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Notícia OVGA 27-01-2021

Spectacular ash plume rose to estimated 7 km altitude (image: CENAPRED)

 

Over the past week, the activity of the volcano has remained at moderately high levels.
On 19 January at about 15:00 local time a powerful eruption occurred from the summit crater generated an increasingly tall and dense dark ash plume that rose to estimated 23,000 ft (7,000 m) altitude and drifted N.
At the end of December 2020, daily volcanic tremor duration increased to approx. 1000 min / day around which value it has been decreasing on 13 and 14 January (500 min / day) and started to increase again on 15 January until yesterday when the highest value in January was recorded (1319 minutes).
This event as well as near-constant emissions of gas and small amounts of ash suggest continued rise of fresh magma probably accumulating as a new lava dome in the inner summit crater.

Source: Volcano Discovery, 21 janeiro 2021

 

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