Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 28 March to 3 April 2012 5 April 2012
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The latest Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report has been published by the Global Volcanism Program, covering the week 28 March to 3 April 2012. The report is compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Among the highlights of this week:
- Alert level at Clevelandraised as a new lava dome becomes evident
- A significant increase in seismicity at Nevado del Ruiz brings a rise in the alert level
- High levels of sulphur dioxide emissions at Soufrière Hills
- Another paroxysmal eruptive episode at Etna with lava fountaining and ashfall
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 28 March to 3 April 2012 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Cleveland (Alaska, USA), Fuego (Guatemala), Iliamna (Alaska, USA), Lewotobi (Indonesia), Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Sundoro (Indonesia).
Ongoing activity: Etna (Italy), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Popocatépetl (Mexico), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Shiveluch (Russia), Tengger Caldera (Indonesia), Tungurahua (Ecuador).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 14-20 March 2012 22 March 2012
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The latest Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report has been published by the Global Volcanism Program, covering the week 14-20 March 2012. The report is compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Among the highlights of this week:
- A plume, probably water vapour, seen from Iliamna, where seismicity remained elevated
- Seismicity decreased at Nevado del Ruiz but significant gas emissions continued
- Etna continued lively with lava flows and fountaining, and strong ash emission
- Daily explosions at Shiveluch produced plumes which reached 3-5 km altitude
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 14-20 March 2012 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Iliamna (Alaska, USA), Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia).
Ongoing activity: Cleveland (Alaska, USA), Etna (Italy), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Popocatépetl (Mexico, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Sakura-jima (Japan), Shiveluch (Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Tungurahua (Ecuador), Villarrica (Chile).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Kilauea to star in BBC ‘Volcano Live’ series in July 16 March 2012
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The BBC likes to do big-budget live TV specials from time to time: they are of course very expensive and complicated, so the corporation has to choose its favoured subjects very carefully. Recently we’ve had natural history (Springwatch), astronomy (Stargazing), and little baby lambs (Lambing Live). The next big live BBC TV subject is a really big one: volcanoes. ‘BBC Two have decided to expand their unique broadcasting technique of commissioning live events with a Volcano Live series’ claims a remarkably illiterate and typo-ridden report at imediamonkey, making it seem that the BBC is actually going to go out there and commission a volcanic eruption. In fact BBC Two is taking the more sensible course of setting up the programme around a volcano that is already erupting, and which erupts in a reasonably predictable and safe way: Hawaii’s Kilauea.
The series will be broadcast in four parts from 9 to 12 July and will combine live reports from Kilauea with segments looking at the phenomenon of volcanism and exploring volcanoes around the world. Professor Iain Stewart (British television’s Mr Geology) and Kate Humble (British television’s Ms Natural History) will do the presenting. According to BBC Two controller Jane Hadlow, ‘Volcano Live will offer BBC Two viewers a rare opportunity to join world-class experts at the forefront of cutting-edge volcanology research. Broadcasting live from the edge of one of the world’s most active volcanoes over four days will offer a completely new and unique way of experiencing this powerful and unpredictable natural phenomenon’.
This is a high-profile project by the BBC which, if it puts the science in the foreground, has the potential to do a great deal for the public understanding of volcanoes and volcanology. Let’s hope it fulfils that potential. Let’s also hope that Kilauea doesn’t decide to end its current long-running eruption before the cameras arrive in July. That would be annoying.
