GLOBAL VOLCANISM: The Latest Report Of Volcanic Eruptions, Activity, Unrest And Awakenings – April 20-24, 2016! [PHOTOS + VIDEO]

Sinabung volcano. Endro Lewa

April 24, 2016 - EARTH - The following constitutes the new activity, unrest and ongoing reports of volcanoes across the globe.


Sinabung (North Sumatra, Indonesia): The Sinabung is always active in recent days.

Great photos of Firdaus Surbakti and Endro Lewa allow to detail the evolution of the pyroclastic flow of April 20.

Beidar Sinabung

Beidar Sinabung

Beidar Sinabung

Endro Lewa

Santiaguito (Guatemala): Another large eruption occurred at the Caliente dome yesterday morning, at around 6 am, with a new series of collapses that generated pyroclastic flows and an impressive ash plume that rose approx. 3 km above the lava dome.

Santiaguito volcano in Guatemala. Matthew Karsten

Ash plume from Santiaguito. Carlos Ventura / Prensa Libre

Carlos Ventura / Prensa Libre

According to INSIVUMEH, the source of the collapses is the continued supply of viscous lava that extrudes into the summit of the Caliente dome, and the collapse and pyroclastic flows affected its eastern side.

Ash fall occurred in areas to the west and southwest in up to 25 km distance, including the towns of Cuyotenango, San Francisco, Zunilito and Pueblo Nuevo.


WATCH: Santiaguito volcano erupts.

Masaya (Nicaragua): The lava lake in the volcano's summit crater continues to be very active and its level has risen a bit during the past days, INETER reports.

View of Masaya's lava lake. INETER crater webcam

Seismic activity, including tremor reflecting the degassing of the lava lake, fluctuates at moderate to high levels.


Pavlof (Alaska Peninsula, USA): Seismic activity at the volcano has continued to decrease over the past two weeks and no anomalous activity has been detected in satellite data since weakly elevated surface temperatures were seen on April 8.

AVO is therefore lowering the aviation color code to GREEN and the Volcano Alert Level to NORMAL.


Langila (New Britain, Papua New Guinea): Darwin VAAC reported ash emissions from the volcano that rose to 7,000 ft (2.1 km) altitude and drifted up to 100 km north.

Aviation color code is at orange.


Alaid (Northern Kuriles, Kuril Islands): Eruptive activity on the remote volcano continues; satellite images show fresh ash deposits and evidence a strong heat source from the crater.

Satellite image of Alaid, showing ash-darkened snow. Terra satellite / NASA

Heat signal from Alaid volcano. MIROVA

Kliuchevskoi (Kamchatka):  The volcano continues to be in mild to moderate strombolian activity.

Strombolian activity at Klyuchevskoy volcano.Yury Demyanchuk

Dukono (Halmahera, Indonesia): Intense ash emissions continue from the volcano.

Dukono's ash plume. Aqua / NASA satellite image

This morning, VAAC Darwin reported a plume at approx. 7,000 ft (2.1 km) altitude extending 50 km to the NE, well visible on satellite images.


Nevados de Chillán (Chile):  New ash emissions occurred yesterday morning, generating a small plume that rose approx. 500 m.

Small ash emissions from Nevados de Chillán volcano. SERNAGEOMIN

According to Sernageomin, this activity is not caused directly by fresh magma, but related to disturbances of the shallow hydrothermal system which interacts with an underlying, probably only small body of magma.SERNAGEOMIN also reported a slight increase in earthquakes typical of internal fluid movements (LP- long period events) during the past weeks and that sporadic ash emissions are likely to continue.

The volcano's alert level remains at "yellow" and it is recommended to stay outside a radius of 2 km around the active craters


Popocatépetl (Central Mexico): Following Monday's large explosive activity (2 hours of lava fountaining), the volcano returned to be relatively calm, producing only steam emissions and no significant explosions.

Steam emission ("exhalation") from Popocatepetl volcano.

Bright glow remains visible from the summit, indicating that magma continues to rise and accumulate at the summit vent.


Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands, Japan):  The strombolian-type activity from the volcano on the small island in southern Japan continues to be elevated.

Ash plume from an eruption at Suwanose-jima volcano. JMA webcam

Frequent explosions produce small to moderate ash plumes that rise to altitudes of 5-7,000 ft (1.5-2 km).

Constant glow is visible from the O-take crater at night.


Soufrière Hills (Montserrat): On the island of Montserrat, heavy rains have eroded and re-mobilized the eruptive ash deposits in the Belham Valley, creating lahars there and making of this a dangerous area.

Lahars in the Belham Valley. MVO

The activity of the volcano Soufriere Hills, remains unchanged, characterized by a plume of gas blown northwards towards uninhabited areas. The alert level remains at 1.




