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Reventador volcano (Ecuador): activity remains high, frequent small to moderate explosions

Mon, 9 Jan 2017, 16:32 | BY: T
Mild thermal signal at Reventador volcano (MODIS data, Univ. Hawai'i)
Mild thermal signal at Reventador volcano (MODIS data, Univ. Hawai'i)
Mild eruptive activity continues at the volcano where a flat lava dome is growing in the summit crater. A weak thermal anomaly is visible on satellite data and frequent, mostly small explosions produce mild ash emissions from time to time.
Ecuador's Geophysical Institute characterizes the activity of Reventador volcano, currently the most active in the country, as "high". The latest report mentions 40 explosions during a 24 hour interval and a steam-ash plume that rose up to 700 m.

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Wed, 4 Jan 2017, 06:00

Reventador volcano (Ecuador) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 4 January-10 January 2017 (Continuing Activity)

During 4-10 January IG reported a high level of seismic activity including explosions, long-period earthquakes, harmonic tremor, and signals indicating emissions at Reventador. Although cloud cover often prevented visual observations, ash plumes were noted rising as high as 1 km above the crater and drifting W and NW during 6-7 January. ... Read all
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Reventador volcano
Stratovolcano 3562 m (11,686 ft)
Ecuador, -0.08°S / -77.66°W
Current status: erupting (4 out of 5) Reventador volcano eruptions:
1541, 1590, 1691, 1748, 1797, 1802, 1843, 1843, 1844, 1856, 1871, 1894, 1898-1906, 1912, 1926, 1929, 1936, 1944, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1972, 1973-74, 1976, 2002 (large eruption), 2004 (Nov) - 2005 (Jan), 2005 (June) - 2006 (March), 2008 (July) - ongoing
Typical eruption style
Explosive and effusive.
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