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Nabro volcano, Eritrea: news & activity updates

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 09:03 GMT-

Nabro volcano (Eritrea) activity update: thermal anomaly at summit suggesting weak activity continuing in the summit caldera

Mon, 30 Jan 2012, 00:01
A new weak thermal anomaly located inside Nabro's summit caldera was detected on 29 Jan on satellite infrared images by MODVOLC. It suggests that some sort of activity still goes on there.

Nabro volcano (Eritrea) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 28 September-4 October 2011 (New Activity / Unrest)

Wed, 28 Sep 2011, 06:00
According to NASA's Earth Observatory, satellite images of Nabro acquired on 28 September showed heat from the vent in the central crater, and from an area 1.3 km S of the vent that indicated an active lava flow. A small and diffuse plume rose from the vent. A region of seemingly thicker black ash (that completely covered the sparse vegetation) was noted S of the crater and thinner layers of ash (with some areas of visible vegetation) flanked either side of the region. Read all
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Nabro volcano
stratovolcano 2218 m / 7,277 ft
Eritrea, 13.37°N / 41.7°E
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5) Nabro volcano eruptions:
2011
Typical eruption style
effusive