Etna (Sicily, Italy): At Etna, ash emissions are noticed on the night of April 20 to 21, still visible the next morning at the northeast and new southeast craters.

 EtnaLive site states, based on the latest multidisciplinary INGV Catania report on the April 19th, that at the level of Bocca Nuova, the crater floor collapsed gradually, to produce the formation of a new crater in the fossa.
 

Bocca Nuova Etna - the red arrow indicates the collapse. INGV Catania

Etna summit craters - with legend. Joseph Nasi / Butterfly helicopters Service

Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia): The volcano produced a small ash plume today, Manizales volcano observatory reported to Washington VAAC.

Webcam views are obscured by weather clouds.Sporadic mild ash emissions have been occurring from the volcano from time to time during the past weeks.




- Volcano Discovery | MVO | INGV Catania | GVP.

MONUMENTAL EARTH CHANGES: Seismic Activity Increasing - Scientist Warns Up To 4 QUAKES OVER 8.0 MAGNITUDE Is Possible Under "Current Conditions"!

Rescue workers conduct a search and rescue operation to a collapsed house at a landslide site caused by earthquakes in Minamiaso town, Kumamoto prefecture.© Kyodo / Reuters

April 18, 2016 - EARTH - Sunday's devastating earthquake in Ecuador might just be the beginning, according to a seismologist who says that current conditions in the Pacific Rim could trigger at least four quakes with magnitudes greater than 8.0.

Roger Bilham, a University of Colorado seismologist, told the Express, "If (the quakes) delay, the strain accumulated during the centuries provokes more catastrophic mega earthquakes."
A total of 38 volcanoes are currently erupting around the world, making conditions ripe for seismic activity in the Pacific area.
More than 270 people are now confirmed dead after Sunday's quake in Ecuador, with the number expected to rise.

In Japan, at least 42 people have been killed after tremors measuring 6.5 and 7.3 struck the southwest part of the country in the past week. A quarter of a million people were ordered to leave their homes amid fears of aftershocks.

Five years on from Japan's devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami, the country fears a repeat of the disaster which left more than 15,000 people dead.

Scientists at Tokyo University estimate there is a 98 percent chance that, in the next 30 years, Japan will be hit by an earthquake equivalent to the "Great Kanto"of 1923, which measured 8.9 and killed an estimated 142,800 people.

Seismologists at the Japan Meteorological Agency, however, put the odds of this happening at 70 percent.

Japan has some of the world's strictest building codes due to the amount of seismic activity in the area, with Tokyo getting rocked at least once a month.

Buildings may be able to withstand an earthquake, but as the 2011 quake proved, the ensuing tsunami can cause more damage including the nuclear fallout at Fukushima.

In the Himalayan region where 8,000 people were killed a year ago when a quake measuring 8.0 hit Nepal, India's disaster management experts from the Ministry of Home Affairs warned in January that another quake of that size was long overdue in the region.

Tectonic plates west of the Nepal epicenter remain locked together with scientists fearing the accumulation of stress will soon reach its elastic limit. - RT.

MONUMENTAL EARTH CHANGES: Major Planetary Transformations - Multiple Recent Powerful Earthquakes Reflect A Planet In Deep Transition!

The 'Pacific Ring of Fire'

April 18, 2016 - EARTH - Five strong earthquakes have jolted Asia in the last several days. There have been 16 major earthquakes measuring 6.0 or higher in April alone and nine in the last seven days. The two biggest in this unprecedented wave of serious shakers just happened over the weekend in Ecuador with a mammoth 7.8 earthquake killing at least 77 people and a 7.0 in Kumamota on Kyusha Island in southern Japan where three large earthquakes in three days have struck killing at least 41 people. Within the last two weeks the tiny South Pacific island of Vanatu alone has been hit with five major quakes. Four days ago a powerful 6.9 quake hit Myanmar killing two. And now with seven major shakers just in the last 96 hours alone killing at least 120 people, both laypeople and scientists alike are growing more concerned about what may be coming next.

On April 25th it will be one year ago since that deadly 7.8 earthquake in Nepal resulted in over 9,000 fatalities. But so far 2016 appears to even be more disastrous with seven 7.0 or larger earthquakes and 40 6.0 and larger ones already striking the earth's surface. The epicenters of over half of the most serious earthquakes within the last 30 days have been relatively shallow (within 20 km or less than 12.4 miles from the earth's surface), causing even more violent upheaval and earthly destruction. And all but a couple of the 20 largest earthquakes 6.0 or higher observed within this last month have erupted along the Pacific Ring of Fire in South America, Alaska, but mostly in Asia at a rate not seen in centuries, indicating cataclysmic earth changes currently taking place inside the earth's core and crust that could be reacting to cataclysmic changes occurring within our solar system causing the Pacific tectonic plates to be simultaneously rupturing in multiple locations under intense built up pressures.

