Karangetang volcano (Siau Island, Indonesia): lava flow & incandescent avalanches
Fri, 25 Sep 2015, 11:05 | BY: T
Lava flow on Karangetang volcano on 23 Sep 2015
" Karangetang erupted big in 7th May 2015 and covered one village in the north flank with ash and folowed buried some houses by its lahar. Activity remains high alert in level 3 indicated with lots of harmonic tremors, shallow and deep volcanic tremors, and incandescent rock falls occur frequently so far. Summit morfology of the summit also has changed threatening some villages in the south as well."
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Thu, 17 Sep 2015, 07:35
Karangetang volcano (Siau Island, Indonesia): possible lateral vent
An eruptive event yesterday produced an ash plume that rose from what could be a new lateral vent on the lower northern (?) flank of the volcano. Read all
Wed, 16 Sep 2015, 06:00
Karangetang volcano (Siau Island, Indonesia) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 16 September-22 September 2015 (Continuing Activity)
Based on observations conducted at the Karangetang Volcano Observation Post in the village of Salili, PVMBG reported during 9-16 September that lava fountains rose as high as 250 m and lava flows traveled as far as 2.5 km. Incandescent avalanches from the fronts of 150-m-long lava flows traveled as far as 2.5 km E down the Batuawang and Kahetang drainages. Seismicity was dominated by multi-phase earthquakes and signals characteristic of avalanches, with rare volcanic earthquakes. ... Read all
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