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. Great Sitkin | Slow lava effusion in summit crater continued during May-October 2023. Nyiragongo | Ongoing lava lake activity in the summit crater through September 2023. Dempo | Weak explosions, some with ash, from …
Three Sisters - Global Volcanism Program
The Three Sisters volcanoes form the most prominent landmarks of the central Oregon Cascades. All three volcanoes ceased erupting during the Pleistocene, but flank vents of South Sister to the left and North Sister to the right have erupted in the past few thousand years. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1995 (Smithsonian Institution).
Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report - volcano.si.edu
Oct 8, 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 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 Fuego (Guatemala) — May 2022 - Global Volcanism …
The frequent explosions that occurred during December 2021 through March 2022 generated shock waves and vibrations that rattled roofs and windows in communities near the volcano. Ash plumes rose to 4.2-5.2 km altitude each day and drifted in …
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.
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!
Report on Kilauea (United States) — 29 September-5 October 2021
Sep 29, 2021 — Kilauea overlaps the E flank of the massive Mauna Loa shield volcano in the island of Hawaii. Eruptions are prominent in Polynesian legends; written documentation since 1820 records frequent summit and flank lava flow eruptions interspersed with periods of long-term lava lake activity at Halemaumau crater in the summit caldera until 1924.