In 1973 there were only 24 earthquakes in the US measuring over 3.0. Between 2009-2015 the number has jumped to 318. And just in the central US alone during the first three months of this year the number of 3.0 or higher quakes have soared to 226. Scientists at the US Geological Survey (USGS) believe that human activity account for this enormous increase of relatively minor to moderate earthquakes in recent years. Whitewater disposal at traditional oil and gas wells are said to be the biggest culprit according to USGS, even more so than earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracking. An increase in so much seismic activity induced by the environment-wrecking energy industry that the USGS now has two distinct maps, one showing manmade earthquakes and the other naturally occurring quakes. The extent to which manmade earthquakes impact the magnitude, frequency and location of natural earthquake zones is believed to be minimal in America since manmade quakes are predominantly in the central US (specifically Oklahoma) and natural earthquakes lie mostly along California's San Andreas Fault line. In addition to the most populous state California, now seven million more American citizens in six central US states are at increasing risk due to the oil and gas industry. With knowledge of deep drilling actually causing earthquakes, a controversial project from a team of seismic scientists from the University of Cardiff has proposed for the first time in history digging into the earth's mantle just below the crust at a location in the Indian Ocean where the crust has undergone erosion and the middle layer making up most of the world's inner mass is deemed most accessible at three miles deep from the ocean floor. But because the area is known for its active seismic fluctuation, opposition to the deep drilling fears that it could unleash a major earthquake or volcanic activity. In May 2013 a massive 8.3 earthquake ruptured a full 600 km (near 373 miles deep) in the Sea of Okhotsk producing a major impact as if the epicenter was much shallower. Concern is that the ocean water pouring into the mantle could lead to catastrophe. Thus many conclude the scientific gain of studying mantle material dwarfs the potential dangers especially since manmade earthquakes are posing an increasing environmental threat causing even more earthquakes.

There is another more controversial manmade cause of some larger earthquakes in recent years. There is mounting evidence that electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons developed over the last quarter century can heat up known fault lines over targeted areas to cause tectonic plate shifts. The Fukushima disaster, the Chile and the Haiti earthquakes in recent years are suspected to be EMP induced. This diabolical military use of weapons technology has been uncovered through significant spikes in temperature readings just prior to those unnatural earthquakes. Weather modification and the infamous HAARP technology can pinpoint targeted fault lines using the electromagnetic pulse beams bouncing off the ionosphere and generating concentrated heat for several days on a targeted active tectonic plate that then triggers major earthquakes. The notorious geoengineering spraying of heavy metals used potentially as electrical conductors is believed connected to this destructive technology as well as serving as an obvious soft kill weapon for human eugenics purposes by the ruling elite. What does all this unprecedented seismic activity mean? Noted seismologist Roger Bilham at the University of Colorado is warning us about increased risk of earthquakes. In response to this latest barrage of strong seismic activity he commented:

The current conditions might trigger at least four earthquakes greater than 8.0 in magnitude. And if they delay, the strain accumulated during the centuries provokes more catastrophic mega earthquakes. Despite last year's devastating Nepal earthquake, the Himalayan region is said to be overdue for an 8.2 earthquake according to disaster experts at India's Ministry of Home Affairs. The Indo-Burmese plate is colliding with the Himalayan plate causing major stress. A study released in Nature Geoscience said the Nepal quake:

Failed to rupture the locked portions of the Himalayan thrust beneath and west of the Kathmandu basin because of some persistent barrier of mechanical and structural origin.

An increased earthquake frequency is often accompanied by rising number of volcanoes becoming active as currently 38 around the globe are spewing ash clouds and molten lava.

A mineral physicist named Friedemann Freund conducting research at NASA is exploring a way of providing ample enough warning time at least 24 hours prior to an earthquake. His theory involves detecting ionized air near and just above rock along the San Andreas Fault and in Alaska. Freund has confirmed that "whenever there was a moderate or big earthquake there was indeed a large increase in air conductivity." His Global Earthquake Forecast System attempts to measure infrared radiation produced by tectonic stress.

