains high, suggesting that more eruptions are likely to occur in the near future.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/momotombo/news/56486/Momotombo-volc...

http://www.dinosmark.com/2016/02/birth-of-island.html

We don’t really think about it on a daily basis, but the Earth is still changing all the time. It just happens so slowly that we can’t really perceive it. But every now and then, things speed up… a lot.

Recently, the crew of the Maiken was enjoying a leisurely sail through the South Pacific when they spotted a strange discoloration on the water. They moved in closer to inspect it, but by the time they realized what it was, it was too late.

The crew of the Maiken was sailing the South Pacific when they spotted an unusual shadow

They were there to witness the birth of a new island. A huge amount of pumice stone had risen to the surface and it looked like a beach in the middle of the sea but when they rode through it, they saw the water start to boil and then witnessed the birth of a new island from an erupting underwater volcano.

When This Boat Crew Realized What They Were Seeing, It Was Almost Too Late To Escape.

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We don’t really think about it on a daily basis, but the Earth is still changing all the time. It just happens so slowly that we can’t really perceive it. But every now and then, things speed up… a lot.

Recently, the crew of the Maiken was enjoying a leisurely sail through the South Pacific when they spotted a strange discoloration on the water. They moved in closer to inspect it, but by the time they realized what it was, it was too late.

The crew of the Maiken was sailing the South Pacific when they spotted an unusual shadow.

s they got closer, what they had taken to be a sandbar revealed itself to be something else entirely - See more at: http://www.dinosmark.com/2016/02/birth-of-island.html#sthash.K8YkmQ...

huge amount of pumice stone was floating to the surface of the water. It looked like a beach - See more at: http://www.dinosmark.com/2016/02/birth-of-island.html#sthash.K8YkmQ...

International Experts Sent in to Monitor Erupting Nicaragua Volcanoes (Feb 23)

Volcano experts from the US, UK, Costa Rica and local geologists are observing activity at four active peaks in Nicaragua after a flurry of explosions.

The biggest, and most active, is the enormous 1,297-metre Momotombo stratovolcano, near the city of León.

Momotombo, on the north of Lake Managua 25 miles from Nicaragua’s capital Managua, blew for the first time in 110 years in December, and has been active ever since.

In a post about the situation Costa Rican English-speaking news site The Tico Times wrote it had sent "geologists and local townspeople into a tizzy"

"In fact, there’s been so much volcanic and seismic activity in Nicaragua lately that experts from the United States, the United Kingdom, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are carefully studying and observing the situation."

Geologists from the US Geological Survey announced last week they are studying and assessing risks from Momotombo and the other active volcanoes in the country.

Both Télica and Masaya began erupting at the same time as Momotombo, and continue to do so.

Meanwhile, Cerro Negro, which has so far not erupted, recorded bursts of seismic activity last week.

Source

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/646744/Experts-sent-in-to-mon...

Strong Explosions at Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano (Feb 26)

Two large explosions occurred at the volcano yesterday noon from 12:12 local time. The first and larger explosion produced an ash plume that rose approx. 5000 meters above the summit.

The ash plume dispersed mainly to the west and northwest where ash fall occurred in areas including Choglontús, Pillate, Cahuaji and El Manzano.

The explosion itself, a typical so-called "vulcanian"-type eruption, was preceded only by a short (lasting little more than an hour), but intense seismic swarm of shallow earthquakes caused by internal fluid movements and rock fracturing as pressurized gasses started to disintegrate the overlying plug.

Source

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tungurahua/news/56574/Tungurahua-vo...

Fears over 'red alert' Volcano as it erupts TWICE in one day sending ash 3KM high

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/648038/Fears-over-red-alert-V...

THERE are major concerns a deadly huge volcano could be about to face a massive eruption after two explosions the same day saw a 3km (1.8 mile)-high smoke and ash cloud hurled into the sky.

Officials have placed the 2,460-metre Sinabung volcano on the Indonesia island of Sumatra under a high risk warning since it started erupting after 400 years of laying dormant.

However, this week's blasts have been some of the biggest and closest apart since it woke up in 2010.

Authorities are now closely monitoring the magma mount.

Agus Salihin, a volcanologist at the Sinabung observation post, said the eruption was one of the biggest since early 2015.

It has been erupting continually since 2010, but there are fears the frequency is increasing.

The Indonesian government has placed an area of 3.5 km (2.1 miles) radius around the peak under a red-alert high-risk danger zone.

The government has an evacuation plan in place for the area and evacuated everyone about 10,300 villagers in the most high-risk danger zone.

Continuing Explosions at Nicaragua's Momotombo Volcano (Feb 28)

After 110 years of relative calm - 70 eruptions have been registered since December 1, 2015.

Nicaragua remains attentive to two strong explosions occurred Sunday in the volcano Momotombo, located in the western Department of León, reports Today Nicaragua. The explosions were perceived by residents of that territory and Managua.

The Coordinator of the Nicaraguan Council for Communication and Citizenship, Rosario Murillo, said in a special intervention through press media that both explosions were accompanied by the spewing of gases, ash and incandescent material.

The first explusion was at 11:37am, the second at 12:38, material and ash reachin  500 to 1000 metres above the crater.

Commenting that the authorities and doctors are deployed to assist communities affected by the fall of ash and sand, Murillo called the population to be calm, and to maintain themselves informed, though the media.

Murillo said that the disaster prevention system is activated in the Department of León.

The volcano continues to produce on average 2-3 vulcanian-type explosions per day. Some of them seem to generate small pyroclastic flows.

The above video showing spectacular footage of the erupting volcano was recorded last week.

Sources

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/momotombo/news/56587/Momotombo-volc...

http://qcostarica.com/nicaraguas-momotombo-volcano-spews-ash-and-sand/