Volcanic activity worldwide 5 Nov 2020: Klyuchevskoy volcano, Popocatépetl, Barren Island, Merapi, …

Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka): (5 Nov) The effusive-explosive eruption of the volcano continues at moderate levels. A satellite image from 3 November shows the lava flow on the southeast flank along the Apakhonchich chute has increased in length. The length of the lava flow is unknown and was not reported, but from available imagery and compared to the last update image (31 October) seems to be…

Merapi volcano (Central Java, Indonesia): Volcanic Alert Level raised to Level 3

PVMBG reported that an alert level for the volcano was raised from the level 2 to level 3 as an increase of seismicity has been recorded. After the powerful eruptions on 21 June a seismicity remains elevated including shallow volcano-tectonic earthquakes. Additionally, instruments detected significant ground deformation. The warning bulletin states that ballistic impacts of volcanic bombs…

Barren Island volcano (Indian Ocean, India): explosive eruption today

After a one year calm period with little or no activity, it seems to have picked up again since around 6 November last year. Today at around 06:45 local time Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin recorded an explosive eruption at the Indias’s only active volcano that generated an ash plume, which reached approx. 5,000 ft (1,500 m) altitude and drifted SW.