Those believing Nibiru/Planet X is hurtling closer to the earth carrying mile and a half wide asteroids, comets and meteors that are causing major changes within our solar system would conclude it to be behind this frenzied seismic activity. Sightings of both Planet X and massive asteroids are frequently spotted by both astronomers and amateurs alike these days. With more reputable scientists taking Planet X seriously all the time, the latest pair expressing concern that it could destroy life on earth come from Cal Tech. The sudden increasing mass die-offs of countless animals are taking place on a near daily basis, the extreme weather events being witnessed all over the globe such as snow in Southeast Asia, the erratically high seismic activity recently observed at Yellowstone National Park abruptly taken offline and most recent nearby Shoshone River boiling in places where sulfuric acid vents more volcanic activity from the deep underground caldera, there is no doubt many profound and mysterious changes are occurring at an undisputable skyrocketing rate. Rapid changes have been discovered at the earth core that are linked to electromagnetic changes at earth's surface. So the influx of recent earthquakes and volcanoes are merely consistent with the powerful changes unfolding from both inside as well as outside the planet. Obviously destabilizing human events and developments occurring within the corrosive, crumbling political and economic system reflect the much larger transformation occurring on the earth and entire solar system and beyond. - SOTT.

PLANETARY TREMORS: Strong 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off The Coast Of Guatemala - USGS! [MAPS + TECTONIC SUMMARY]

USGS earthquake location.

April 15, 2016 - GUATEMALA - A magnitude-6.2 earthquake has struck an area off the Pacific coast of Guatemala.

There are no immediate reports of damages or injuries.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake occurred Friday just after 8 a.m. local time (1400 GMT).

USGS shakemap intensity.

It was centered about 135 miles (219 kilometers) southwest of Guatemala City.

The head of Mexico's civil defense agency says the quake was also felt lightly in the state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala.

Seismotectonics of the Caribbean Region and Vicinity

Extensive diversity and complexity of tectonic regimes characterizes the perimeter of the Caribbean plate, involving no fewer than four major plates (North America, South America, Nazca, and Cocos). Inclined zones of deep earthquakes (Wadati-Benioff zones), ocean trenches, and arcs of volcanoes clearly indicate subduction of oceanic lithosphere along the Central American and Atlantic Ocean margins of the Caribbean plate, while crustal seismicity in Guatemala, northern Venezuela, and the Cayman Ridge and Cayman Trench indicate transform fault and pull-apart basin tectonics.

Along the northern margin of the Caribbean plate, the North America plate moves westwards with respect to the Caribbean plate at a velocity of approximately 20 mm/yr. Motion is accommodated along several major transform faults that extend eastward from Isla de Roatan to Haiti, including the Swan Island Fault and the Oriente Fault. These faults represent the southern and northern boundaries of the Cayman Trench. Further east, from the Dominican Republic to the Island of Barbuda, relative motion between the North America plate and the Caribbean plate becomes increasingly complex and is partially accommodated by nearly arc-parallel subduction of the North America plate beneath the Caribbean plate. This results in the formation of the deep Puerto Rico Trench and a zone of intermediate focus earthquakes (70-300 km depth) within the subducted slab. Although the Puerto Rico subduction zone is thought to be capable of generating a megathrust earthquake, there have been no such events in the past century. The last probable interplate (thrust fault) event here occurred on May 2, 1787 and was widely felt throughout the island with documented destruction across the entire northern coast, including Arecibo and San Juan. Since 1900, the two largest earthquakes to occur in this region were the August 4, 1946 M8.0 Samana earthquake in northeastern Hispaniola and the July 29, 1943 M7.6 Mona Passage earthquake, both of which were shallow thrust fault earthquakes. A significant portion of the motion between the North America plate and the Caribbean plate in this region is accommodated by a series of left-lateral strike-slip faults that bisect the island of Hispaniola, notably the Septentrional Fault in the north and the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault in the south. Activity adjacent to the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault system is best documented by the devastating January 12, 2010 M7.0 Haiti strike-slip earthquake, its associated aftershocks and a comparable earthquake in 1770.

USGS plate tectonics for the region.

Moving east and south, the plate boundary curves around Puerto Rico and the northern Lesser Antilles where the plate motion vector of the Caribbean plate relative to the North and South America plates is less oblique, resulting in active island-arc tectonics. Here, the North and South America plates subduct towards the west beneath the Caribbean plate along the Lesser Antilles Trench at rates of approximately 20 mm/yr. As a result of this subduction, there exists both intermediate focus earthquakes within the subducted plates and a chain of active volcanoes along the island arc. Although the Lesser Antilles is considered one of the most seismically active regions in the Caribbean, few of these events have been greater than M7.0 over the past century. The island of Guadeloupe was the site of one of the largest megathrust earthquakes to occur in this region on February 8, 1843, with a suggested magnitude greater than 8.0. The largest recent intermediate-depth earthquake to occur along the Lesser Antilles arc was the November 29, 2007 M7.4 Martinique earthquake northwest of Fort-De-France.

