Popocatepetl volcano (Central Mexico) activity update
Tue, 2 Oct 2012, 10:05 | BY: T
SO2 plume from Popocatépetl on October 1, 2012 (NOAA)
Current seismogram from Popocatepetl (CENAPRED)
The system also recorded 2 volcano-tectonic earthquakes, both of magnitude 1.1, at 13:52 h and 14:56 h in the afternoon 30 Sep. Additionally, there have been various pulses of very low-energy harmonic tremor reaching a total of 1 h 15 min duration, the most important between 08:25 and 09:05 h this morning.
For most of yesterday and today, cloud cover prevented visual observations, but during the night glow could be seen above the crater reaching about 200-300 m height and increased during the occurrence of major exhalations.
In the morning hours, the volcano showed a plume of water vapor and gas, about 500 m in height, heading south-southeast.
(CENAPRED)
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