Posts treating: "Eruption update"
Friday, 05 September 2014
This information is going to go outdated quickly. This is the current information about the eruption in Bárðarbunga volcano. Please note: Since I cannot go to the area that is erupting my self (it is closed and I … Continue reading
This information is going to get outdated fast. This is latest information that I got on Bárðarbunga volcano eruption. The status of the eruption and the volcano is always changing so I do not have up to date … Continue reading
This is a short update on the eruption north of Vatnajökull glacier. The eruption has its origin in Bárðarbunga volcano. This information is going to get outdated quickly. North end of the eruption fissure is in an area … Continue reading
Been rather quiet on the active eruption front over the last few weeks, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t volcanoes rumblings worldwide. Iceland The media had fun with a statement by Páll Einarsson that Hekla in Iceland is “ready to erupt”. Apparently this
February is already over. However, if you’re here in Ohio, don’t fool yourself. Spring isn’t here — it was 1F this morning and the Weather Service is predicting a storm of 6+ inches of snow this weekend. Good times! Enough
Some volcano news for an snow and ice covered Wednesday: Indonesia I’m not sure I agree with the rationale, but after the 15 deaths due to a pyroclastic flow from Sinabung, the Indonesian government has raised the alert status
Time for some updates on volcanic activity worldwide: Italy Starting late last week, Etna began yet another paroxysm of eruptive activity, but this time instead of mainly explosive behavior, the eruption has produced a lava flow that has been snaking
Brief updates on two ongoing eruptions: Indonesia The eruption at Sinanbung is still going strong and, if anything, getting stronger. Reports from the area detail a constant parade of pyroclastic flows and explosions (see above) as the dome at the
Some volcano news to start off the week of January 13, 2014: Indonesia The eruption at Sinabung is continuing unabated and now evacuees have reached over 25,000. The repeated cycle of dome building and collapse are producing dozens of pyroclastic
Our first update in the new year! Indonesia Explosions continue at Sinabung (see above) where a new dome was spotted at the summit of the restless volcano. Any time a dome is seen at a volcano like Sinabung, the threat of a
The Thanksgiving Break got the best of me (well, I needed the time off), but the start of December packs a wallop. The big (and I mean big) American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting starts in San Francisco in a week.
Quick post as I get ready for our Thanksgiving Week trip to the great white north (also known as Chicago): Indonesia The PVMBG has moved Sinabung up to its highest alert after a series of powerful explosions overnight reaching 2-8 km
Sometimes it takes as many days as the meeting to catch back up afterwards — which is clearly the case for me after GSA this year. Finally getting almost on track as we hurtle into November. Volcano news! Italy So,
So, last night I had a dream that I was staying at a lake house in what looked like New Hampshire (to me in my dream) but in the middle of the lake was, more-or-less, Sakurajima. Most people didn’t
I’ve returned from an excellent field trip to the Adirondacks of New York that included a stop at the lava lab at Syracuse University. Look for a post on that (with video) later this week. Some volcano news to start
Volcano news from around the world … let’s get started: Indonesia The activity at Sinabung continues to increase (see above), with the restless Indonesian volcano sending ash to 6 kilometers (20,000 feet) according to the latest report from the Darwin
A few quick tidbits while I’m in Massachusetts: Guatemala It looks like a new strombolian eruption has started at Pacaya on Thursday evening (8/15). Not a lot of information out there about the eruption, but the report from INSIVUMEH mentions
So, in the breach I go again. Starting tomorrow until the middle of next week, I’ll be off at Lassen Volcanic National Park with my student and a colleague. We’ll be sampling a variety of lavas and tephras erupted from
June is here already, can you believe it? Yes, me neither. Onto some volcano news! Guatemala Last week, we saw that activity at Pacaya in Guatemala picked up. So far, the eruptions are fairly small, with volcanic material being thrown
Lots of volcano news over the past few days, not to mention the earthquakes that got our attention. The two most of these earthquakes were especially interesting to me. The Okhotsk Sea earthquake in Russia that was not only large