Continuing Unrest At Soputan Volcano In North-Sulawesi, Indonesia

Seismic activity at Soputan over the past year (red lines=explosion signals, guguran=avalanche signals)

The volcano has remained calm since its last eruption on 6-7 February, but continues to show significant signs of unrest. Its alert level is being maintained at 3 on the Indonesian scale of 1-4. 

 

Visual activity during the past weeks consisted in degassing, producing a plume that rose 25-75 meters, and rock avalanches from the lava dome that indicate that magma supply continues into the dome at slow rate. 

 

An exclusion zone of 4 km radius from the summit is in place and increased to 6.5 km towards the western sector. River beds draining from the volcano in particular should be avoided due to the elevated risk of lahars (mud flows) during rainfall.

Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com

http://tinyurl.com/zp7jl9a

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New Eruptive Fissure Inside Crater Confirmed At Telica Volcano In Nicaragua

INETER and SINAPRED confirmed that a small amount of lava was erupted from a small new fissure into the crater of Telica during the night, as bright glow had suggested. A warning was issued not to approach the crater because of the risk of sudden explosions. 

 

Shortly before dawn, weak ash emissions occurred from the crater, which since then has remained relatively calm, producing only a small intermittent steam/gas plume mixed with some light ash content.

Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com

http://tinyurl.com/gpwbjcq

4th Paroxysm In 2016 At Fuego Volcano In Guatemala

The activity of the volcano continued to increase into its 4th paroxysm (called “eruption” by local press) of 2016. Lava effusion rate increased gradually and continued to feed the lava flow on the eastern side into the Las Lajas ravine, where it reached approx 600 m length yesterday and started to produce small pyroclastic flows (by collapse of parts of the flow on the steep slope). 

 

Pulsating lava fountains at the summit vents generated an steam and ash plume that rose 2-3 km above the volcano, reaching altitudes of 17-20,000 ft(5.2 – 6 km). The plume drifted southwest for up to 20 km before dissipating. 

 

Constant moderate to strong rumblings can be heard and felt in nearby areas.

Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com

http://tinyurl.com/hhd55aa

New Vulcanian Explosions At Momotombo Volcano In Nicaragua

Two moderately strong explosions occurred during the past 24 hours at the volcano, covering the upper slopes of the cone with fresh lava bombs and producing ash plumes that rose approx 2 km. 

 

This followed a period of calmer activity that had lasted a few days.

Courtesy of volcanodiscovery.com

http://tinyurl.com/grer4ot

Strombolian Activity At Suwanosejima Volcano, Tokara Islands, Japan

After a period of relative calm since last October, a new phase of strombolian activity occurred this morning at the volcano.

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MAGNITUDE 2.7 PYRENEES

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=491942

Subject To Change

Depth: 2 km

Distances: 44 km NE of Andorra la Vella, Andorra / pop: 20,430 / local time: 22:27:55.1 2016-03-02
35 km NE of Canillo, Andorra / pop: 3,292 / local time: 22:27:55.1 2016-03-02
9 km NE of Ax-les-Thermes, France / pop: 1,510 / local time: 22:27:55.1 2016-03-02

 

MAGNITUDE 3.6 PYRENEES

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=491924

Subject To Change

Depth: 5 km

Distances: 53 km NE of Andorra la Vella, Andorra / pop: 20,430 / local time: 20:32:11.6 2016-03-02
36 km SE of Foix, France / pop: 9,860 / local time: 20:32:11.6 2016-03-02
10 km SE of Bélesta, France / pop: 1,237 / local time: 20:32:11.6 2016-03-02

 

MEGA UPPER DIP SPIKES ON THE MAGNETOSPHERE @ APPROX 17:30 HRS UTC

***VERY URGENT***

MEGA UPPER DIP SPIKES ON THE MAGNETOSPHERE @ APPROX 17:30 HRS UTC. FURTHER EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANO ACTIVITY & ADVERSE WEATHER PATTERNS WILL BE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE COSMIC RAYS STRIKING THE EARTH’S CORE
***BE ALERT***

MAGNITUDE 4.9 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=491929

Subject To Change

Depth: 10 km

Distances: 1054 km S of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 08:07:52.0 2016-03-03
1429 km NE of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 381,900 / local time: 08:07:52.0 2016-03-03
1475 km S of Suva, Fiji / pop: 77,366 / local time: 07:07:52.0 2016-03-03

 

MAGNITUDE 5.4 SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10004u46#general_region

Subject To Change

Depth: 15 km

Distances: 1127km (700mi) SSE of Saint-Philippe, Reunion
1129km (702mi) SSE of Saint-Joseph, Reunion
1134km (705mi) SSE of Petite-Ile, Reunion
1138km (707mi) SSE of Saint-Pierre, Reunion
1187km (738mi) SSE of Saint-Denis, Reunion