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Posts Tagged ‘Galeras Volcano’

Cathay Pacific, Jetstar, Singapore Airlines and Virgin Blue were forced to cancel all flights to and from Bali until further notice. 

Mt Bromo ejected fountains of lava to a height of about 200m during a strombolian eruption.  Several nearby villages were covered in hot ash spewed by the volcano, report say. 

Bromo Erupts

The 2,330-m high volcano is located in Probolinggo, East Java province, about 750km east of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.  January 25, 2011.  Photo credit: AFP/Aman Rahman.  Image may be subject to copyright. 

The Colombian Institute of Mining and Geology (INGEOMINAS), raised alert level Thursday to ‘Orange’ in the area near Galeras volcano, expecting it to erupt soon. 

INGEOMINAS said Galeras activity has intensified signifying an eruption may be imminent within days or weeks.  Adding that the volcano was showing recurrent episodes of intense seismic activity. 

The authorities have evacuated about 8,000 residents from the hazard zones near the volcano. 

In June 2009 Galeras volcano erupted twice in 24 hours , covering nearby villages in a blanket of volcanic ash. 

Although the first eruption on Sunday June 7, 2009 caused no damage, the authorities ordered 8,000 residents to evacuate the surrounding villages. 

The second explosion on Monday was the 8th eruption this year to shake the volcano, which is located in the Colombian department of Nariño near the town of Pasto, and close to the Ecuadorean border. 

Currently the most active volcano in Colombia, the 4,276-meter-high volcano’s first historical eruption occurred on December 7, 1580.  The volcano resumed activity in 1988 after 10 years of dormancy.  It erupted in 1993, killing nine people, three tourists and six scientists who had descended into the volcano’s crater to conduct tests. 

Galeras from Pasto (1993?).  Photo by Stan Williams.  Image may be subject to copyright. 

Eight of Colombia’s 15 volcanoes have erupted in the last 100 years, and three of them since 1990: Galeras, Nevado del Huila, and Nevado del Ruiz. 

An explosive eruption ruptured the summit of Nevado del Ruiz on November 13, 1985, spewing about 20 million cubic meters of volcanic ash and rocks into the air.  Forty-meter thick lahars traveling at velocities of up to 50 kilometers per hour destroyed the town of Armero 74 km away from the explosion crater, killing more than 23,000 people. [ Source: USGS]

Galeras activity in 2009

14 February 19:11 an eruption spewed ash SO2 and other and volcanic gases. ( Red Alert, Level I). [ Pasto was covered in ash, 8,000 people evacuated.] 

20 February 07:05 spewed ashes. ( Red Alert, Level I). 

12 March 19:30, and 13 March 15:55 explosions were recorded (Orange Alert, Level II ). 

Galeras could erupt continually throughout 2009 and most of 2010 [FEWW]

Galeras seen in this aerial photo (Undated).  Source: Alaska Earthquake Information center.  Image may be subject to copyright. 

“An eruption of explosive nature has been registered,” the national geological institute Ingeominas said. 

Although the earlier eruption on Sunday caused no damage, the authorities ordered 8,000 residents to evacuate the surrounding villages. 

The second explosion on Monday was the 8th eruption one this year to shake the volcano, which is located in the Colombian department of Nariño near the town of Pasto, and close to the Ecuadorean border. 

Currently the most active volcano in Colombia, the 4,276-meter-high volcano’s first historical eruption occurred on December 7, 1580.  The volcano resumed activity in 1988 after 10 years of dormancy.  It erupted in 1993, killing nine people, three tourists and six scientists who had descended into the volcano’s crater to conduct tests. 

Galeras from Pasto (1993?).  Photo by Stan Williams.  Image may be subject to copyright. 

Galeras activity in 2009

14 February 19:11 an eruption spewed ash SO2 and other and volcanic gases. ( Red Alert, Level I). [ Pasto was covered in ash, 8,000 people evacuated.] 

20 February 07:05 spewed ashes. ( Red Alert, Level I). 

12 March 19:30, and 13 March 15:55 explosions were recorded (Orange Alert, Level II ). 

Eight of Colombia’s 15 volcanoes have erupted in the last 100 years, and three of them since 1990: Galeras, Nevado del Huila, and Nevado del Ruiz. 

An explosive eruption ruptured the summit of Nevado del Ruiz on November 13, 1985, spewing about 20 million cubic meters of volcanic ash and rocks into the air.  Forty-meter thick lahars traveling at velocities of up to 50 kilometers per hour destroyed the town of Armero 74 km away from the explosion crater, killing more than 23,000 people. [ Source: USGS]

Colombia’s Galeras Erupts Again! 

The Galeras volcano located south of Colombia’s Nariño department (state) erupted again Friday.  Photo: Colombia Reports.  Image may be subject to copyright. 

The Galeras volcano located south of Colombia’s Nariño department (state) erupted again Friday night (local time), prompting the local authorities to raise the alert level to red.  Seismic activities were detected at the the volcano shortly after the volcano erupted, Colombia Reports said. 

An evacuation order was issued for the people people living near the volcano, however, only about 200 heeded the order.