Volcano Discovery Thursday Apr 04, 2013 11:04 AM |
Lava fountain from Etna's New SE crater during the 9th paroxysm (Photo: Boris Behncke)
Etna (Sicily, Italy): As expected, Etna's New SE Crater produced a new episode of lava fountaining (paroxysm) on 3 April 2013. It was the 34th paroxysm since January 2011 at Etna and according to eyewitnesses, it was the loudest such eruption ever witnessed in recent years. "Especially toward the end, Etna thundered, growled, howled, yelled like a gigantic beast in agony. It almost hurt your ears at a distance of 6.4 km."
The build-up phase lasted several hours, and produced many extremely powerful explosions of exploding liquid lava bubbles that threw bombs to all over the New SE crater cone.
El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain): Earthquake activity has continued to calm down and only few and weaker quakes have occurred since yesterday. Whether this is a pause or (more likely) the gradual ending of the latest seismic crisis will likely be seen in the next days.
Grozny (Iturup Island): An eruption from Ivan Grozny volcano was reported yesterday by the Voice of Russia (German edition). According to the short news article, nearby villages received ash fall, and 2 millimeters of ash fell in Kurilsk town. Clouds prevented direct observations, and there was no sulfur odor detected.
Civil protection assured the population that there was no danger, the Voice of Russia wrote.
Lascar (Northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina): A new eruption occurred yesterday at the volcano. SERNAGEOMIN reported that at 09:20 (local time) on 3 March degassing became more intense at the volcano. The plumes were sometimes grey colored, suggesting slight ash content. Incandescence was visible at night. Despite this activity, seismicity remains normal. The (official) Alert Level remains at GREEN.
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"When there is the first breaking up of some conditions in the South Sea and those as apparent in the sinking or rising of that that's almost opposite same, or in the Mediterranean, and the Etna area, then we may know it has begun."