Friday, Aug 21, 2015
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According to Japanese scientists, the scenario of a major eruption at the volcano is becoming more and more likely. The Asahi Shimbun news agency sent a drone to photograph the crater, confirming that a flat dome is currently blocking the conduit. ... [more]
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Etna has been mostly calm during the past months. However, signs of unrest have appeared in the form of dilute ash emissions from the central crater (Voragine). ... [more]
Etna has been mostly calm during the past months. However, signs of unrest have appeared in the form of dilute ash emissions from the central crater (Voragine). ... [more]
An explosion from the summit dome occurred yesterday morning, producing a plume that rose approx. 2 km. ... [more]
A pancake-shaped flat dome of lava has been detected inside the Showa summit crater. This type of dome is typical for moderately viscous and gas-poor lava (typically andesitic composition) extruded at subduction-zone stratovolcanoes. ... [more]
Explosions every few hours continue to occur, sending plumes of ash to 2-3 km above the volcano's summit crater. [more]
A reported ash plume yesterday has been confirmed to be from a bush fire. The volcano remains calm. [more]
A small explosion occurred this morning. Darwin VAAC reported an ash plume to 7,000 ft (2.1 km) altitude extending 8 km ESE from the volcano. [more]
Slow growth of the lava dome continues although the volcano has been comparably calm recently. Only smaller collapses and associated pyroclastic flows and ash plumes (such as one on 19 Aug) occurred. [more]
The volcano is currently in a comparably more active phase. Reports of ash plumes from stronger strombolian to vulcanian type explosions have become more frequent. ... [more]
Several ash plumes have been observed during the past days rising from the volcano and drifting up to 50 km NE. [more]
The volcano continues to be relatively calm. Modest ash emissions occurred yesterday morning producing plumes that rose a few 100 m above the summit and were then pushed down by strong winds along the flank of the volcano. ... [more]
Thursday, Aug 20, 2015
The legendary Molucca Sea, known for its precious spices that attracted early traders from Europe, is not only one of Indonesia's most interesting and beautiful areas. It also has the largest density of active volcanoes of any region in Indonesia. [more]
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2015
Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): The most recent radar measurements done by ALOS-2 satellite of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) show that the summit of the volcano has inflated by the enormous amount of approx. 16 cm during the interval 4 Jan - 17 August this year. ... [more]
An ash plume was reported this morning, at estimated 5,000 ft (1.5 km) altitude, extending 50 km to the east from the island (VAAC Darwin). This suggests that a new phase of activity is occurring at the volcano. ..
More worrying signs of volcanic unrest started to appear: according to FNN News, volcanic gas releases have been detected at the sea floor of the Futatsumata Port on the northern shore of Sakurajima peninsula (located approx 4 km from summit). [more]
volcano remains calm. Only low-energy degassing is being observed from the summit crater. During yesterday's overflight, no significant changes to the crater morphology have been detected. ... [more]
The most recent radar measurements done by ALOS-2 satellite of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) show that the summit of the volcano has inflated by the enormous amount of approx. 16 cm during the interval 4 Jan - 17 August this year. ... [more]
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2015
Karymsky (Kamchatka): The volcano had an explosion this morning that produced an ash plume that rose to 15,000 ft and drifted SE. ... [more]
Activity at the volcano, relatively low at the moment, has remained more or less unchanged. Lava is slowly being extruded in the inner summit crater and occasionally produces small explosions and less vigorous degassing events ("exhalations"). ... [more]
Explosive activity continues with sometimes relatively strong eruptions every few hours. [more]
A volcanic-tectonic earthquake of magnitude 3.2 Richter occurred under the volcano yesterday. The epicenter was at 8.2 km depth 25 kilometers northwest of the main crater. This might announce a period of unrest at the volcano. ... [more]
Activity at the Caliente lava dome remains essentially unchanged. Some explosions produced ash plumes of up to 500 m height and the eastern blocky lava flow remains weakly active.
Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 14:39
Activity has decreased during the past days. INSIVUMEH reported only few and relatively weak explosions occurred during yesterday.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 14:38
Weak strombolian activity continues inside the Mackenney crater and produces small plumes of gas and light ash. Glow is visible at night.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 14:26
Activity has actually decreased and been relatively low at the volcano during the past days. However, the risk of a major eruption remains according to the Japan Meteorological Agency who maintains alert level 4 (preparation for evacuation).
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 14:15
Thermal signals from the volcano have been increasing over the past days, suggesting that the lava output at the summit crater has increased. This could again again to dangerous pyroclastic flows if the lava dome or lava flows become unstable on the steep upper flanks of the volcano. Such flows can easily reach inhabited areas. ...more
During the past months (at least since May) the volcano has been constantly active with a weakly alimented lava flow on the upper southern flank, which has been generating frequent incandescent rock falls. It decreased during July, but a new phase of more violent activity might be in the making now and could make new evacuations necessary. Alert level of the volcano remains at 3 (out of 4). [less]
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 13:53
During the night and this morning, some relatively small explosions occurred at the volcano, producing plumes of up to 700 m height.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 13:47
After 3 months of relative quiet, a small eruption occurred at the volcano on Saturday (15 Aug). At 01:47, an explosion of gas and ash generated a plume that rose 500 m. ...more
The activiy was preceded by more than five hours of sustained volcanic tremor and increased seismic activity since early on 14 Aug. [less]
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 13:38
Ash emissions from the volcano continue to be intense. This morning, an ash plume extended 50 km ENE.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 13:37
The volcano had an explosion this morning that produced an ash plume that rose to 15,000 ft and drifted SE.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2015, 13:26
It seems that at least some activity has resumed again. Several observers reported a light ash plume rising from the volcano and drifting SW.
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Mon, 17 Aug 2015, 22:00
Raung (East Java): With a small group we climbed Raung during 14-15 August 2015. We might have witnessed the end of the large 2015 summit eruption, which during June-early August produced large lava flows, lava fountains and significant ash plumes. ...more
Reventador (Ecuador): Activity at the volcano remains high, both internally (seismicity) and at the summit crater where viscous lava is being extruded. Occasional explosions and incandescent avalanches, possibly also a short lava flow result from this process.
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Mon, 17 Aug 2015, 17:33
With a small group we climbed Raung during 14-15 August 2015. We might have witnessed the end of the large 2015 summit eruption, which during June-early August produced large lava flows, lava fountains and significant ash plumes.
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Mon, 17 Aug 2015, 12:22
No new explosions of significant size have occurred at the volcano during the past 48 hours. Seismic activity remains elevated and suggests that smaller ash emissions continue, however. ...more
Whether this is only a pause before another, possibly more violent phase of the eruption or already an end of this episode is too early to say.
Ecuador's ministry of civil protection maintains yellow alert for the communities of Francisco, Rumipamba, San Ramón, Mancheno, José Guango Bajo, and San Agustín del Callo (Mulaló). [less]
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- More about Cotopaxi volcano
Mon, 17 Aug 2015, 11:54
Activity at the volcano remains high, both internally (seismicity) and at the summit crater where viscous lava is being extruded. Occasional explosions and incandescent avalanches, possibly also a short lava flow result from this process.
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Mon, 17 Aug 2015, 05:01
Sun, 16 Aug 2015, 12:12
Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): Japanese volcanologist monitoring the volcano warned that a larger eruption could occur in the near future. The alert level of the volcano was raised to the second highest, 4 out of 5, meaning that preparations for evacuations of nearby areas (within a few km from the Showa crater) are in progress. ...more
The alert was based on a strong swarm of shallow volcanic earthquakes located beneath the Showa crater. The seismic swarm started around 7 am on 15 Aug (local time), and peaked with almost 180 quakes per hour around noon. It gradually waned, but continues with weaker intensity until now.
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Sun, 16 Aug 2015, 12:11
The volcano started to erupt, for the first time after more than 70 years, on 14 Aug with a series of 6 very strong explosions. The volcano last erupted in 1940 and possibly 1942. A major hazard of glacier-clad Cotopaxi's eruptions are melt-water floods that can turn in to devastating lahars and threaten an area with approx. 300,000 inhabitants. ...more
The first explosion on 14 Aug occurred at 10:50 local time with an ash plume that rose approx. 8000 meters above the summit crater. During the same day, it was followed by 5 more explosions of similar or smaller size. Some of the explosions produced pyroclastic flows.
