Popocatepetl volcano
Source: Reuters
Volcanoes
Popocatepetl volcano
Source: Reuters
According to scientists, there was a magnitude 3.3 earthquake in the province of Catania on the east coast of Sicily on Friday night.
The epicentre was 9 km deep. Felt in Milo, Zafferana Etnea and Sant'Alfio.
There are no reports of casualties and destruction.
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White smoke plumes above Metis Shoal observed this week.
White smoke plumes above Metis Shoal observed this week.
The eruption at Matis Shoal, a submarine volcano around halfway between the islands of Kao and Late in Tonga, was first noticed on Tuesday when a pilot with the Real Tonga airline flew over the area and alerted ground control to white columns of steam rising to about 5000 metres elevation.
GeoNet and the Wellington Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre, a department of Metservice, have been monitoring the situation, but say there is currently no risk to flights in the area.
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Merapi erupted for 270 seconds on Monday
Merapi erupted for 270 seconds on Monday
Ash fell on Ngargosoko, Mranggen, Srumbung villages in Srumbung district; Sumber, Talun, Ngargomulyo, Kalibening, Ngadipuro, Mangunsoko and Dukun villages in Dukun district; and Sucen and Jumoyo villages in Salam district.
Thin layers of ash also covered Sawangan village in Sawangan district; Tamanagung and Muntilan villages in Muntilan district; and Bojong and Pabelan villages in Mungkid district.
An eruption was registered at some 04:30 GMT by special cameras. The eruption included small eruptions and releases of ash. The grey smoke is currently visible over the mountain.
Experts from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology assess the situation as stable. However, the incident resulted in a partial closure of airspace over the city of Catania.
In addition two explosions were recorded today at 04:46 h and 06:27 h.
The first explosion generated a column of approximately 2 km and the second explosion a column of 1 km, both explosions threw incandescent fragments on the slopes of the volcano.
Eruption column and pyroclastic flow at Shiveluch volcano on Oct 2nd
The eruption was likely a combination of explosion at the lava dome and a partial collapse of fresh material from the active part of the dome in its upper NE sector:
The dawn eruption, captured on video by the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), sent a column of ash more than a mile above the 8,885-foot volcano.
Poás Volcano National Park, located 29 miles northwest of the Costa Rican capital of San Jose, remained closed Tuesday and a reopening date had not been announced at the time of this post.
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An ash cloud erupting from the Papua New Guinea's Mount Ulawun volcano.
An ash cloud erupting from the Papua New Guinea's Mount Ulawun volcano.
Mount Ulawun, situated on the remote Bismarck Archipelago chain, displaced between 7 000 and 13 000 people from their homes when it last erupted in June.
Seismic activity started at midday on Monday before the volcano erupted at about 04:30 on Tuesday, according to Rabaul Volcano Observatory assistant director Ima Itikarai.
"It was noiseless and in the dark just before dawn; the eruption was visible (with) a distinct shard (of) red incandescent glow shooting up less than 100m from the base," he told AFP.
