Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
Nov 5, 2024 · The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program. Updated by 2300 UTC every Wednesday and averaging 16 reported volcanoes, this is not a comprehensive list of all eruptions this week, but rather a summary of activity that meet ...
Current Eruptions - Global Volcanism Program
Jul 7, 2018 · Overall, 41 volcanoes were in continuing eruption status as of 17 October 2024. An eruption marked as "continuing" does not always mean persistent daily activity, but indicates at least intermittent eruptive events without a break of 3 months or more.
Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program ...
Recent Bulletin Reports. Sangay | Explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows during March-August 2023. Piton de la Fournaise | New eruption characterized by lava fountains and flows during July-August 2023. Poas | Small phreatic eruptions during July-September 2023.
Global Volcanism Program | Report on Pacaya (Guatemala) — …
Collapse of Pacaya Viejo between 600 and 1,500 years ago produced a debris-avalanche deposit that extends 25 km onto the Pacific coastal plain and left an arcuate scarp inside which the modern Pacaya volcano (Mackenney cone) grew.
Report on Popocatepetl (Mexico) — 6 March-12 March 2024
Mar 12, 2024 · Volcán Popocatépetl, whose name is the Aztec word for smoking mountain, rises 70 km SE of Mexico City to form North America's 2nd-highest volcano. The glacier-clad stratovolcano contains a steep-walled, 400 x 600 m wide crater.
Report on Sheveluch (Russia) — 31 March-6 April 2021
Apr 6, 2021 · The 1,300 km3 andesitic volcano is one of Kamchatka's largest and most active volcanic structures, with at least 60 large eruptions during the Holocene. The summit of roughly 65,000-year-old Stary Shiveluch is truncated by a broad 9-km-wide late-Pleistocene caldera breached to the south.
Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report - volcano.si.edu
Sep 24, 2024 · The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program. Updated by 2300 UTC every Wednesday and averaging 16 reported volcanoes, this is not a comprehensive list of all eruptions this week, but rather a summary of activity that meet ...
Report on Mayon (Philippines) — May 2019 - Global Volcanism …
Symmetrical Mayon, which rises above the Albay Gulf NW of Legazpi City, is the most active volcano of the Philippines. The steep upper slopes are capped by a small summit crater. Recorded eruptions since 1616 CE range from Strombolian to basaltic Plinian, with cyclical activity beginning with basaltic eruptions, followed by longer periods of ...
Report on Ioto (Japan) — 6 December-12 December 2023
Dec 12, 2023 · According to a news article the eruption at Ioto (Iwo-jima), from a submarine vent about 1 km off the SE coast at Okinahama, continued on 4 December. During an overflight of the volcano passengers observed explosions that produced 100 …
Global Volcanism Program | 20th Anniversary of the Smithsonian / …
Hello volcano fans! The first week of November 2020 marks 20 years since the first Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (WVAR) went public. It is a big milestone and worth celebrating, and what a better way to do that than with summaries of notable eruptions!