The southern Caribbean plate boundary with the South America plate strikes east-west across Trinidad and western Venezuela at a relative rate of approximately 20 mm/yr. This boundary is characterized by major transform faults, including the Central Range Fault and the Boconó-San Sebastian-El Pilar Faults, and shallow seismicity. Since 1900, the largest earthquakes to occur in this region were the October 29, 1900 M7.7 Caracas earthquake, and the July 29, 1967 M6.5 earthquake near this same region. Further to the west, a broad zone of compressive deformation trends southwestward across western Venezuela and central Colombia. The plate boundary is not well defined across northwestern South America, but deformation transitions from being dominated by Caribbean/South America convergence in the east to Nazca/South America convergence in the west. The transition zone between subduction on the eastern and western margins of the Caribbean plate is characterized by diffuse seismicity involving low- to intermediate-magnitude (Magnitude less than 6.0) earthquakes of shallow to intermediate depth.

The plate boundary offshore of Colombia is also characterized by convergence, where the Nazca plate subducts beneath South America towards the east at a rate of approximately 65 mm/yr. The January 31, 1906 M8.5 earthquake occurred on the shallowly dipping megathrust interface of this plate boundary segment. Along the western coast of Central America, the Cocos plate subducts towards the east beneath the Caribbean plate at the Middle America Trench. Convergence rates vary between 72-81 mm/yr, decreasing towards the north. This subduction results in relatively high rates of seismicity and a chain of numerous active volcanoes; intermediate-focus earthquakes occur within the subducted Cocos plate to depths of nearly 300 km. Since 1900, there have been many moderately sized intermediate-depth earthquakes in this region, including the September 7, 1915 M7.4 El Salvador and the October 5, 1950 M7.8 Costa Rica events.

The boundary between the Cocos and Nazca plates is characterized by a series of north-south trending transform faults and east-west trending spreading centers. The largest and most seismically active of these transform boundaries is the Panama Fracture Zone. The Panama Fracture Zone terminates in the south at the Galapagos rift zone and in the north at the Middle America trench, where it forms part of the Cocos-Nazca-Caribbean triple junction. Earthquakes along the Panama Fracture Zone are generally shallow, low- to intermediate in magnitude (Magnitude less than 7.2) and are characteristically right-lateral strike-slip faulting earthquakes. Since 1900, the largest earthquake to occur along the Panama Fracture Zone was the July 26, 1962 M7.2 earthquake.

References for the Panama Fracture Zone:
Molnar, P., and Sykes, L. R., 1969, Tectonics of the Caribbean and Middle America Regions from Focal Mechanisms and Seismicity: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 80, p. 1639-1684.

- New Zealand Herald | USGS.

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Increased Activity At Guatemala's Fuego Volcano - Loud Eruption Heard Over 15km, Rocking Roof And Windows Of Houses; Sends Column Of Ash And Gas 4km In The Air! [VIDEOS]

Fuego volcano explosion observed from Acatenango.
© Clima Guatemala / Twitter

April 12, 2016 - GUATEMALA - The volcanic activity of the Fuego volcano is increasing in Guatemala.

The last loud eruption on April 12, 2016 was heard over an area of 15km, rocked the roof and windows of houses located 15 km from the volcanic peak and sent a column of ash and gases 4km in the air.

It's not only the Santa Maria volcano, but also the Fuego volcano that shows an enhanced explosive activity in Guatemala these days .

According to Insivumeh, the National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology of Guatemala, the Fuego volcano heavily exploded four to 6 times on April 12, 2016 sending a column of ash 4800 meters above sea level.


WATCH: Here a timelapse video showing the explosions.

The explosion were accompanied by moderate to strong rumblings as well as ash falls in Panimache, Morelia, Sangre de Cristo, Santa Sofía, Chimaltenango.

Lava was ejected up to 200 m above the crater.

The eruptions produced a roaring noise similar to a jet engine that lasted 2 to 5 minutes and was heard over a broad radius of 30 km.

 WATCH: Here another video captured by a camera located at La Reunion Golf Resort, Guatemala about 7 km southeast of the summit of Fuego.

The resulting shock waves rocked the roof and windows of houses located 15 km from the volcanic peak.

This enhanced activity at Fuego is disturbing the local population.

Seismometers show that the magma is rising inside the crater, which may cause a major eruption in the next few days.


WATCH: And this major eruption could look like this one in January 2016 - Fiery and furious! .

BOLETÍN VULCANOLÓGICO DIARIO Guatemala, martes 12 de abril 2016 Hora local: 07:00 am


- Strange Sounds.

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: The Latest Report Of Volcanic Eruptions, Activity, Unrest And Awakenings – March 26-29, 2016! [PHOTOS]

Spectacular explosion from Sakurajima's Minamidake crater on March 26 (Image: Naoto Yoshidome / Twitter)

March 29, 2016 - EARTH - The following constitutes the new activity, unrest and ongoing reports of volcanoes across the globe.

Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): Over the past days, vulcanian-type explosions have again picked up in number and size, after only very few events during the first 3 weeks of March. Ash plumes rose to up to 10-12,000 ft (3-3.6 km) altitude.

The remarkable novelty is that most of the recent explosions occurred from the Minamidake crater, the volcano's old summit vent, and not from the Showa crater on its eastern flank, which had been (an almost exclusive) protagonist during the 10 years since 2006 until very recently.


Pavlof (Alaska Peninsula, USA): A new eruption started at the volcano abruptly Sunday (March 27) afternoon at 16:16 local time (00:18 UTC). An explosive eruption with lava fountaining produced an ash plume that quickly rose to approx. 20,000 ft elevation (6 km) and the Aviation Color code was raised to red.

Eruption of Pavlof on March 28, 2016 (Image: Almandmoss, Nahshon / Alaska Coast Guard / AVO)

The activity continued and reached its peak over the next 24 hours, when a sustained, continuous ash plume extended more than 700 km (400 miles) to the northeast over interior Alaska, with a maximum height of 37,000 ft (9 km) altitude.

Lava fountaining from the summit crater was observed throughout the night by mariners, pilots, and by residents in Cold Bay, located 37 miles (60 km) to the SW.

Volcanic mudflows (lahars), generated by rapidly melting ice and snow, are likely descending on the flanks of the volcano and could present a hazard in the local river valleys.

Alaska Volcano Observatory recorded continuous strong tremor accompanying the eruption. As of today (Tuesday morning), the eruption continues at much reduced intensity and the Aviation Color code has been lowered to ORANGE.


Santiaguito (Guatemala): Activity continues at the Caliente lava dome with little changes.

The volcano observatory reported strong degassing, some weak to moderate explosions with ash plumes rising up to approx. 900 m and constant block lava avalanches on the eastern and southeastern flanks of the lava dome.

The latter suggests that effusive activity has been elevated recently compared to during previous months.


Pacaya (Guatemala): Mild activity continues at the intra-crater cone of the Mackenney crater. INSIVUMEH reports a steam and gas plume rising 600 m and glow from lava visible at night.

Hot spot visible on Landsat 7 image from March (Image: Rüdiger Escobar Wolf ‏@rudigerescobar /Twitter)

Fuego (Guatemala): During the past week, activity at the volcano gradually increased into the 5th paroxysm in 2016, generating pulsating lava fountains, lava flows and possibly pyroclastic flows.

After the previous such episode in early March, the volcano had continued to produce its typical, persistent, but intermittent strombolian activity. The latter started to become more and more intense from around March 22, and became near-constant during March 24-25.

Lava fountains from Fuego during the night of 25-26 March 25-26, 2016

At least two lava flows of 1000 and 1700 m length formed on the upper western (Santa Teresa gully) and southeastern slope (Las Lajas ravine). Ash plumes rose to altitudes of approx. 5000 m and drifted up to approx. 160 km to the west over the Pacific Ocean.

After its latest paroxysm a few days ago, activity of the volcano has returned to normal levels with intermittent (one every few hours) weak to moderate-sized strombolian explosions.


Momotombo (Nicaragua): A slight increase in activity occurred last week between 23-26 March, when the volcano again produced some mild to moderate explosions, some of which were strong enough to send bombs to its upper outer slopes.

Moderately strong explosion at Momotombo on March 26.

During the past days, activity has again been calmer, although crater glow continues to tell the presence of fresh lava in the summit crater.


- Volcano Discovery.

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Guatemala On High Alert As Fuego Volcano Spews Ash Over Vast Area - New Eruptive Phase With Increasing Explosive Activity Results In Ash Plumes Billowing Over 6,500 Feet! [VIDEOS]

Guatemala's Fuego volcano, seen from San Juan Alotenango municipality, erupts on November 10, 2015 (AFP Photo/Johan Ordonez)

March 2, 2016 - GUATEMALA - Guatemalan authorities issued a warning Wednesday as the country's Fuego volcano, located near the capital, spewed ash into the air.

A spokesman for the country's disaster response agency, David de Leon, said the 3,763-meter (12,346-foot) high volcano had entered a new eruptive phase with increasing explosive activity, prompting an orange alert indicating danger.

The volcano sent ash plumes billowing more than 2,000 meters (6,561.68 feet) above the crater; they then spread as far as 40 kilometers to the west, southwest and north, the spokesman said.

He added that rural communities surrounding the volcano, as well as the urban municipalities of San Pedro Yepocapa and Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa de Escuintla, reported fine ash particles falling from the sky.

