As activity increases at Ecuador’s Tungurahua, the question of evacuations comes into the spotlight.
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Yellowstone makes it to the New York Times, Costa Rica defines some hazard zones around the reawakened Turrialba and how to vacation near a volcano.
Officials in Russia have decided to stop funding KVERT – the body that monitors and responds to volcanic eruptions in eastern Russia. This is bad news.
A pile of news to end your week, including new lightning that comes from volcanoes, ash fall across Ecuador, a new USGS/SI Volcano Report and storing your excess carbon dioxide in ancient lava flows.
The swarm marches on … but the pattern seems to show that the earthquakes are pretty much staying put around 10-11 km depth.
So why is the current earthquake swarm at Yellowstone not likely to lead to an eruption? Well, mostly because we’ve had so many other swarms that don’t lead to eruption, and this one shows no signs of it being any different.
The earthquakes at Yellowstone roll on, a river of lava is captured on video at Kilauea and a hazard map for Gran Canaria is released.
The latest volcano news from around the world – including activity at Kharimkotan in Russia and Planchon-Peteroa in Chile.
Two of Japan’s most active volcanoes get the spotlight shone of them – with some spectacular images as proof.
Two earthquake swarms have gotten people’s attention – the Yellowstone swarm seems to be dying down, but the swarm at Obsidian Butte in California is still going strong.
As the earthquakes keep coming, Yellowstone keeps everyone’s attention. Meanwhile, Turrialba in Costa Rica is prompting more evacuations. UPDATED And now Turrialba has a webcam!
There’s been an earthquake swarm in Yellowstone over the last few days – nothing out of the ordinary, but always exciting nevertheless.
More details on the current earthquake swarm at Yellowstone along with a reader-made video showing the seismicity of the swarm.
The crater is changing at Turrialba even as the activity wanes – but is there a crack at the summit?
A 7.0 earthquake just struck 10 miles from Port Au Prince in Haiti.
Updates on Mayon, Turrialba and Nyamuragira, news of an eruption in Ecuador and a round up of NASA images of the past week.
Natural disasters only become humanitarian disasters if we don’t take action.
Updates on the last week’s volcanic events from around the world.
Lava filling the Halema`uma`u Crater! Inflation in the caldera! Increased sulfur dioxide emissions! Kilauea looks like its ramping up for something …
Would you place a bet on what volcano will have a major eruption next? Well, you can.
Turrialba has its first eruption in over 100 years and tourists get an upclose view of Poas erupting last week.
Two volcanoes are getting quiet (Redoubt and Mayon) while two pick up the slack (Turrialba and Nyamuragira).
The evacuation zone around Costa Rica’s Turrialba is extended, Mayon may be quieter, but the economic damage might have been done and we try to play catch up with the latest USGS/GVP Volcano Report.
Did volcanoes that erupt kill all the Permian dinosaurs? FOX News thinks they did! And in real news, the Turrialba eruption may not lead much. UPDATE: and now we have a field report of the Turrialba event.
Nyamuragira marks the new year with a new eruption, the first since 2006.
Galeras in Colombia starts 2010 off with what appears to be a significant explosive eruption. UPDATE: New video of the eruption, too!
Lots of eruptions to start the new year and I have updates on Mayon, Galeras, Nyamuragira, Redoubt and Volcano Awareness Month!
All the volcano eruptions, news, gossips, controversies of 2009 … it was quite a year for the study of volcanoes!
What volcano was named the 2009 Pliny winner for Volcanic Event of the Year? Find out now!