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Poas volcano (Costa Rica): new phreatic explosions

Fri, 29 Aug 2014, 16:32 | BY: T
The first of 3 phreatic explosions at Poás
The first of 3 phreatic explosions at Poás
The third phreatic eruption at the volcano
The third phreatic eruption at the volcano
A series of 3 phreatic explosions occurred at the crater lake after 14:45 local time on Wednesday. The eruptions followed a phase of relative calm during the past months and ejected jets of steam and mud to heights of approx. 100-200 m.

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Mon, 23 Jun 2014, 08:11

Poás volcano (Costa Rica): phreatic explosions from crater lake

Series of images from a phreatic eruption at Poás on 20 June (OVSICORI)
Phreatic explosions from the acid crater lake continue to occur at the volcano. During a field campaign on 18 June, OVSICORI scientists observed 5 eruptions during 3 hours. Some of them damaged solar panels of measuring instruments. Read all
Wed, 18 Jun 2014, 06:00

Poas volcano (Costa Rica) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 18 June-24 June 2014 (Continuing Activity)

OVSICORI-UNA reported that a phreatic eruption from Poás was recorded at 1008 on 20 June. The explosion generated a plume 200 m above the crater lake. The plume was mainly water vapor with entrained lake sediments (which contained sulfur precipitates and altered rocks). ... Read all
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Poas volcano
Stratovolcano 2708 m (8,884 ft)
Costa Rica, 10.2°N / -84.23°W
Current status: restless (2 out of 5) Poas volcano eruptions:
1828, 1834, 1838(?), 1860, 1879(?), 1880, 1888-91, 1895, 1898-1907, 1910, 1910, 1914, 1914-15, 1925, 1929, 1941-46, 1948-51, 1952-57, 1958-61, 1963, 1964-65, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976, 1977, 1977-78, 1978, 1979-80, 1980, 1981, 1987-90, 1991, 1992, 1992-93, 1994, 1996, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
Typical eruption style
Phreatic eruptions, sometimes geyser-like ejections of water from the acid crater lake.