Volcanic activity world-wide 23-24 October 2012 [1]

Source: Volcano Discovery, [2] By T, 10/24/12

Kilauea Volcano

Within the past few days, the lava lake at Kilauea volcano on Hawai'i [3] within Halema‘uma‘u crater has risen to a record levels. 1 year ago the lake was 70m/230ft deep, 1 month ago it was 60m/200ft deep, 1 week ago it was 50m/165ft deep, and today it sits only 33m/110ft deep!
Lava flows southeast of Pu`u `O`o continued to be weakly active on the coastal plain.

Elevated surface temperatures were detected at Cleveland volcano [4] on 19 and 22 October, this may be related to a period of lava dome growth at the volcano.

Lokon volcano [5] in North Sulawesi erupted again on Saturday (20/10/2012) at around 01:33 am in the morning.
According to a news article, ejecta were seen rising 400 m from the observatory and the eruption lasted for about 70 seconds.

Paluweh volcano (Rokatenda) volcano on Flores [6] (Indonesia) is still showing some activity. A Modis satellite image taken on Monday, 22 October showed a gas plume containing ash drifting 80 KM west of the volcano.

Popocatépetl [7]'s activity in Mexico has decreased again. During 22-23 Oct, 39 small explosions, some with weak ash plumes, were recorded. Crater glow is still visible at night, and some small earthquakes continue under the volcano.

The lava flow from Fuego volcano [8] is decreasing and now only 600 m long. As effusive activity weakens, more explosions seem to occur. INSIVUMEH counted 6 weak events during 22-23 Oct with ash plumes rising about 500 m.

Seismic activity remains elevated at Sotará volcano [9] in Colombia and INGEOMINAS keeps a close watch on the volcano. A swarm on 17 Oct contained over 700 small quakes.

The seismic swarm in the Tjörnes Fracture Zone [10] north off Iceland continues at reduced rate. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, there is enough stress to produce a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, but it is impossible to predict if and when such a quake might occur.

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Heard Island (Activity Update), possible eruption

A NASA satellite image of Heard Island on October 13th shows Heard covered in a white ice sheet. The summit crater was unusually dark, with a possible lava flow in its crater. Strong heat signatures were detected in its crater.

Another photo taken an hour earlier showed heavy cloud cover covering a possible volcanic plume.