Volcanic activity worldwide 19 Feb 2024: Fuego volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Reventador, Lewo…

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Map of today’s active volcanoes

Ebeko (Paramushir Island): (18 Feb) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: ERUPTION AT 20240218/2243Z FL100 EXTD SE REPORTED OBS VA DTG:18/2250Z

Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): (18 Feb) Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: EXPLODED AT 20240218/2116Z VA CLD UNKNOWN OBS VA DTG:18/2110Z

Ibu (Halmahera, Indonesia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 9000 ft (2700 m) altitude or flight level 090 .
The full report is as follows: VA OBS TO FL090 MOV SW AT 19/1420Z OBS VA DTG:19/1420Z to 9000 ft (2700 m)

Lewotolo (Lesser Sunda Islands): The effusive-explosive eruption at the volcano continues.
The latest satellite image of the volcano reveals that the viscous, gas-poor lava started to travel onto the southern slope of 2020 cinder cone. The sluggish-paced viscous lava, effusing from the cinder cone itself, has been filling the main caldera mostly. The new cinder cone started to grow in 2020 within the caldera that has been constructed by the constant layering of lava flows and tephra. The cone is currently high about 400 meters.
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Semeru (East Java, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: DISCRETE VA OBS FROM GROUND AT 18/2315Z EST VA DTG:19/1140Z

Shishaldin (Aleutian Islands, Alaska): (19 Feb) After the recent increase of the volcano’s alert level to Orange, no signs of ongoing ash emissions have not been shown over the past few days.
The seismic activity remains elevated due to volcano-tectonic earthquakes beneath the edifice. Neither explosive nor effusive eruption at the volcano has not been detected.
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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 19000 ft (5800 m) altitude or flight level 190 .
The full report is as follows: VA EMS CONT to 19000 ft (5800 m)

Fuego (Guatemala): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150 .
The full report is as follows: OCNL VA EMS to 15000 ft (4600 m)

Reventador (Ecuador): 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: VA EMS OBS to 16000 ft (4900 m)

Sabancaya (Peru): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Buenos Aires (VAAC) issued the following report: UNABLE TO DETECT

Volcano Activity Summary for 19 Feb 2024:

Satellite image of Ebeko volcano on 18 Feb 2024