The volcano calmed down a bit during yesterday, but had another explosion in the afternoon. [less]
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Sun, 16 Aug 2015, 11:42
Japanese volcanologist monitoring the volcano warned that a larger eruption could occur in the near future. The alert level of the volcano was raised to the second highest, 4 out of 5, meaning that preparations for evacuations of nearby areas (within a few km from the Showa crater) are in progress. ...more
The alert was based on a strong swarm of shallow volcanic earthquakes located beneath the Showa crater. The seismic swarm started around 7 am on 15 Aug (local time), and peaked with almost 180 quakes per hour around noon. It gradually waned, but continues with weaker intensity until now.
At the same time, a significant inflation of the Showa crater has been detected. These both are likely caused by the rising of a new batch of magma, which could result in a larger-then-usual eruption. [less]
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Sun, 16 Aug 2015, 11:24
Activity has strongly decreased at the volcano. When we visited Raung during 14-15 August, we observed pulsating, often near-continous ash emissions that produced plumes of several hundred meters. They often consisted of dark jets of ash, presumably from phreatomagmatic activity inside the conduit. ...more
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This activity originated from the lower, southwestern vent of the large, double-crater new cinder cone in the eastern part of the caldera. The larger vent to the NE was almost entirely inactive, except two small, very weakly active effusive vents on its inner walls. Occasionally, glowing lava blocks were pushed out from these.
The recent lava flow was no longer active. Like a giant pancake, it has completely covered the caldera floor surrounding the large cinder cone. [less]
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Sat, 15 Aug 2015, 08:47
Fri, 14 Aug 2015, 12:05
Yesterday (13 Aug), a new ash emission occurred from the volcano, the first eruptive activity since early this year. Light ash fall occurred in areas up to 10 km west of the volcano in the small towns of San Jorge, Las Moritas and Piedrita. ...more
The volcano, however, had remained in state of unrest during the past months, with both elevated seismic and SO2 degassing activity. In particular, seismicity started to rise again in July this year. A peak occurred on 12 August, a day before the eruption.
The volcano remains in institutional orange alert, maintained since December 2013. [less]
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Thu, 13 Aug 2015, 11:39
Wed, 12 Aug 2015, 22:00
Raung (East Java): (12 Aug) Small ash emissions continue. This morning, a plume of ash approx. 500 m high drifted 15 km to the west of the volcano. ...more
Cleveland (Aleutian Islands, Alaska): (12 Aug) No unusual activity of the volcano has been detected over the past days. Only a small steam plume from the summit crater where a new small lava dome is present could occasionally be seen in the past days. [less]
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Wed, 12 Aug 2015, 19:49
Wed, 12 Aug 2015, 05:04
No unusual activity of the volcano has been detected over the past days. Only a small steam plume from the summit crater where a new small lava dome is present could occasionally be seen in the past days. ...more
Seismic activity has been low. [less]
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Wed, 12 Aug 2015, 05:03
Small ash emissions continue. This morning, a plume of ash approx. 500 m high drifted 15 km to the west of the volcano.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015, 11:23
Raung (East Java): Activity has decreased at the volcano. During the past days, the ash plume was much lower and only extended several tens of kilometers in southerly directions. ...more
Heat emission remains significant, but has also decreased a lot compared to the previous week.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015, 11:09
The volcano continues to produce near-continuous ash clouds that reached a length of approx. 100 km towards the west this morning.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015, 11:08
Activity has decreased at the volcano. During the past days, the ash plume was much lower and only extended several tens of kilometers in southerly directions. ...more
Heat emission remains significant, but has also decreased a lot compared to the previous week. [less]
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015, 10:52
Explosions remain frequent and sometimes intense. Ash columns rise up to 2 km from the crater. ...more
Check out the following tweet showing a comparison of the crater between 11 Mar and 8 July - the lava dome and parts of the crater rim have disappeared:
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Tue, 11 Aug 2015, 10:48
According to a news article in the Indonesian press, volcanologists monitoring Sinabung believe that magma supply to the growing lava dome has recently increased. ...more
This will likely result in more and larger pyroclastic flows that can threaten a number of villages that so far have been unharmed. These include Pasarpinter Gurkinayan, Simpang Sibintun, Perjumaan Batukejan, Jembatan Lau Benuken Tigapancur, Pejuman Tigabogor, Pentumbes, Jeraya, and Kutatengah on the SE slope.
