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Providing weekly volcano reports, comprehensive Bulletin reports, and a unique database of ~1,300 Holocene volcanoes & eruptions. | Legal: https://t.co/9nc71elLvw
Washington, DC, USA
Joined April 2019
Mistranslation Tuesday: “In case of an increase or change in the behavior of the volcano a Report will be emitted additionally and of immediate way Special” #VolMisComm #LavaLaughs
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Random Volcano Monday: East Epi (Vanuatu) is a group of cones located in a caldera. Explosive activity was reported in 1958, 1960, 1999, 2002, 2004, and 2023, discolored water occurred during 1971-1974 and 1988, and a new vent was detected in 1979. https://t.co/E6bU3HLcuW
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The submarine East Epi group of basaltic and dacitic cones are located within a possible 10-km-diameter caldera off the NE coast of southern Epi Island in Vanuatu. Three cones (1-1.5 basal diameter),...
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Kilauea (United States), Purace (Colombia), Whakaari/White Island (New Zealand), Ahyi (United States), and Ibu (Indonesia) are highlighted in the latest Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 22 Jan-28 Jan 2025. #wvar #volcanic #eruptions
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The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.
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Mistranslation Tuesday: “...By the characteristics of the recorded signals and the imbalance currently reached by the surface system, it is considered that this episode may form part of a process under development.” #VolMisComm #LavaLaughs
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Random Volcano Monday: Tuya Volcanic Field (Canada) is a broad region with numerous formerly subglacial volcanic cones known as tuyas. Several small subaerial shield volcanoes, and postglacial lapilli cones and lava flows have been reported in this area. https://t.co/vgMkt2ljd6
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A broad region with numerous formerly subglacial volcanic cones known as tuyas forms the Tuya Volcanic Field near Tuya Lake and a broad area to the N. Although tuyas, the products of Pleistocene...
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Purace (Colombia), Kilauea (United States), Ibu (Indonesia), Home Reef (Tonga), and Fentale (Ethiopia) Ontakesan (Japan), are highlighted in the latest Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 15-21 January 2025. #wvar #volcanic #eruptions
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The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.
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Mistranslation Tuesday: “The hottest points it was not possible to measure them since the floor is very hot what disables arriving at them.” #VolMisComm #LavaLaughs
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Random Volcano Monday: Hierro (Spain) contains the greatest concentration of young vents in the Canary Islands. The subaerial portion consists of lava flows and tuffs capped by cones and lava flows. A submarine eruption took place during 2011-12. https://t.co/tlVeImr8u3
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The triangular island of Hierro is the SW-most and least studied of the Canary Islands. The massive shield volcano is truncated by a large NW-facing escarpment formed as a result of gravitational...
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Report from the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network: Dukono (Indonesia) Continuing SO2 plumes and thermal anomalies; strong ash emissions in October-November 2023. https://t.co/Y7IUoYP8tE
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Volcano report from the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program (GVP).
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Report from the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network: Ibu (Indonesia) Eruption continued during June-November 2023, with persistent ash explosions and thermal anomalies. https://t.co/dvWIhRJXbb
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Volcano report from the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program (GVP).
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Ibu (Indonesia), Telica (Nicaragua), Whakaari/White Island (New Zealand), Kilauea (United States), and Poas (Costa Rica) are highlighted in the latest Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 8-14 January 2025. #wvar #volcanic #eruptions
volcano.si.edu
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.
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Mistranslation Tuesday: “The hottest points it was not possible to measure them since the floor is very hot what disables arriving at them.” #VolMisComm #LavaLaughs
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Random Volcano Monday: Antofagasta Volcanic Field (Argentina) contains several scoria cones and lava flows, which may only be a few thousand years old. Scoria cones and lava flows are also E of Salar de Antofalla, though precise ages are unknown. https://t.co/MWCwX7KlUa
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This volcanic field has produced multiple monogenetic back-arc mafic centers within the Antofagasta de la Sierra Basin, a tectonic depression NE of Cerro Blanco volcano in the Southern Puna region of...
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Kilauea (United States), Poas (Costa Rica), Home Reef (Tonga), Dieng Volcanic Complex (Indonesia), and Ahyi (United States) are highlighted in the latest Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 1-7 January 2025. #wvar #volcanic #eruptions
volcano.si.edu
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.
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Mistranslation Tuesday: “Some samples of those lava balloons were collected from a ship near the emission area.” #VolMisComm #LavaLaughs
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Random Volcano Monday: Katwe-Kikorongo (Uganda) is a series of volcanic fields that covers an area of about 180 km2 and contains a group of about 80 tuff cones and maars, some of which are filled by lakes. https://t.co/V0h7qMTjjG
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The Katwe-Kikorongo volcanic field, stretching from the NE shore of Lake Edward to the W shore of Lake George, south of the Ruwenzori Range, is the most extensive of a series of volcanic fields in...
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Kilauea (United States), Raung (Indonesia), Masaya (Nicaragua), Dieng Volcanic Complex (Indonesia), and Ahyi (United States) are highlighted in the latest Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 25-31 December 2024. #wvar #volcanic #eruptions
volcano.si.edu
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.
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Mistranslation Tuesday: “A lot of smoking lava stones were floating on the sea.” #VolMisComm #LavaLaughs
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Random Volcano Monday: La Yeguada (Panama) is a massive volcanic complex north of the Azuero Peninsula. The latest eruptions took place about 220,000 years ago at Cerro Corero lava dome (also known as Cerro de la Charca), north of El Castillo. https://t.co/swg0dtRQxZ
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La Yeguada, also known as Chitra-Calobre, is a massive volcanic complex in west-central Panamá north of the Azuero Peninsula that was active from the Miocene into the Quaternary. The youngest major...
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Kilauea (United States), Home Reef (Tonga), Whakaari/White Island (New Zealand), Taal (Philippines), and Sabancaya (Peru) are highlighted in the latest Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, 18-24 December 2024. #wvar #volcanic #eruptions
volcano.si.edu
The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.
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