This report covers active volcanoes recorded from March 28 – April 3, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria. New unrest has been noticed around 7 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 8 volcanoes.CLEVELANDChuginadak Island 52.825°N, 169.944°W; summit
Ambrym (Vanuatu) is showing signs of activity. After a longer period of silence on Modvolc, a strong thermal signal is again visible at Marum and Benbow craters on the MODIS Global Hot Spot monitoring tool from the University of Hawaii (ModVolc). It is difficult to
Nevado del Ruiz seems to be getting closer to a new eruption. INGEOMINAS reports that during the last week, there has been a significant increase in the activity of the volcano, which can be summarized as follows:- From March 27, there have been phases of volcanic
The tremor signal has started to rise sharply on Saturday, March 31, which could mean that the 23rd paroxysm is about to occur. The next hours will show.Strombolian activity continued since Friday, March 30, at the new Southeast Crater crater.Explosions throw
The importance of global and frequent data coverage of volcanoes was highlighted in a recent article published in Science. Satellites are finding that volcanoes previously thought to be dormant are showing signs of unrest.As the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in
This report covers active volcanoes recorded from March 21 – March 27, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria. New unrest has been noticed around 5 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 11 volcanoes.IJEN Eastern Java (Indonesia)8.058°S, 114.242°E;
Volcanoes around the world are showing an increase in activity again. Here is the overview of last 24 – 48 hours of recorded activity, indepth analisys will be made after all reports come in. 6 volcano updates since March 25.Popocatepétl volcano (Mexico): signs of
A steam plume flows blows south from the peak of Pagan Island’s northernmost volcano in this photograph by an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS). Pagan is part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, an island chain of volcanoes that form the
The Mexican 7.4 magnitude earthquake near Acapulco on March 20, 2012 might have affected the currently dormant San Salvador volcano in 1000 km distance and triggered an earthquake swarm under the volcano.San Salvador volcano is an active stratovolcano immediately
This report covers active volcanoes recorded from March 14 – March 20, 2012. New unusual unrest has been noticed around 2 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 12 other volcanoes. Attached at the end is video of lava crater lake of Nyragongo Volcano in
