A wrap up of the week's volcanism, brought to you by Sally Kuhn Sennert and the USGS/SI Global Volcanism Program.
Highlights, not including Sarychev Peak, Redoubt and Shiveluch (busy week in the north Pacific), include:
- A small ash cloud was spotted at Bagana in Papua New Guinea.
- The Tavurvur cone at Rabaul (PNG) continues to glow at night and produce small ash/steam plumes.
- The Santiaguito dome at Santa Maria in Guatemala produced 8,000-10,000 foot / ~2.9-3.3 km ash plumes, along with a lahar that carried blocks over 1.5 m downstream from the volcano.
- A 25,000 foot / 7.6 km ash plume was spotted at Sangay in Ecuador.
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Image courtesy of AVO/USGS by Tricia Joy Sadler. Taken 3/28/2009 at 3:29 PM
Your weekly dose of volcanic activity from the USGS/SI. (a little late thanks to an exciting day of column chemistry).
Some highlights include:
Matua Islands (also known as Matsuwa Island), home of Sarychev Peak.