Ebeko volcano (Paramushir Island, Russia): explosion sends ash plume to 12,000 ft altitude

The activity of the volcano continues with intermittent small to moderately sized explosions and ash emissions. A relatively large explosion occurred this morning and was observed from Severo-Kurilsk town by our friend and correspondent Leonid Kotenko from the local volcano observatory. It was a typical vulcanian-type eruption that produced an ash plume that rose to approx. 2 km height above the…

Kikai volcano (Ryukyu Islands, Japan): possible activity, first since Nov 2019

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) recorded the volcano’s first eruption during the past five months, after its last eruption in November 2019. On 28 April at 21:10 local time an explosion generated an ash plume, which reached approx. 6,000 ft (1,828 m) altitude. The warning bulletin states that ballistic impacts of volcanic bombs and pyroclastic flows could affect an area of about 1 km…