Saturday, July 14, 2007

Gamkonora Volcano, Indonesia - John Seach

Ashfall at Gamkonora volcano in Indonesia has covered the ground to a depth of 30 cm up to 7.5 km from the crater. There were 5 small eruptions in the past 24 hours. The volcano remains at maimum level 4 alert, and 9758 people have evacuated.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Gamkonora Volcano, Indonesia - John Seach

Today (11th July 2007) there were four eruptions at Gamkonora volcano in Indonesia. The first eruption occurred at 0010 hr, the second eruption at 0200 hr, the third eruption at 0730 hr, and the fourth eruption at 0800 hr was the largest with ash emission to an altitude of 2000 m. The number of evacuees is 8621 and the volcano remains at maximum level 4 alert (awas).
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Gamkonora Volcano, Indonesia - John Seach

Residents living in 10 villages within an 8 km radius of Gamkonora volcano in Indonesia have been advised to evacuate after an increase in activity. Frequent tremors have been recorded at Gamhonora's crater since Sunday. Ash was emitted to an altitude of 8000 ft today. The volcano alert status has been raised to maximum level 4 (awas).
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Monday, July 09, 2007

Salak Volcano, Indonesia

Six school children were killed at Salak volcano in Indonesia on Saturday. The children were camping at the volcano and were possibly poisoned by gas from the crater.
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Nyiragongo Volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo

A tourist has been killed after a fall into the lava lake crater at Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The woman climbed over the crater rim and fell 100 m.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii - John Seach

Lava has reappeared at Kilauea volcano after a pause of 12 days. On Monday between 8-9am Hawaiian time, lava was first seen in the bottom of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater during a helicopter overflight. By the afternoon lava was visible flowing across the crater floor.
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Monday, July 02, 2007

Kliuchevskoi Volcano - John Seach

Ash plumes from the eruption of Kliuchevskoi volcano reached 2000 km east on 29th June, 900 km SW on 30th June, and 270 km north on 1st July. Plume altitude was between 20,800 and 29,500 ft.
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