De Leon said his agency was in touch with local authorities and that so far no evacuations had been deemed necessary.

The Fuego volcano is located some 45 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of the capital Guatemala City.

Guatemala's Vulcanology Institute has instructed civil protection authorities to step up their vigilance and recommended precautionary measures for air traffic.

The Fuego volcano has long been active. A powerful eruption in February 2015 prompted an alert and the closure of Guatemala City's airport. - Yahoo.

WATCH: Time-lapse video of Fuego volcano.

 

ICE AGE NOW: Global Cooling Continues Relentlessly - Heavy Snowfall In Ottawa, Canada Breaks 69-YEAR-OLD RECORD; Hail And Snow In Irazu National Park, Costa Rica, 10 DEGREES NORTH OF EQUATOR; Heavy Snowfall On Honduras-Guatemala Border; Pakistan Government Warns It's Citizens To Prepare For GLOBAL COOLING! [VIDEOS]

© The Weather Network

February 19, 2016 - EARTH - The following articles constitutes several of the latest reports on heavy snowfall, low temperatures and snow storms as global cooling continues across the Earth.

Record-breaking snowfall hits Ottawa, Canada

For those questioning if winter had called it quits, a major snow storm Tuesday proved it is only mid-February after all. The snow pushed into southern Ontario early Tuesday, doubling commute times and prompting bus cancellations first thing.

Close to 10 cm of snow was recorded in major cities like Toronto and Markham before easing through the afternoon hours.

"Snowfall amounts in the Greater Toronto Area were in the 5 to 10 centimetre range, as this area was only grazed the western edge of the huge snow shield associated with this winter storm," said Environment Canada in a storm summary.

The storm in eastern Ontario however, was relentless.

Good thing my housemate didnt have any where to go today. #SnowedIn #ygk @YGKTraffic @RobJamesMorgan #ONStorm pic.twitter.com/GkvjoPhCLL

— Fraser McDonald (@FrasSpaz) February 16, 2016

"The highest 24 hour snowfall accumulation for Ottawa was recorded Tuesday with a whopping 51 cm of snow," says Weather Network meteorologist Erin Wenckstern. "That smashed the old record of 40.6 cm of snow set back on March 2, 1947."Road conditions deteriorated quickly across eastern communities, with not much improvement by Wednesday morning.

"Due to snow accumulation and stranded vehicles, student transportation is therefore cancelled today Feb 17, 2016," tweeted the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority early Wednesday. "Schools remain open."



WATCH: Ottawa breaks 69-year-old snowfall record.

Those with air travel plans are also urged to call ahead as clean-up efforts may impact flights.

Ottawa Police reported nearly triple the normal number of collisions on city streets on Tuesday, with 120 accidents in just a 12 hour period. In addition to the heavy snow, places like Cornwall also saw 20 mm of freezing rain, which resulted in slick roads and ice build-up.


WATCH: Time-lapse video submitted by Twitter user Eric Dupere shows the accumulation of 50 cm of snow in Ottawa during a winter storm on Feb 16.

The remainder of the article can be seen here

- The Weather Network.

Hail and snow in Irazu National Park, Costa Rica, 10 degrees north of equator!

Irazu Volcano National Park in Costa Rica received several inches of hail/snow on Feb 13, 2016. This is the second time within three years that this type of event has taken place. Interestingly, in 2013, the same peak experienced its FIRST EVER recorded hail accumulations. Guatemala also received snowfall that year of six inches.


WATCH: Snow and hail in Costa Rica.

Heavy snowfall on Honduras-Guatemala border

WATCH: Snow fell in Guatemala on February 10th.

Pakistan Government warns it's citizens to prepare for Global Cooling

The Pakistan Meteorological Bureau put out a lengthy 59 page report warning the citizens of Pakistan that Global cooling will begin in 2019 and there needs to be a strategy with urgent action in order for the society to cope with the changes. This is the second country to now come out and tell its citizens to prepare, Russia was first, now Pakistan.

WATCH: Pakistan temps and global cooling forecast.

GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Increasing Eruptions At Guatemala's Fuego Volcano - Stunning Photos Of The 3rd Paroxysm Of 2016!

Strong strombolian explosion / lava fountain at Fuego volcano. (Photo: Edgar Barrios)

February 10, 2016 - GUATEMALA - A new paroxysm (the 3rd this year) is occurring at the volcano. Over the past days, strombolian and effusive activity had gradually increased into now pulsating lava fountains and well-alimented lava flows.

The latter are mostly traveling down the southeastern flank into the large Las Lajas canyon where they have reached approx. 2 km length. Another flow seems to be active on the southern slope towards the Trinidad drainage.

Most likely this activity will result in pyroclastic flows, as parts of the lava flows on the steep slope tend to collapse.

