Twenty five years have passed since the eruption of Mauna Loa that sent lava within a mile of Hilo.
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Learn how to tell old rock from new magma (if you have an SEM at your disposal) and Redoubt erupts again.
Lots of volcano news this week, including activity at Rabaul, Chaiten and Popocatepetl.
The Alert Status has been lowered, but by no means is the eruption over at Redoubt.
The latest eruption at Redoubt has produced a 65,000 foot / 20,000 meter ash column – the largest yet!
Another day, another eruption for Redoubt – but at least now we have lots of images and video to go with it.
Like any “top 10” list, Discovery Channel’s “Top 10 Volcanoes in Geologic History” doesn’t get the whole picture. Meanwhile, MSNBC continues the fine tradition of terrible science journalism.
Can you do better than FEMA at describing volcanoes to the public? Sure you can!
This is a classic volcanic island-building event and the question will be how long will the enlarged Hunga Ha’apai last and how last will the eruption continue.
Redoubt seismicity is up dramatically.
The wait is over! Mt. Redoubt in Alaska has erupted at least five times since last night, producing as ash column at least 50,000 feet (15,000 meters) tall.
Early ash fall from the eruption of Redoubt is missing populated area, but little is known about the extent of the eruption so far.
Redoubt stops Alaskan politics and the eruption continues.
Two tidbits from New Zealand: nn nn – A recent survey of volcanoes in the Kermadec Arc north of New Zealand suggest that there is abundant – and recent – […]
Photos by Dr. Edward Kohut, all rights reserved, used by permission, 2009 Many times people think that volcanic eruptions affect the economy through the destruction inflicted upon the landscape during […]
AVO has officially downgraded the status at Redoubt from “Watch” (orange) to “Advisory” (yellow). The seismicity at the volcano has dropped off for the last couple weeks and signs that […]
I am back from the ion microprobe lab at Stanford after a few days of data collection, so I’ll be trying to get back on posting schedule here at Eruptions. […]
nn Folks have been suggesting that life on Earth started near volcanic vents for a long time now (and of course, some people don’t buy it). Whether or not life […]
Count this as your mini-update for Redoubt, with the news being no news. Even AVO seems a little bored with Redoubt lately (not to say they aren’t watching it as […]
As there has been a lot of chatter about the goings-on at Redoubt, I thought I’d post the latest AVO update (3:35 PM): Redoubt volcano has not erupted. Seismicity is […]
The Redoubt watch is now been going for well over a month and this is how quickly things can change when monitoring volcanoes. The headline in my volcano RSS, when […]
nn So, there has been a lot of talk about “volcano monitoring” over the last 24 hours, now hasn’t there? nn Now, I’m not going to revisit this discussion, but […]
nn The people who remain in Chaiten face the potential for a devasting pyroclastic flow, so says Jorge Muñoz of the SERNAGEOMIN in Chile. The volcano is still producing large […]
Not much new to report with Redoubt except that folks in Alaska are getting, well, a little punchy. AVO currently reports (7:12 AM): Volcanic tremor and occasional discrete earthquakes continue […]
nn I have never had to leave my home in an evacuation from a natural disaster. I’ll put that out there right now. So, I might not fully understand the […]
I’ve finished migrating my archives of the ol’ WordPress Eruptions (since May 2008), so if you’re looking for more information, try clicking “Archives” at the top of the page and […]
Now that Redoubt has decided that Yellow/Advisory is not to its likely and has returned to an Orange/Watch status, I’ll continue bringing new updates of the volcano has events unfold. […]
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (how’s that for a name?), a shallow seamount in Tonga, appears to have erupted, according to reports from air passengers and pilots in the area.
The eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga looks to be a big one.