The volcano is kepts at the highest alert status ("awas" or 4 out of 4) and an exclusion zone of 7 km is kept in place. [less]
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Mon, 10 Aug 2015, 05:01
Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 22:00
Karymsky (Kamchatka): Tokyo VAAC reports continuous ash emissions from the volcano. ...more
Manam (Papua New Guinea): Ash emissions continue. VAAC Darwin reported a volcanic ash plume extending 140 km SE of the volcano at 20,000 ft (6 km) altitude this morning. [less]
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Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 12:44
Deep-seated strombolian activity produces small ash plumes from the Mackenney crater where glow can be seen at night.
- More about Pacaya volcano
Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 12:39
Activity from the volcano has been low recently. Occasional weak explosions accompany the slow effusion of a blocky lava flow descending on the eastern flank of the Caliente dome.
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Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 12:35
Activity has been elevated at the volcano. INSIVUMEH reported 36 weak to moderate explosions during 24 hours with ash plumes rising up to 1000 m above the crater and sometimes accompanied by shock waves. A lava flow on the upper SE side (towards the Las Lajas ravine) is active and was 300 m long last night. ...more
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- More about Fuego volcano
Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 12:14
Tokyo VAAC reports continuous ash emissions from the volcano.
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Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 12:08
Ash emissions continue. VAAC Darwin reported a volcanic ash plume extending 140 km SE of the volcano at 20,000 ft (6 km) altitude this morning.
- More about Manam volcano
Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 12:04
An ash plume was visible on satellite imagery this morning, extending 50 km NE from the volcano (VAAC Darwin).
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Sun, 9 Aug 2015, 11:56
AVO reported that during 29 July-4 August satellite images detected strongly elevated surface temperatures at the volcano's summit consistent with growth of a new lava dome. ...more
A field crew working in the area on 1 August reported frequent rockfalls on the volcano.
A weak infrasound signal was much smaller than the explosion detected on 21 July; the signal may have been related to gas emissions, also consistent with lava-dome effusion. A very small gas plume was visible in webcam images during 2-3 August, and steam emissions were observed on 4 August. [less]
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Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 18:07
Shiveluch (Kamchatka): A moderately sized eruption occurred Thursday evening and produced an ash plume that rose to approx. 18,000 ft (5.4 km) altitude. Minor, near continuous ash venting has been intermittently visible on webcam imagery since. ...more
Aso (Kyushu): The eruption from Aso volcano's Nakadake crater continues. During the past day, several phases of ash emissions occurred. At night, incandescence can be seen at the vent.
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Nishinoshima on 24 July - note the path of the lava tube (line) and the active delta on the eastern coast (lower right)
Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 18:06
Ash emissions yesterday and today produced a plume that rose to estimated 21,000 t (6.5 km) and drifted SSW. (VAAC Darwin)
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Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 18:04
The eruption from Aso volcano's Nakadake crater continues. During the past day, several phases of ash emissions occurred. At night, incandescence can be seen at the vent. ...more
The activity is not typical strombolian with discrete explosions, but rather continuous phases of jet-like venting of ash. Its cause is probably phreatomagmatic - the release of hot ash and gas as water and magma interact at depth.
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Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 17:56

Nishinoshima on 24 July - note the path of the lava tube (line) and the active delta on the eastern coast (lower right)
The latest survey by the Japanese coast guard shows that lava flows have been traveling mostly through a tube system towards the east, where active flows continue to add land to the coast.
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Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 17:40
The volcano remains restless. A diffuse plume with light ash content is rising most of the time from the summit crater.
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Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 17:33
A moderately sized eruption occurred Thursday evening and produced an ash plume that rose to approx. 18,000 ft (5.4 km) altitude. Minor, near continuous ash venting has been intermittently visible on webcam imagery since.
