The heightened activity at the volcano continues.
The Proyecto Observación Villarrica (POVI) reported that a powerful fountaining activity returned to the volcano’s summit crater last night.
Impressive lava fountains blasted to perhaps a few 100 meters height, even some lava jets surpassed 125 meters above the vent.
From recent cloud-free satellite images (see the attached timelapse), upper-to-mid snow-ice-covered slopes of the edifice are being tephra-affected, resulting from previous periods of dense ash emissions.
Two pit lava-filled craters (approx. 80 meters deep) continue to be active at stable conditions, suggesting a delicate equilibrium between heat and magma supply and loss (through cooling and mild emissions during degassing).
The Volcanic Alert Level remains at Orange with 500-meter exclusion zone around the main crater in place.
Source: Proyecto Observación Villarrica volcano activity update 12 October 2023
