Volcano watch
Japan: A new island appears in the Ogasawara Islands - November 2013
Active volcanoes (Sep 28, 2012)
"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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Comment by Howard on December 17, 2012 at 8:05pm
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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.
Sources
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.
Sources
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.
Sources
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245648/Plosky-Tolbachik-vo...
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/emergency-workers-organi...
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Volcanic Eruptions Continue on Indonesia's Mt. Lokon (Dec 8) -
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/north-sulawesis-mount-lokon-ent...
Mount Lokon, near the North Sulawesi town of Tomohon, entered its second day of eruption on Friday, belching heaps of ash and smoke into the atmosphere.
“People are asked to remain alert and not conduct any activities within a 2.5 kilometer radius around the Tompuluan crater of Mount Lokon,” said Farid Bima, who heads the volcano monitoring outpost near the mountain.
The 1,579-meter-high volcano first erupted at around 5:18 p.m. on Thursday, sending a column of ash and smoke that reached some 3,500 meters high.
The ash fell mostly on the southeastern slope of the volcano.
Farid said that so far there had been no report of casualties or damages, and reiterated that the alert status of the mountain was still at “ready,” or two rungs above normal and one below full eruption.
Mount Lokon has demonstrated rising volcanic activities since mid-year, he added, and has been undergoing a series of small and large eruptions.
Tomohon Mayor Jemmy Eman announced on Friday a 2.5 kilometer-radius danger-zone and also prepared areas to shelter people if any evacuations needed to take place.
However, he said there was no need for people on the upper slopes of the mountain to be evacuated, since the eruptions so far were not deemed major threats.
“Therefore, there will not be any evacuations yet,” said Arnold Poli, the city secretary.
An eruption of Mount Lokon last month prompted the evacuation of some 5,000 people from its upper slopes.
Hoyke Makarawung, the head of the North Sulawesi Disaster Mitigation Agency, said that his institution had already readied assistance should any evacuation take place in the areas affected by the discharge.
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Comment by Sevan Makaracı on December 5, 2012 at 4:55pm
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Earthquake swarms could indicate eruption near Nisyros, Greece (Dec 4)
A seismic swarm of 2000 microearthquakes near the island of Nisyros since 24 November could indicate a start of a or coming of a volcanic eruption near Nisyros.
The quakes are located between the area of Simi Island (Greece) and the Bozburun peninsula of SW Turkey: click here for a map and list of quakes.
Information is still scanty, but seismic signals from this possible eruption are very similar to those recorded from current volcanic eruptions.
If an eruption is taking place, it would form a new submarine volcano near Nisyros.
No proof has yet been found to prove that an eruption may be taking place. Some sources think the swarm may be tectonic (as the Aegean sea is very seismically active). The VolcanoDiscovery alert will be kept at Green until further evidence is found.
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Santiaguito Volcano Erupts in Guatemala (Nov 29) -
The Santiaguito volcano, in western Guatemala, erupted today with “very strong,” with the release of smoke and ash at high altitudes, so the agency has recommended Meteorology restrict air traffic in the area.
So far there is no need for an evacuation of the villages closest to the volcano, which is located about 227 kilometers from Guatemala City.
The director of the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh), Eddy Sanchez, reported that the activity of the volcano at 2,550 meters, and located in the department of Quetzaltenango, started at about 5.30 local time (11.30 GMT ). Sanchez added that the sand and volcanic ash is dispersed within at least a 4 kilometers radius of the volcano. “There is a crater collapse, pyroclastic flows, and notice has already been given to Civil Aviation to restrict air operations in that region,” said the director of the local radio Insivumeh. He also reported they warned the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conrad) to take the necessary precautions.
Sanchez said the eruption of Santiaguito will last for several hours and urged people to stock up surrounding drinking water because the sand and volcanic ash can contaminate streams that may be harmful to health. The sand and ash has fallen in populations of the departments of Quetzaltenango and Retalhuleu, where they can be affected coffee plantations, according to Sanchez. The volunteer fire departments of these two departments have declared orange alert or prevention, while experts Conrad Insivumeh and keep a constant eye on the evolution of the eruption.
