Today, the Peruvian volcano Sabancaya erupted an ash cloud that rose to an altitude of more than 10,000 m. In the last 24 hours, 5 eruption clouds were detected. In the last days the activity increased significantly. MIROVA only sporadically registers a weak heat signature. Apparently very little glowing tephra is being generated. Nevertheless, volcanologists at INGEMMET have confirmed dome growth. The seismic activity is high.
Marc Szeglat
Vesuvius: Seismic Swarm
Today, another swarm quake occurred at Vesuvius in Italy. The tremors have low magnitudes smaller than 1. 22 quakes are reported on the INGV site since last night. The hypocentres are mostly located at depths less than 1000 m. Most of the quakes scatter over the north and east flank of the summit area. The Meteovesuvio website even reports 85 microquakes.
In October, 118 quakes were recorded at Vesuvius. The strongest had the magnitude 1.8. The long-term trend shows an increase in seismic activity with a previous peak last year. However, the volcanologists of the INGV Naples are registering a deflationary trend: the slope is decreasing and it does not look like the earthquakes are caused by rising magma. Here is a live cam. The seismograms are currently offline.
Anak Krakatau continues to erupt
In the last 24 hours 5 VONA reports about eruptions at Anak Krakatau were published. In the VSI reports the height of the eruption clouds was given as 357 m above the crater. The VAAC Darwin registered volcanic ash at a height of 600 m. The volcanic ash was recorded in the VSI reports. The longest eruption lasted about 5 minutes and produced a seismic signal with a maximum amplitude of 41 mm.
Piton de la Fournaise: 5th Eruption of the year started
The expected eruption at Piton de la Fournaise started at 14.40 (local time). According to first reports, 2 fissures opened relatively far below the volcanic slope at 1400 m altitude. They are located about 1 km north of Piton Tremblet, which formed in 2007 during a large flank eruption. Several lava flows began to flow, at least one of which is still active and already below the Piton Tremblet. The lava flows at the edge of the older lava field from 2007 and set Vegetaion on fire. Fire-fighting planes are used to fight the flames. Eruptions so far below the volcano often have the potential to interrupt the coastal road. The lava could even reach the sea. It is the 5th volcanic eruption on La Réunion this year.
Etna: drone shots from the Voragine
In September 2019, I shot the internal eruptions in the Voragine-crater. I used my drone to capture the footage. That was the birth of the new cone inside the Voragine. Voragine is one of the 4 main craters of Etna. The eruptions began in the fall of 2019 and continued throughout the winter.
Stromboli: another strong eruption
At 12:17 p.m. another strong eruption occurred at Stromboli (Sicily). The explosion produced an ash cloud several kilometres high. Lava boulders even landed on the outer flank of the cone, about where the ascent route leaves the reed belt. On the side of Ginostra the vegetation burned to about 200 m height. A pyroclastic flow ran over Sciara del Fuoco. The eruption was announced shortly before by a significant increase in inflation. According to an initial assessment, the explosion was not quite as strong as the one on July 3. Nevertheless, the risk potential was very high. There have not yet been any reports of victims, but it is quite conceivable that there were.
Popocatepetl livecam
Here you can see live cam and data of the volcano Popocatepetl. More seismograms are available. To load new pictures, please click this link.
Piton Fournaise: Livecam
Livecam on the Piton de la Fournaise. Location of the camera: Piton Basaltes. © OVPF. To load a new image, please update the page.
Livecam Fournaise. Cam-location Partage. © OVPF
Thermal radiation at the Fournaise
Thermal radiation of the volcano Piton de la Fournaise. © MIROVA
Campi Flegrei
The Italian caldera volcano Campi Flegrei is located in the urban area of Pozzuoli and only 20 km away from Vesuvius. The name is derived from the Greek phlégein which means ‘to burn’. Freely translated, the name means “burning fields”. The name alone does not give a good idea! In fact, the Caldera volcano is often classified as a super volcano. The reason for this classification was a gigantic eruption about 37,000 years ago: ash deposits have been detected even at a distance of over 1000 km.
Anak Krakatau with eruption
VSI today reports an eruption at Anak Krakatau. Since the volcano was hidden in the haze, there was no visual confirmation of the eruption. However, a seismic eruption signal was registered. It lasted 60 seconds and had a maximum amplitude of 46 mm. All probability was a phreatic eruption. The volcanic island was the target of an expedition only a few days ago, during which the water temperature of the crater lake was measured.