Volcanologist Edgar Barrios from INSIVUMEH's volcano observatory (OVF) kindly sent us these photos of the ongoing activity of Fuego volcano.

The images, taken early morning of February 10, show very strong strombolian explosions, at the point to merge into pulsating lava fountains.

(Photo: Edgar Barrios)

(Photo: Edgar Barrios)

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(Photo: Edgar Barrios)

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: The Latest Report Of Volcanic Eruptions, Activity, Unrest And Awakenings – February 10, 2016! [PHOTOS]

Lava fountains at Fuego

February 10, 2016 - EARTH - The following constitutes the new activity, unrest and ongoing reports of volcanoes across the globe.


Fuego (Guatemala): A new paroxysm (the 3rd this year) is occurring at the volcano. Over the past days, strombolian and effusive activity had gradually increased into now pulsating lava fountains and well-alimented lava flows.

The latter are mostly traveling down the southeastern flank into the large Las Lajas canyon where they have reached approx. 2 km length. Another flow seems to be active on the southern slope towards the Trinidad drainage.

MODIS thermal signal from Fuego (MIROVA)

Most likely this activity will result in pyroclastic flows, as parts of the lava flows on the steep slope tend to collapse.


Sakurajima (Japan): It seems that the volcano is back to its typical activity of intermittent explosions at irregular intervals mostly ranging between few hours or even days. Following the explosion on 5 Feb, several others, mostly weaker ones, have occurred during the past days. Ash plumes recorded rose to 5-10,000 ft (1.5-3 km) altitude.

Small explosion at Sakurajima.

JMA published a report (in Japanese) which shows that the decrease of activity which started to be noticeable last summer and led to the apparent pause in explosions Oct - Jan seems to correlate with a change in deformation. Around August, the year-long steady inflation stopped and changed to rapid deflation over a few weeks' period. This trend stopped and inflation began again around October.

Thermal images of Sakurajima's craters (Kita-dake, l, and Showa crater, r) between December 2, 2015 (bottom) and February 6, 2016
(top) showing the presence of elevated temperatures in the Showa crater Feb (JMA)

Deformation plots of several GPS stations (JMA)

A comparison of thermal images of the crater between 2 December 2015 and 6 February show elevated temperatures in the Showa crater, likely because of the presence of magma in the conduit closer to the surface.


Zhupanovsky (Kamchatka): Activity of the volcano has picked up again recently. Several explosions occurred during the past days at the volcano, generating ash plumes that rose to approx. 22,000 ft (7 km) altitude and drifted ESE.

Ash plume (its deposit on snow) from Zhupanovsky.

On a satellite image from this morning, the darker trace of ash from Zhupanovsky (and from nearby Karymsky volcano) is clearly visible on white snow covering Kamchatka at the moment.



Karymsky (Kamchatka): Explosions at the volcano have been relatively frequent recently and often intense enough to be detected on satellite imagery, monitored by Tokyo's VAAC (Volcanic Ash Advisory Center).

Karymsky, the most active volcano of  Kamchatka's eastern volcanic zone, is a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during the early Holocene.  The caldera cuts the south side of the Pleistocene Dvor volcano and is located outside the north margin of the large mid-Pleistocene Polovinka caldera, which contains the smaller Akademia Nauk and Odnoboky calderas. 

Most seismicity preceding Karymsky eruptions originated beneath Akademia Nauk caldera, which is located immediately south of Karymsky volcano.  The caldera enclosing Karymsky volcano formed about 7600-7700 radiocarbon years ago; construction of the Karymsky stratovolcano began about 2000 years later.  The latest eruptive period began about 500 years ago, following a 2300-year quiescence.  Much of the cone is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old.  Historical eruptions have been vulcanian or vulcanian-strombolian with moderate explosive activity and occasional lava flows from the summit crater.


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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: New Eruption At Santiaguito Volcano In Guatemala - Sends Ash And Gas Clouds Thousands Of Feet High! [PHOTOS + VIDEOS]

Santiaguito volcano in Guatemala. Twitter

February 8, 2016 - GUATEMALA - A new explosion at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala was recorded on February 7, 2016.

Look at the pictures of the large ash and gas clouds engulfing the sky. Powerful.

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AHORA: El Volcán Santiaguito en plena actividad.

Video: Jorge Solano. pic.twitter.com/vtd61b5CKH

— Canal Antigua (@CanalAntigua) February 7, 2016

GOES imagery of the Santiaguito volcano eruption in Guatemala on 2/5. More info on GOES @ https://t.co/ucBQB5b0ij pic.twitter.com/iGr63tErf1

— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) February 5, 2016

WATCH: Santiaguito volcano erupts.

- Strange Sounds.