Icelandic Met Office (IMO) is reporting a sharp increase in seismic activity close to subglacial stratovolcano Bárðarbunga in NW Vatnajökull ice cap. A seismic swarm has been ongoing since 03:00 UTC on August 16, 2014, and near continuous ea
A significant ash plume reaching 7.6 km (25 000 feet) has been observed on satellite imagery taken above Bagana volcano on August 12, 2014. Darwin VAAC reported ash drifting 167 km southwest and raised Aviation Color Code to Red. It was lowered
New activity/unrest was observed at 10 volcanoes from August 6 – August 12, 2014. Ongoing activity was reported for 16 volcanoes.New activity/unrest: Ambang, Sulawesi (Indonesia) | Bagana, Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) |
A major lava flow started today, August 7, 2014, at Stromboli volcano, Italy. A new vent opened at 05:16 UTC at the NE base of Sciara del Fuoco scarp, lava quickly covered the entire plateau and descended.INGV Catania reports that in a short time lava flo
New activity/unrest was observed at 4 volcanoes from July 30 – August 5, 2014. Ongoing activity was reported for 1o volcanoes.New activity/unrest: Kuchinoerabujima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan) | Kusatsu-Shiranesan, Honshu (Japan) |&n
Japan's Kuchinoerabujima volcano, which last erupted in 1980, had a new eruption on August 3, 2014, at 03:24 UTC (12:24 local time). Japanese volcanologists raised the alert level to 3 and closed access to the summit area. The eruption lasted about 10 minu
Ongoing activity was observed at 15 volcanoes from July 23 – 29, 2014. Ongoing activity: Aira, Kyushu (Japan) | Bezymianny, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Fuego, Guatemala | Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) &nb
A new vent opened yesterday morning at 09:14 UTC at Etna volcano, Italy. The new vent is located about 150 – 200 metres north of the two previous vents at the eastern base of the NE crater.Its activity is characterized by small strombolian explosions while a lava f
Ongoing activity was observed at 17 volcanoes from July 16 – 22, 2014. Ongoing activity: Aira, Kyushu (Japan) | Bezymianny, Central Kamchatka (Russia) | Dukono, Halmahera (Indonesia) | Fuego, Guatemala | Karymsky, Eastern Kamc
In yesterday's special report El Salvador's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) said that the seismic vibration at Chaparrastique volcano (San Miguel) remains at very high levels, 20 times above the n