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Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 17:17
Sporadic ash emissions continue to occur from time to time at the volcano. A tremor episode on 6 August that started at 08:39 local time and lasted a few minutes was accompanied by the expulsion of ash that rose approx. 700 m. ...more
Light ash fall occurred in Manizales, Villamaria, Cinchina, Santa Rosa and Pereira. [less]
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Sat, 8 Aug 2015, 17:09
Intense ash emissions continue to produce a plume that stretches hundreds of kilometers to the SW. Many flights to and from Bali were canceled or delayed today again. ...more
The detected heat emission, based on satellite data from NASA's MODIS sensor, remains elevated, although it has decreased significantly during the past days.
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Fri, 7 Aug 2015, 22:00
Manam (Papua New Guinea): Smaller ash emissions from the volcano have been observed during the past days. Yesterday, an ash plume at estimated 9,000 ft (2.7 km) altitude drifted 40 km NW (VAAC Darwin). ...more
A small flat lava dome covering the crater floor could be observed during an overflight on 4 Aug. ...more
Raung (East Java): The eruption at the volcano remains very intense and might have increased during the past days. ...more
The eruption at the volcano remains very intense and might have increased during the past days. ...more
Raung (East Java): Intense ash emissions and northwesterly winds have repeatedly forced to close Bali's Denpasar International Airport (DPS) during the past days, resulting in many flight cancellations.
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Fri, 7 Aug 2015, 19:36
Smaller ash emissions from the volcano have been observed during the past days. Yesterday, an ash plume at estimated 9,000 ft (2.7 km) altitude drifted 40 km NW (VAAC Darwin).
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Fri, 7 Aug 2015, 19:27
Explosive activity has resumed at the volcano since early August. ...more
After the collapse of the lava dome on 11 July, activity had been almost exclusively effusive and produced a new lava flow on the southern flank. This activity gradually ceased in late July, to be now replaced by the arrival of probably fresher and more gas-rich magma, hence more capable to produce explosions from the summit crater.
The exclusion zone of 8 km radius around the volcano remains in place. It is extended to 12 km in the area of the Monte Grande valley to the south. [less]
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Raung volcano (East Java, Indonesia): ash plume results in cancellations of flights to and from Bali
Fri, 7 Aug 2015, 19:17
Intense ash emissions and northwesterly winds have repeatedly forced to close Bali's Denpasar International Airport (DPS) during the past days, resulting in many flight cancellations. ...more
The ash plume, drifting at approx. 5 km altitude, extended over 500 km SE this morning. [less]
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Wed, 5 Aug 2015, 13:05

Cleveland Volcano overflight, August 4, 2015. View of lava dome within Cleveland's summit crater, showing concentric rings and radial fractures in dome surface, surrounding elevated, hot dome core (photo by John Lyons, AVO/USGS)
The surface temperatures of the solidified lava measured by the field crew were in the range of 550-600 Celsius (1000-1100 Fahrenheit), which is consistent with cooling lava. Minor ash and gas emissions also were observed. A small explosion occurred on Thursday, August 6 at 22:03 AKDT (08/07/15 06:03 UTC). No ash cloud was observed from this explosion, in satellite or web camera images or by observers.
Observations of diffuse ash emissions and small explosions indicate that eruptive activity is still occurring. [less]
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Tue, 4 Aug 2015, 22:00

Landsat 8 satellite image of Raung on 27 July. A gray patch left of a forest fire is visible on the NE flank.
An ash plume of 200 km length has been drifting south today.
According to Indonesian press reports, new fissures have been reported (probably on the western flank) and incandescent ejecta were seen to up to a height of 1500 m. Some of them might have landed on the NE flank, where they probably caused a forest fire observed during 20-25 July.
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Tue, 4 Aug 2015, 17:19

Landsat 8 satellite image of Raung on 27 July. A gray patch left of a forest fire is visible on the NE flank.
An ash plume of 200 km length has been drifting south today.