Source (translated)
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Kamchatka Volcano Eruption Destroys Science Camps (Nov 30) -
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20121130/177832742.html
Lava flows from the slope of erupting volcano Plosky Tolbachik in Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula have destroyed two nearby scientific camps, a local branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences said on Friday.
The 3,085-meter Plosky Tolbachik, which is part of a volcanic complex located 343 kilometers from the region's capital of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, erupted on November 27 for the first time in 36 years.
The two camps were located 10 kilometers from the volcano.
The eruption has been already assigned a Red Code status as the volcano is throwing clouds of ash to the height of 3,000 meters with the potential for ash explosions up to 10 km.
Residents of nearby villages have been advised not to leave their homes as massive ash falls in the area are filled with toxic sulfur fumes.
The Plosky Tolbachik erupted 10 times since records began in 1740, with the most notable eruption in 1975, commonly known as The Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption. Soviet scientists successfully predicted the eruption because it was preceded by a series of earthquakes.
The 1975 eruption dramatically changed the local landscape and became an ecological disaster as the volume of lava and ashes emitted by the Plosky Tolbachik was the largest in recorded history of Kamchatka.
There are more than 150 volcanoes on Kamchatka, 30 of them active.
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New Zealand Volcano Mt Tongariro Erupts Again (Nov 21) - UPDATED
Nov 22 Update:
A New Zealand volcano that neighbors a mountain best known as Mount Doom of the Lord of the Rings films (Mount Ruapehu, also set to erupt) has rumbled back to life.
Mount Tongariro, situated in a remote part of the country's North Island, erupted for five minutes on November 21, spewing clouds of ash 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) high.
Mt Tongariro Erupts (Nov 21)
A massive plume of ash can be seen coming from the mountain and an operation is underway to get people off the Tongariro Crossing.
The official GNS Science monitoring service issued a potential threat alert after the eruption at the North Island volcano, which became active in August this year after lying dormant for more than a century.
GNS Science duty volcanologist Nico Fournier told APNZ the eruption happened about 1.20pm.
Wellington Airport spokesman Greg Thomas said no flights had been affected yet, however that could change and the situation was being monitored.
Up to 70 Napier School children were reported to be two hours into a tramp on the Tongariro track.
Two bus drivers from Nimon and Sons, who took the children up to the mountain, had reported back to their base that they could see a plume 2km high, a spokesman said.
Lake Rotoaira resident Robyn Bennett said there was a big, black ash cloud over her house, which was about a kilometre from the eruption site.
"It's just blew her stack," she said.
She said the air smelled of sulphur.
"It's hard to breathe if you go outside, it's pushing out quite heavily." Bennett said she didn't hear the eruption but it looked like a new vent had formed in front of a previous eruption crater. The ash cloud was moving east towards Napier and Taupo.
Ann Lambert, owner of the Rainbow Motel at Tokaanu, near Turangi, said she had not been aware of any noise, unlike the previous time Tongariro erupted when there had been a "huge loud noise".
"We weren't aware it had happened. We just looked up and saw it," she said.
HISTORY REPEATS
This is the second eruption this year. The Te Maari crater erupted on August 6, the first time in more than 100 years.The eruption, on August 6, widened and deepened the crater and reactivated vents which had been covered up in the 116 years since it last erupted in 1896.
Ruapehu has also been active recently but has not erupted. Pressure was building under the volcano and there was an increased likelihood of an eruption, GNS said last week.
A series of earthquakes rattled the ground beneath Tongariro in the weeks leading up to the August eruption and another series of quakes have shaken the ground beneath Ruapehu in the last few weeks.
Sources
http://www.news.com.au/world/nz-volcano-mt-tongariro-erupts/story-f...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/7979599/Mt-Tongariro-eru...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/nz-volcano-tonga...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121121-mount-doom-v...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/7979461/Panic-on-Mt-Tongariro-as-vo...
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