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Archived Volcano News
Thursday 28th February 2013
Mt Etna Volcano, Italy
Eruptions have occurred at 3 craters at Mt Etna volcano, Italy. Five paroxysms at new southeast crater over past week. On 27th February Strombolian eruptions and small lava fountains were observed at Bocca Nuova crater.
Magmatic activity has occurred at Voragine for the first time since 1999.
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Wednesday 27th February 2013
Sabancaya Volcano, Peru
An earthquake swarm occurred at
Sabancaya Volcano, southern Peru. The swarm consisted of 500 earthquakes and was related to a geological fault system - known as tectonic Huambo-Cabanaconde-Chivay, which is located along the Colca Canyon, close to the volcano. The four largest earthquakes had magnitude from 4.5 to 4.7, and occurred between 22 and 23 February 2013. No change in activity has been observed at the volcano.
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Tuesday 26th February 2013
Karkar Volcano, Papua New Guinea
A high level eruption occurred at Karkar volcano, Papua New Guinea on 26th February 2013. Ash reached 30,000 ft altitude. Aviation code was raised to RED. Karkar Island is located 64 km north of Madang. The island is 25 km long and 19 km wide with two summit calderas. The main caldera is almost perfectly circular 3.2 km in diameter with vertical walls 300 m high. Karkar is an andesitic stratovolcano, which is part of a chain of 15 volcanic islands in the western part of the Bismarck volcanic arc.
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Monday 25th February 2013
Traitor's Head Volcano, Vanuatu
Three magnitude 4.7 earthquakes occurred near Traitor's Head volcano, Vanuatu. The epicentres were located 14 km south on 12th January, 22 km SW on 21st February, and 33 km SE on 25th February. Traitor's Head volcano is located on the eastern side of Erromango Island, 4 km east of Ipota airfield. The most recent eruption was in 1959.
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Monday 25th February 2013
Mt Etna Volcano, Italy
Five paroxysms have occurred at new southeast crater, Mt Etna volcano in 5 days (19-23 February). Lava is flowing from the flank of the crater towards the Valle del Bove.
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Monday 25th February 2013
White Island Volcano, New Zealand
Ash emissions occurred at White Island volcano, New Zealand on 23rd February 2013. Volcanic tremor increased and fluid reappeared in the active vent. The small-scale explosions resulted in the alert being raised to level 2 (on an increasing scale from 0-5).
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Wednesday 20th February 2013
Mt Etna Volcano, Italy
Two paroxysms have occurred at southeast crater, Mt Etna volcano. On the morning of 19th February 2013 a lava fountain erupted from SE crater. This was preceded by weak Strombolian activity over the previous few days. On 20th of February a second lava fountain occurred at SE crater. Ash emissions drifted southeast and lava flowed from a fissure on the lower southwestern flank of the cone.
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Sunday 17th February 2013
Barren Island Volcano, India
An eruption occurred at Barren Island volcano, India on 16th February 2013. Ash emissions reached 20,000 ft and extended 120 nautical miles southwest. Barren Island is located in the Andaman Sea. It is the northern most volcano in the Indonesian volcanic arc. The volcano is associated with the subduction of the Indian Plate beneath the Burmese Plate along the Andaman Trench.
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Saturday 16th February 2013
Paluweh Volcano, Indonesia
Palwueh volcano, Indonesia was raised to level 3 alert (out of maximum 4) on 13th February 2013. Avalanches are occurring from the lava dome. Lava dome has a volume of 5.1 million cubic metres. A 3 km exclusion zone has been placed around the volcano.
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Wednesday 13th February 2013
Manam Volcano, Papua New Guinea
A high level eruption occurred at Manam volcano, Papua New Guinea on 12th February 2013. Ash emissions reached an altitude of 33,000 ft. The aviation alert has been raised to the highest level RED.
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Wednesday 6th February 2013
Tinakula volcano, Solomon Islands
A major earthquake (magnitude 7.0) occurred 9 km SSW of Tinakula volcano on 6th February 2013. The earthquake was shallow at a depth of 10 km. This is likely to have an effect on volcanic activity.
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Wednesday 6th February 2013
Solomon Islands Earthquake (magnitude 8.0)
A shallow magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit 100 km SW of Tinakula volcano, Solomon Islands on 6th February 2013. The Great Earthquake was preceded cluster of earthquakes in the same area over the past week. A tsunami warning was issued for countries in the Pacific including the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji. A tsunami watch was issued for Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. Earthquakes of this magnitude can disrupt nearby volcanoes. Tinakula is the nearest active volcano.
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Sunday 3rd February 2013
Paluweh Volcano, Indonesia
A high level eruption occurred at Palwueh volcano, Indonesia on 3 February 2013. Ash emissions were reported to an altitude of 45,000 ft, extending 175 nautical miles south. Satellite images showed a hotspot over the volcano on 28 and 31 January.
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Friday 1st February 2013
Tinakula Volcano, Solomon Islands
An earthquake cluster has occurred 40 km southeast and 68 km SW of Tinakula volcano in the Solomon Islands. The earthquakes occurred on 1st February 2013. In the first few hours 13 earthquakes were measured between magnitude 4.9 and 6.0. The earthquakes were shallow with focus between 10-46 km. Tinakula is one of the world's least visited active volcanoes.
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