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BBC Two announces Volcano Live – BBC Two press release, 16 March 2012
BBC Two announces its latest live event series Volcano Live – Televisual, 16 March 2012 (BBC press release recycled)
BBC Two to broadcast live from active volcano – imediamonkey, 16 March 2012 (BBC press release recycled, with added gibberish)
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 7-13 March 2012 15 March 2012
Posted by admin in activity reports, Alaska, Bezymianny, Chile, Cleveland, Colombia, eruptions, Hawaii, Ijen, Iliamna, Indonesia, Japan, Kamchatka, Karymsky, Kilauea, Kizimen, Lamongan, Marapi, Nevado del Ruiz, Puyehue, Russia, Sakura-jima, Santa María, Shiveluch, Tungurahua, United States, Villarrica, Weekly Volcanic Activity Reports.Tags: Global Volcanism Program
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The latest Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report has been published by the Global Volcanism Program, covering the week 7-13 March 2012. The report is compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Some of the news from a week that has seen quite a lot of new activity:
- An explosive eruption at Bezymianny sent ash up to 8 km altitude
- Activity at Nevado del Ruiz marked by explosions, ash emissions and increased seismicity
- Cleveland stirs with small explosive eruptions
- Explosions at Santa María produce localized ashfall
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 7-13 March 2012 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Bezymianny (Russia), Cleveland (Alaska, USA), Ijen (Indonesia), Iliamna (Alaska, USA), Lamongan (Indonesia), Marapi (Indonesia), Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia), Tungurahua (Ecuador).
Ongoing activity: Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Sakura-jima (Japan), Santa María (Guatemala), Shiveluch (Russia), Villarrica (Chile).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 29 February – 6 March 2012 8 March 2012
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The latest Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report has been published by the Global Volcanism Program, covering the week 29 February to 6 March 2012. The report is compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Some of the highlights of the volcanic week:
- Continuing activity at Etna including strombolian eruptions, lava fountaining and lava flows
- Explosions at Fuego produced plumes that reached 0.6 km above the crater
- Plumes rose to 1 km above Puyehue-Cordón Caulle as low-level eruptive activity continues
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 29 February – 6 March 2012 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Bezymianny (Russia), Cleveland (Alaska, USA), Etna (Italy), Kanaga (Alaska, USA), Tungurahua (Ecuador).
Ongoing activity: Bagana (Papua New Guinea), Fuego (Guatemala), Hierro (Canary Islands), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Popocatépetl (Mexico), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Sakura-jima (Japan), Santa María (Guatemala), Shiveluch (Russia), Suwanose-jima (Japan).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 22-28 February 2012 1 March 2012
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The latest Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report has been published by the Global Volcanism Program, covering the week 22 February to 28 February 2012. The report is compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Some of the highlights:
- Rincón de la Vieja: two eruptions from Rincón de la Vieja’s active crater
- Tungurahua: moderate activity continues, with ashfall, incandescence, steam-and-ash plume
- Puyehue-Cordón Caulle: low-level eruptive activity continues, with lava flows and ash plumes
- Santa María: explosions produced 0.6-1.3 km plumes and ashfall, pyroclastic flows reported
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 22-28 February 2012 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Cleveland (Alaska, USA), Kanaga (Alaska, USA), Rincón de la Vieja (Costa Rica), Tungurahua (Ecuador).
Ongoing activity: Bezymianny (Russia), Hierro (Canary Islands), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Popocatépetl (Mexico), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Sakura-jima (Japan), Santa María (Guatemala), Shiveluch (Russia).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 29 June – 5 July 2011 7 July 2011
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Here is the latest Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report which covers the week 29 June – 5 July 2011, and is compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Some of the highlights:
- Kliuchevskoi: eruption produces a plume to 7 km altitude
- Nabro: lava flows remain hot, brown ash plume rising from vent
- Puyehue-Cordón Caulle: eruption continues, with active lava flows, and low white/grey plumes
- Soputan: an apparent strombolian eruption produced 6 km plume and ashfall
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 29 June – 5 July 2011 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Kirishima (Japan), Kliuchevskoi (Russia), Lokon-Empung (Indonesia), Nabro (Eritrea), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Soputan (Indonesia).
