Volcanoes Today, 21 Feb 2013 – recent updates on world-wide volcanic...
Etna (Sicily, Italy): A 4th paroxysm from the New SE crater just ended. It followed the previous one with only about 18 hours interval. It will be interesting to see how long Etna will keep up this...
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Etna (Sicily, Italy): It seems that a small effusive fissure vent has been active a few 100 m SE of the base of the New SE crater. No further paroxysm has (yet) occurred. Pacaya (Guatemala): Weak ash...
View ArticleVolcanic activity worldwide 5 Mar 2013: White Island, Ruapehu, Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): With the seismic stations and some of the webcams (in particular, the ones at Belvedere) being unavailable for the time being (they were overrun by lava flows from Friday’s...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 1 Apr 2013: Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Etna volcano might have begun a process of deep transformation in its eruption style, new scientific studies suggest. During a recent field trip in order to sample the lava...
View ArticleVolcanic activity worldwide 5 Apr 2013: Etna, El Hierro
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Today is a very sad day for all free people who like Etna: Etna has become a “forbidden volcano”. Maybe intimidated by the recent lava fountains of Etna, the Prefecture of...
View ArticleVolcanic activity worldwide 9 Apr 2013: Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Relatively strong ash explosions continue to occur from the New SE crater. At the same time, the tremor signal is rising – maybe we’re about to witness the start of a new...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 12 Apr 2013: Stromboli, Etna
Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): Activity remains elevated. Lava continues to overspill from the lips of the NE crater, showing that the magma column stands high inside the conduit. Frequent...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 26 Apr 2013: Popocatépetl, Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Relatively intense strombolian activity and ash emissions continue at the New SE crater. INGV tremor data seems currently not to be available to see whether this is rising or...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 28 Apr 2013: Tungurahua, Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): (27 Apr) The 13th New SE crater paroxysm is occurring this evening. Tall lava fountains rise from the central vent of the cone, and a lava flow has rapidly descended the slope...
View ArticleVolcanic activity worldwide 26 May 2013: Sakurajima, Copahue, Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Etna today is free of clouds, but strong winds with gusts up to 70 km/h speed prevail. No further significant earthquakes occurred. The only activity remains degassing, and...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 26 Sep 2013: Telica, Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Strombolian activity continues at the New SE crater. Whether (and when) this might lead to another paroxysm is unclear. The volcanic tremor signal is still relatively low. Telica...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 29 Sep 2013: Sakurajima, Jebel Zubair, Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Activity at the New SE crater has eased for now. Some occasional small strombolian explosions were last noted about 2 days ago. Tremor amplitude has decreased slightly as well....
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 26 Oct 2013: Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Following a slow gradual build-up of increasing strombolian activity at Etna’s New SE crater since yesterday, a new paroxysm is now in the progress, with high lava fountains,...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 27 Oct 2013: Sinabung, Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Tremor has remained elevated and the New SE crater continued to produce weak strombolian activity and aliment the lava flow during much of the night. At the moment (Sunday...
View ArticleSatellite Images: Volcanic Plumes Tower over Mount Etna
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View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 11 Nov. 2013: Etna
(Etna volcano) The awaited new paroxysm of Etna’s NEW SE crater started last night and is still in full progress. Unfortunately, a snow storm above the summit area prevents detailed observations, but...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 13 Nov 2013: Etna, Marapi
Etna (Sicily, Italy): 2 new sets of pictures from the beginning and end of the 10-11 Nov paroxysm: Strombolian activity at New SE crater Steam (“smoke”) rings Marapi (Western Sumatra, Indonesia): A...
View ArticleVolcanic activity worldwide 14 Nov 2013: Sakurajima, Klyuchevskoy,...
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Activity at the New SE crater has decreased during the night, but probably weak strombolian explosions still occur from time to time. At the moment, weather is very bad and...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 17 Nov 2013: Etna
Etna (Sicily, Italy): As expected, another paroxysmal eruption took place at the New SE crater over night. This marks the 16th such event in 2013. The main phase lasted about 5 hours between midnight...
View ArticleVolcanoes Today, 20 Nov 2013: Fuego, Klyuchevskoy, Sinabung, Santa María /...
Etna (Sicily, Italy): (19 Nov) Weak explosive (sporadic small strombolian eruptions) and effusive activity (weakly alimented lava flow from eastern fissure vent) continues at a decreasing trend. There...
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