Volcano watch

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Japan: A new island appears in the Ogasawara Islands - November 2013

Active volcanoes (Sep 28, 2012)

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"Of course all volcanoes will explode, as this is going to be a very severe pole shift. What about the months and years preceding the pole shift? It is no secret that Mammoth Lake and the caldera of Yellowstone are warming up, and the populace has been prepared for these occurrences by the movie Volcano where there, in the middle of LA, lava is bubbling up. In fact, there is a fault line running from the approximate San Diego/LA area, up into the Sierras, and this is liable to rupture rather violently during one of the quakes that precedes the pole shift by some months. Volcanic eruptions from that area in the Sierras can be expected. Will Mount St. Helen erupt? All volcanoes that have been active within the memory of man will begin spewing and burping and oozing, and many that were not expected to become active will reactive. "   ZetaTalk - Feb 15, 2000

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Images of the Copahue eruption on the border of Chile and Argentina.

View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes behind the lagoon of Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500 km southwest of Buenos Aires on December 22, 2012. The authorities of Chile and Argentina issued yellow alerts due to the eruption of the Copahue volcano, placed in the border between both countries.

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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Copahue+volcano+Argentina+Chile+bo...

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ERUPTION FROM COPAHUE VOLCANO, CHILE / ARGENTINA BORDER (DEC 22)

A Satellite image taken on 14:00 on 22 November shows a large ash plume drifting 110 KM SE from Copahue volcano. Ash fall has been reported in Loncopue village in Argentina, 50 KM SE of the volcano. The volcano's last confirmed eruption was in 2000, although one report stated eruptions in 2001 as well.

It is apparently still a 'small' eruption, but the Alert Level for the volcano has been raised from GREEN to ORANGE.

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RISK OF VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN TURKEY (DEC 20)

There is a risk of volcanic eruption in Turkish province of Mugla close to ​​Marmaris, CNN Turk TV channel said on Thursday.

This was stated by scientists of Maltepe University. Some 12 scientists, carrying out research in the coastal Mediterranean area for several months found that there is a risk of an underwater volcano eruption as a result of numerous earthquakes in the area.

A crater was also found at a depth of 25 metres under water.

Turkey is located in a seismically active zone. The most powerful vibrations of the earth's crust in this country occurred in the Marmara Sea in 1999. The magnitude of the tremors was 7.4. About 18,000 people were killed in the earthquake.

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Activity Increases at Guatemala’s Pacaya Volcano  (Dec 19)
An ash plume from Pacaya, 18 December 2012

Pacaya Volcano, located 47 kilometers south of the capital, has had increased activity in recent days.  On the morning of 18 December, three small explosions of gas-and-ash were detected at the volcano. On 19 December, ash and gas was released into the air, said the Institute of Volcanology (Insivumeh).

On Wednesday, the institute issued a preventive alert and recommended the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conrad) to keep monitoring the 2,500-meter-tall volcano, located between the departments of Guatemala City and Escuintla.

“The activity yesterday [Tuesday] was a manifestation of reactivation, so people should be aware of developments in coming days,” Insivumeh experts said.

Conrad also released a statement on its website that recommends people “to keep informed and be aware of official information provided by authorities.”

The last eruption of Pacaya occurred in May 2010 when a powerful explosion sent ashes to three departments, including the capital, and forced the closing of La Aurora International Airport for five days.

One person was killed, thousands were injured and $500 million in losses were reported.

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http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/view_news/24615/Small-Explosions-at...

http://www.ticotimes.net/Current-Edition/News-Briefs/Guatemala-s-Pa...

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TUNGURAHUA VOLCANO (ECUADOR) BLASTS LAVA HIGH ABOVE CRATER (DEC 19 UPDATE)

Volcano monitors say Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot lava 1km above its crater overnight and blasted hot rock and gas nearly 3km down its flank.

The regional director for the government's emergency agency is Lourdes Mayorga and she says officials have prepared shelters and are working to evacuate any people in danger.

The country's National Geophysics Institute said the volcano blasted lava well above its crater overnight and sent out a plume of ash and gas about 1.5km high.