According to Indonesian press reports, new fissures have been reported (probably on the western flank) and incandescent ejecta were seen to up to a height of 1500 m. Some of them might have landed on the NE flank, where they probably caused a forest fire observed during 20-25 July. [less]
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Tue, 4 Aug 2015, 16:56
At least two pyroclastic flows occurred today at the volcano, continuing the destruction of the steeply emplaced lava lobes on the upper SE and E side. ...more
Our friends Samri and David reported heavy ash falls southeast of the volcano, forcing shops to close and people stay indoors. [less]
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 17:17
Karymsky (Kamchatka): Explosions with ash emissions detected on satellite images have been more frequent lately. Yesterday, VAAC Tokyo reports an ash plume at 14,000 ft (4.2 km) altitude drifting north from the volcano. ...more
Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): The volcano's activity seems to have increased since around 30 July. On Saturday 1 Aug, explosions had produced an ash plume that was visible on satellite images (VAAC Tokyo).
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 17:16
The volcano's activity seems to have increased since around 30 July. On Saturday 1 Aug, explosions had produced an ash plume that was visible on satellite images (VAAC Tokyo). ...more
Incandescence is not visible on webcam images, but this is probably due to dust/mist/ash covering the lens. [less]
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 17:11
The volcano continues to erupt near constant ash plumes from small to moderate, but nearly continuous explosions from the vents inside its crater. ...more
Yesterday, VAAC Darwin reported ash at 7,000 ft (2.1 km) altitude extending almost 100 km to the northeast. [less]
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 17:09
Explosions with ash emissions detected on satellite images have been more frequent lately. Yesterday, VAAC Tokyo reports an ash plume at 14,000 ft (4.2 km) altitude drifting north from the volcano.
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 17:05
It seems that no fatalities have occurred during the large explosion on Friday (31 July). According to news articles, only one child was injured by falling lapilli, but survived and could be treated in a hospital. ...more
Up to 2 cm of ash has been deposited over most of the island, destroying or damaging much farmland, many houses and contaminating water sources. Respiratory problems are a major concern in the aftermath of the eruption, which, however, could easily have had a much worse outcome.
There are no reports of evacuations of people from the island (as occurred in 2004, when a similar, although even larger explosion occurred, killing several people and prompting more than 9000 people to be evacuated). [less]
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 16:50
The eruption continues. Ash emissions have decreased, while satellite-detected heat emission increased during the past days. This could suggest that activity is now more effusive (lava flows) than explosive (ash emissions) in style. ...more
This morning, an ash plume rose approx. 1 km above the volcano and drifted 100 km to the SW. Indonesia's Volcanological Survey VSI mentioned yesterday that seismic activity rapidly decreased. Whether this means a near ending of the eruption remains to be seen. [less]
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 10:34
After less than 3 days, the eruption already ended Sunday morning. The volcano observatory reported that tremor and lava effusion ceased abruptly at 11:15. However, a new eruptive phase in the near future cannot be ruled out. ...more
The access to the Enclos remains closed.
Attached is a series of photos, taken on the first evening of the eruption by local resident Paul Dérand (thank you!).
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Mon, 3 Aug 2015, 05:01
Sun, 2 Aug 2015, 19:45
Sun, 2 Aug 2015, 17:15
Recently, our websites www.volcanodiscovery.com (infos, photos about volcanoes & earthquakes) and www.volcano-adventures.com (volcano expeditions and tours) have grown immensely and now contain many thousand individual pages. ...more
To address the huge challenge of navigating these sites on various platforms, Tom - as a distraction from the excessive heat during the past days here in in Athens - programmed a new menu, which hopefully should make it easier for you, dear visitor.
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Sat, 1 Aug 2015, 05:01
These volcanoes are active in some way. Some have warnings and others are currently erupting. There are usually less than 10 volcanoes erupting simultaneously at any given time on the ring of fire. There are currently at least 36 erupting today and 32 more with warnings or minor activity. That is unprecedented. The bible refers to the sign of the last days as a woman in labor. When a woman's labor is coming to and end and the baby's head is crowning as it is born, they call that the ring of fire. Irony or God thinking ahead... You be the judge. As in Joel 2:30
And I will shew wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
the volcanoes are increasing in frequency and strength, like the birth pains of a woman. Jesus is coming people. Are you covered in the blood? God bless you and may Jesus keep you.