Ongoing activity: Batu Tara (Indonesia), Dukono (Indonesia), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Sakura-jima (Indonesia), Santa María (Guatemala), Shiveluch (Russia), Taal (Philippines).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 22-28 June 2011 4 July 2011
Posted by admin in activity reports, Africa, Ambrym, Batu Tara, Chile, Eritrea, eruptions, Fuego, Guatemala, Hawaii, Indonesia, Kamchatka, Karymsky, Kilauea, Kirishima, Kizimen, Nabro, Pacific, Planchón-Peteroa, Russia, Sakura-jima, Shiveluch, United States, Vanuatu, Weekly Volcanic Activity Reports.Tags: Global Volcanism Program
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Here’s the Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for the week 22-28 June 2011, compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert. Some of the highlights:
- Ambrym: degassing, occasional explosions, light ashfall
- Nabro: eruption continues, with plumes of water vapour and sulphur dioxide, lava flows and ashfall
- Puyehue-Cordón Caulle: eruption continues, with active lava flow, and ash clouds affecting air traffic
- Planchón-Peteroa: ash and gas-and-steam plumes detected
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 22-28 June 2011 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Ambrym (Vanuatu), Kirishima (Japan), Nabro (Eritrea), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile).
Ongoing activity: Batu Tara (Indonesia), Fuego (Guatemala), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Kizimen (Russia), Planchón-Peteroa (Chile), Sakura-jima (Japan), Shiveluch (Russia).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 15-21 June 2011 23 June 2011
Posted by admin in activity reports, Africa, Batu Tara, Chile, Costa Rica, Egon, Eritrea, eruptions, Etna, Hawaii, Indonesia, Italy, Kamchatka, Karymsky, Kilauea, Nabro, Paluweh, Russia, Shiveluch, Turrialba, United States, Weekly Volcanic Activity Reports.Tags: Global Volcanism Program
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The Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert, has been issued for the week 15-21 June 2011. Some of the highlights:
- Etna: renewed ash emissions from Bocca Nuova
- Nabro: eruption continues, with plumes of water vapour and sulphur dioxide
- Puyehue-Cordón Caulle: a viscous lava flow observed as eruptive activity continues
- Turrialba: a new crater lake observed at the summit
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 15-21 June 2011 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Etna (Italy), Nabro (Eritrea), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Turrialba (Costa Rica).
Ongoing activity: Batu Tara (Indonesia), Egon (Indonesia), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Paluweh (Indonesia), Shiveluch (Russia).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 8-14 June 2011 16 June 2011
Posted by admin in activity reports, Africa, Aso, Batu Tara, Caribbean, Chile, Dieng Volcanic Complex, Eritrea, eruptions, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Kamchatka, Karymsky, Kilauea, Kizimen, Mayon, Nabro, Pacific, Puyehue, Russia, Sakura-jima, Shiveluch, Soufrière Hills, Tengger Caldera, United States, Vanuatu, Weekly Volcanic Activity Reports, Yasur.Tags: Global Volcanism Program
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The Smithsonian Institution and United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, compiled by Sally Kuhn Sennert, has been issued for the week 8-14 June 2011. Another week high in volcanic interest:
- Kizimen: eruptive episode with ash plumes reaching 4-5 km altitude
- Nabro: eruption following an earthquake swarm sent ash to 13.7 km altitude
- Puyehue-Cordón Caulle: eruption continues with continuous ash emission and pyroclastic flows
- Mayon: slight inflation detected at the summit
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The Smithsonian Institution/United States Geological Survey Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 8-14 June 2011 is now available on the Global Volcanism Program website. The following is a summary and not a substitute for the full report.
- The current report: Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.
- Previous reports: Weekly Reports Archive.
- The SI/USGS map of volcanoes discussed this week.
New activity/unrest: Aso (Japan), Dieng Volcanic Complex (Indonesia), Kizimen (Russia), Nabro (Eritrea), Puyehue-Cordón Caulle (Chile), Yasur (Vanuatu).
Ongoing activity: Batu Tara (Indonesia), Karymsky (Russia), Kilauea (Hawaii, USA), Mayon (Philippines), Sakura-jima (Japan), Shiveluch (Russia), Soufrière Hills (Montserrat), Tengger Caldera (Indonesia).
Note: ‘a.s.l.’ = ‘above sea level’.
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