Volcano Reports

[Andie]

A layer of ash almost 8 inches thick in some areas covered parts of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, April 12, as the Shiveluch volcano continued erupting, a regional official said.
The volcano continues to erupt as of today.  
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 33000 ft (10100 m) altitude or flight level 330 and is moving at 30 kts in NE direction.

[Andie]

Philippines raised the alert level at the popular Mayon volcano by a notch on Thursday, after detecting volcanic earthquakes and hundreds of rockfall events.

The 2,462-metre (8,077-foot) volcano in central Albay province - a draw for tourists because of its near-perfect conical shape - "is exhibiting magmatic eruption," the state volcanology agency said in a statement.

At "alert level 3" on a scale of 5, Mayon has increased chances of lava flows and a potential for explosive activity within weeks or even days, it added.

The agency had elevated Mayon to "alert level 2" on June 5.  

[Andie]

The USGS is monitoring Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano after one of the most active volcanoes in the worldbegan to erupt for the third time this year on Sunday.

According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory(HVO), Kilauea’s eruption began around 3:15 p.m. HST Sunday after increased earthquake activity and changes in ground deformation patterns at Kilauea’s summit began to occur.

[Timmy Supercell]

There appears to be concerns with Campi Flegrei volcano near Naples, Italy. I'm more familiar with Vesuvius (literally thought it was the same volcano), so I've read about it in the last month. It had a big eruption in 1538, now with swarms of quakes hitting the area in the last few weeks. Seems this one has done bigger eruptions than 79 AD but there's always a chance they do smaller ones.

[Andie]

You’re correct. Flegrei is a very dangerous caldera in a heavily populated area.  
Should it erupt it would decimate the region and likely change our climate for a while.  Think Krakatoa and the year without a summer.  Loss of life and important culture would be immeasurable not to mention the regions economy ruined for a very long time. Depending of the magnitude it could rival Vesuvius or exceed  

Let’s hope it goes back to sleep   

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/05/italy-supervolcano-campi-flegrei-naples-earthquakes-evacuation-plans

[Andie]

Italy’s Super Volcano Creates 2500 tremors a day.  Everyone is on edge.   

I’m sure many thoughts turn to Pompey’s experience of multiple tremors before the Volcano unleashed its eruption and entombed them and their city. 

This could get very ugly.  Very quick. 

https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/italys-rumbling-supervolcano-has-half-a-million-residents-on-edge-6a1472af

[Andie]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italy-s-rumbling-supervolcano-has-half-a-million-residents-on-edge/ar-AA1jflLJ

 

An eruption in Campi Flegrei isn’t imminent, but earthquakes have weakened the volcano, making a rupture in the crust more likely, according to a recent study by researchers at Italy’s national institute and University College London.

[Andie]

Popocatepetyl has been erupting since 1994 but this week the volcano blasted the area with a large eruption.   
The volcano sits SE of Mexico City and could spread ash over the city.  Flight warnings have been issued  

2 videos

https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/mexico-volcanic-eruption-city-latest

[Andie]

Latest on Erupting Volcanos

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html#google_vignette

30 erupting. 20 at unrest. 

[Andie]

Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, is delighting tourists and locals by blowing almost perfect circles of smoke into the blue skies over Sicily.

The smoke circles, known as volcanic vortex rings, are actually made of condensed gases and water vapour. They form when gases rise up from deep below the earth and escape inside the crater of a volcano.

[Andie]

Indonesia is under a Tsunami alert as a collapse potential of Mt Ruang is high. 

[Black Hole]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/04/17/indonesia-volcano-eruption-ruang/

Paywall, but WP says ash got up to 70k feet. That would probably impact the climate a bit the next 1-3 years. Maybe counteract the warming from the other volcano.

[Andie]

https://en.antaranews.com/news/311343/mt-ruang-eruption-damages-498-houses-public-facilities-bnpb
 

[Andie]

Just for grins, did you know volcanoes can blow gold into the air? Mt Erebus is one  

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13117853-300-science-antarctic-gold-dust/

[Andie]

Not known for its activity, Ibu woke up.  More cooling ash into the atmosphere.  

IBU VOLCANO

Stratovolcano 1325 m / 4,347 ft
Halmahera, Indonesia, 1.48°N / 127.64°E
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5)

Last update: 13 May 2024 (Volcanic Ash Advisory)

[Andie]

Current global activity.  
 

 

[Andie]

Here we go again!

Grindavik in Iceland still has more to share with the world.

With video

https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/iceland-volcano-erupts-grindavik-may-2024

[Rubus Leucodermis]

56 minutes ago, Andie said:

Here we go again!

Grindavik in Iceland still has more to share with the world.

With video

https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/iceland-volcano-erupts-grindavik-may-2024

Live stream:

 

[Andie]

Great catch, Rubus!
isn’t it amazing how the earth can just unzip and create new land in a spectacular way?

I’ve always wanted to be there to hear that process and experience how the earth shakes.  I can just imagine dinosaurs running away.  Thats a scene out of pre-history. 

[Andie]

Another great shot of Grindavik. 

[Andie]

 

[Andie]

This is a major eruption. 

The eruption Wednesday was the fifth and most powerful since the volcanic system near Grindavik reawakened in December after 800 years, gushing record levels of lava as its fissure grew to 3.5 kilometers (2.1 miles) in length.  Volcanologist Dave McGarvie calculated that the amount of lava initially flowing from the crater could have buried the soccer pitch at Wembley Stadium in London under 15 meters (49 feet) of lava every minute.

“These jets of magma are reaching like 50 meters (165 feet), into the atmosphere,” said McGarvie, an honorary researcher at Lancaster University.

[snow_wizard]

No doubt the Earth seems to be waking up this year.  A lot of volcanic activity.

[Andie]

Aurora alert : May 31st  

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/aurora-dashboard-experimental

[Andie]

Hawaii’s Kilauea has erupted in an area not seen since 1974. 
The Aviation Color Code was changed from orange to red.

https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-eruption-june-

USGS image by D.A. Phillips.

[Andie]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupted three times on Thursday, spewing red lava and clouds of grey ash. No injuries were reported.

The volcano, located on an island in the eastern North Maluku province, has been erupting almost every day since early May. Authorities have raised the alert to the highest level as the number of eruptions and deep volcanic earthquakes have significantly increased.

Thursday’s eruptions sent ash clouds up to 1,200 meters (4,000 feet) into the air, said Muhammad Wafid, chief of Indonesia’s Geology Agency. 

[Andie]

If you’re interested in volcanoes and keeping up with activity, this is a good one stop/shop website.  
 

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html

 

[Andie]

REYKJANES PENINSULA, ICELAND -
A lava cooling efforts have been initiated to prevent the lava from overflowing the protective wall at Sýlingarfell yesterday. 
This method has been used for the first time since the 1973 eruption of Eldfell volcano, Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar.
When lava began spilling over the barrier, several work machines arrived to contain it. In the afternoon, the decision was made to use cooling. Responders then laid a water pipe, drawing water from a fire hydrant in Svartsengi, to spray the lava. According to reporter Alma Ómarsdóttir, the spraying will continue throughout the night.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Watch the battle to stop lava from overrunning the Svartsengi power plant (and the Blue Lagoon) live here.

 

[Andie]

They can often divert the path of lava but you won’t stop it.  The mountain will win in the end. 

[Andie]

After a quiet period Grindavik Volcano may be waking up.  
Scientists say the likelihood of a new eruption at the volcano in southwestern Iceland continues to grow as earthquakes rattle the region and magma pools underground, causing officials to raise the alert level in the seaside town of Grindavík.