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Ol Doinyo Lengai stratovolcano seen from Empakai crater. The tall hornito in its active crater (on t…
Erosion gullies of Benbow crater (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
View over the ash plain towards the southern rim of the caldera. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Latest News [see all]Thursday, Jun 07, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Buenos Aires (VAAC) issued the following report: … [more]
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
Quakes detected near: Acigöl-Nevsehir (1 quake mag 1.1), Akyarlar (2 quakes between mag 1.1-1.9), Clear Lake (11 quakes between mag 0.4-1.5), Coso (4 quakes between mag 0.9-1.5), Geysir(1 quake mag 1.1), Grímsvötn (3 quakes between mag 0.9-1.3) … [more]
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: POSS ERUPTION OBS AT 20180606/1130Z FL180 EXTD W OBS VA DTG:06/1220Z … [more]
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Washington (VAAC) issued the following report: … [more]
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Darwin (VAAC) issued the following report: … [more]
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
In the Lower East Rift Zone lava effusion persists from fissure 8 which continues to feed a channel transporting lava eastward to the ocean entry in the Kapoho Bay area. HVO’s Tuesday 5 June mid-day overflight showed that this flow has completely filled Kapoho Bay and formed a lava delta extending about 1.3 kilometres (0.8 miles) out from the former coastline. Meanwhile, the outbreak of this flow that started to wrap around the western side of Kapoho cinder cone has completely encircled it, re-joined the wide Kapoho Bay lava flow channel but traveled south of it where it now creates a second ocean entry in the Vacationland tidepools area. The destruction of the Kapoho Bay and Vacationland neighborhoods and beautiful recreational areas is immense as almost all of it got covered by the fissure 8 lava flow over the past 2 days. Whatever remains is still under threat as the wide fissure 8 lava flow is also still spreading sideways … [more]
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2018
While the date for the pilot tour is booked out with one possible waiting place, we offer a second expedition for the dates 15-29 Aug. [more]
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Thursday 7 June 2018
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Earthquake News: News in this category include: the latest and archived earthquake lists & maps, reports, largest recent earthquakes, quakes near volcanoes, significant quakes etc – news and articles about earthquakes worldwide.
Recent shallow earthquakes near volcanoes: Earthquakes often precede volcanic eruptions. Find out where the latest earthquakes in the vicinity of volcanoes have occurred.
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Volcanic crisis at Sakurajima – updates: A strong earthquake swarm and increased inflation were detected in August 2015 and triggered authorities to raise the alert level, as volcanologists think that a larger eruption could follow. News and updates on the events can be found on this page.
Intraplate volcanism: A third tectonic setting where volcanism occurs is believed to be the result of mantle plumes and not directly related to plate boundaries. So-called hot spot volcanoes fall into this category.
Books about Volcanoes: A selection of great books about volcanoes and volcanism, grouped into sections of different reading level interest.
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