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Llaima (Chile) erupts (Updated)
Posted by Erik Klemetti on July 1, 2008 Update 7/2/08: Sounds like the lava flows from Llaima are increasing … or that there are more of them. The lava flows, as mentioned below, pose a threat to melt the ice on the volcano and produce lahars, or at least flooding. Lots of news this morning about a new eruption at Llaima in Chile.…
More Chilean rumblings
Posted by Erik Klemetti on May 15, 2008 If Chaiten, Llaima and Puyehue weren’t enough, the Chilean Regional Emergency Office is placing seismometers on Peteroa volcano after its shown signs of increasing activity. The volcano is located out on the border with Chile and Argentina and has a number of glaciers that start from the edifice. Looking at the eruptive history of Peteroa,…