Volcanic activity worldwide 7 Jan 2023: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Shiveluch, Marapi, Kil…

Map of today's active volcanoes

Map of today’s active volcanoes

Shiveluch (Kamchatka): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 25000 ft (7600 m) altitude or flight level 250 and is moving at 10 kts in W direction.
The full report is as follows: VA EMISSIONS CONTINUING OBS VA DTG:07/1720Z to 25000 ft (7600 m)

Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ERUPTED AT 20230107/1235Z FL060 EXTD SE OBS VA DTG:07/1230Z

Semeru (East Java, Indonesia): (6 Jan) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: VONA FOR ERUPTION TO FL130 AT 06/2203Z MOV N.

Marapi (Western Sumatra, Indonesia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 10000 ft (3000 m) altitude or flight level 100 .
The full report is as follows: VA TO FL100 OBS AT 07/1047Z OBS VA DTG:07/1100Z to 10000 ft (3000 m)
…7 Jan:
A new eruption occurred at the volcano at 06:11 local time this morning.
A black dense ash plume hurling dark pyroclastic fragments rose 300 meters above the crater, gradually dissipating in the southeast direction. The event lasted about 45 seconds with an amplitude of 13.4 mm. The explosion appeared to happen as phreatomagmatic in origin as water and magma interact with each other forming a typical cypressoid eruption plume, the so-called cock’s tail effect. This detail has yet to be confirmed by the local volcano observatory.
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Kilauea (Hawai’i): (7 Jan) The effusive activity is confined within the Halema’uma’u crater.
The vast area of the crater floor is being covered by lava flow field with slabs of dark, solidified crust that have continued to shift on the lava field surface, accompanied by typical bright orange lava glow where several weak lava spattering is seen between them.
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Popocatépetl (Central Mexico): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 .
The full report is as follows: LGT VA EMS to 20000 ft (6100 m)

Fuego (Guatemala): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 16000 ft (4900 m) altitude or flight level 160 .
The full report is as follows: LGT VA EMS to 16000 ft (4900 m)

Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 .
The full report is as follows: VA EMS OBS to 20000 ft (6100 m)
…7 Jan:
The explosive eruption at the volcano continues.
The Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) reported that an eruption took place at 07:06 AM local time yesterday. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington detected an ash plume that rose to estimated 26,000 ft (7,900 m) altitude and drifted eastern direction
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Cotopaxi (Ecuador): (6 Jan) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: VA EM HAS DISP

Sabancaya (Peru): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 24000 ft (7300 m) altitude or flight level 240 .
The full report is as follows: INTERMITTENT EMISSIONS to 24000 ft (7300 m)

Satellite image of Shiveluch volcano on 7 Jan 2023