The renewed eruption in central Ecuador began last week and plumes on Sunday rose as high as 5km above the 16,479-foot (5,023-metre) crater.

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Multiple Eruptions at Ecuador's Tungurahua Volcano Prompts Evacuations (Dec 17)
Repeated explosions are rocking Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano, which is also shooting out chunks of molten rock.

The country's National Geophysics Institute says that a constant plume of gas and ash is rising about half a mile (1 kilometer) above the crater on Monday, with ash falling on nearby communities. Some of those towns are being evacuated for safety.

Numerous explosions occurred in the morning of Sunday with ash rising up to 8 km above the crater. Small pyroclastic flows have descended the flanks and partly heavy ash fall has been affecting nearby areas. Combined with rainfall the fresh ash deposits have a dangerous potential to generate lahars in drainages surrounding the volcano.

Ecuador has issued an orange alert - the second-highest warning level - for towns near the Tungurahua volcano, as its level of activity rose, civil defence officials say.

The area of the warning covers the adjacent provinces of Tungurahua and Chimborazo, according to the national civil defence agency.

Greater activity has been building since Wednesday (Dec 12), along with a slight increase in gas emissions from the 5029-metre volcano, located about 135km south of the capital Quito, the Geophysical Institute said.

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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ecuadors-tungurahua-v...

http://www.news.com.au/world/ecuador-declares-volcano-alert/story-f...

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tungurahua/news/24287/Tungurahua-vo...

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Mt Lokon in Indonesia Erupts Again (Dec 17)
Mount Lokon, which has erupted 800 times since July, spewed hot lava and volcanic ash as high as 10,000 feet on Monday, according to an Indonesian government official. 

Mount Lokon in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, erupted at around 12 p.m. local time on Monday following escalating volcanic activity.

"Ashes from the eruption rose to 3,000 meters. Local residents have been asked to take precautions," the chief of the Lokon and Mahawu monitoring station, Farid Ruskanda Bima, in Tomohon on Monday, as quoted by Antara news agency.

Mount Lokon has shown an increase in volcanic activity since early December. The Lokon and Mahawu monitoring station recorded eruptions on Dec. 3, Dec. 5 and Dec. 8, spouting volcanic dust up to 3,500 meters into the sky.

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http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/17/15968920-800-eruption...

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/17/mount-lokon-erupts-ag...

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Tungurahua Volcano Erupts in Ecuador (Dec 14) -
A sudden strong ash explosion occurred at Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador today at 14:35 local time.

According to local reports, the eruption produced an ash plume rising to 6 km altitude and was visible from Ambato, Riobamba, Pelileo and Patate. The explosion followed an increase in seismicity over the past days.

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Record Lava Flow From Plosky Tolbachik Volcano (Dec 11) -

The erupting Tolbachik volcano in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula is spilling a record 1,200 metric tons of lava every second.

The volcano has been spewing lava from two fissures along its southern slope, with upper flow descending 6,000 meters and lower flow – 13,600 meters.

The flow from the upper fissure has almost stopped but could resume at any moment as the volcano continues to produce magma, Karpov said at a meeting with local officials.

“If the activity at the upper fissure resumes, we will face a real danger,” he said, adding that the eruption had been already assigned a Red Code status.

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River of Fire: Satellite Captures Immense Lava Flow From Russian Volcano

These astonishing aerial images reveal molten lava spewing from a Russian volcano that suddenly erupted after lying dormant for 36 years.

The Plosky Tolbachik volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula burst into activity on November 27, sending clouds of ash almost 10,000 feet into the air, and leading some experts to warn it could go on to unleash an eruption as powerful as that seen from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokel in 2010, which caused more than a week of air traffic disruption.

Lava flows pouring from the mouth of the volcano - which appear like a river of fire are reported to have destroyed two research camps and forced schools in nearby villages to close.  The lava fields surrounding the volcano currently stretch over 13 square kilometers and are up to 20 meters deep.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245648/Plosky-Tolbachik-vo...

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/emergency-workers-organi...