Popocatépetl Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ONGOING VA EMS OBS VA DTG: 05/1556Z to 19000 ft (5800 m)
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.