AGAM, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Mount Marapi erupted again on Sunday, spewing smoke and ash high into the air, but no casualties were reported. The Marapi Volcano Observation Post in West Sumatra province recorded an eruption with an ash column about 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) high from its peak, followed by ash rain. Sprays of ash from the […]
PADANG, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Mount Marapi in West Sumatra province erupted Sunday, spewing white-and-gray ash plumes more than 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) into the air and sending hot ash clouds several miles away. There were no immediate report of casualties, said Ahmad Rifandi, an official with Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center at the Marapi monitoring […]
OSLO—A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland, near the capital Reykjavik, following intense earthquake activity in the area, the country’s Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Monday. “At the moment, it’s a very small eruption,” said Matthew Roberts of the service and research division at the IMO. He added there was no […]
HONOLULU—Hawaii’s second-largest volcano is not erupting, scientists said in an update to a previous warning. The U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement late Saturday that seismic activity beneath the summit of Kilauea “has returned to background levels, ground deformation has stabilized, and no lava has been observed at the surface.” The statement cautioned “another […]
HONOLULU—U.S. scientists declared Tuesday that two active Hawaii volcanoes—one where lava destroyed hundreds of homes in 2018 and another where lava recently stalled before reaching a crucial Big Island highway—have stopped erupting. “Kilauea is no longer erupting,” the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement Tuesday, followed by a separate one saying, […]
JAKARTA—A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 kilometers (nearly 50,000 feet) into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest warning for the area in the east of Java island. There were no immediate reports of any casualties from the […]
HONOLULU—The world’s largest active volcano spewed some ash and lava Monday and officials warned residents of Hawaii’s Big Island to prepare for the possibility of a larger eruption. Predicting volcanic eruptions is an inexact science. The U.S. Geological Survey warned the island’s 200,000 residents that an eruption of Mauna Loa “can be very dynamic, and […]
HONOLULU—Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island that the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, is sending signals that it may erupt. Scientists say an eruption isn’t imminent, but they are on alert because of a recent spike in earthquakes at the volcano’s summit. Experts say it would take just a few hours […]
TOKYO—A volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and rocks. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby towns but residents were advised to evacuate. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said Sakurajima volcano erupted at around 8:05 p.m., blowing off large rocks as far as 2.5 kilometers (1.5 […]
Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano erupted in a spray of vapor, smoke and ash on July 2. The eruption started at 8:19 a.m. local time. There was no lava, no major rocks were ejected, and only minimal danger due the ash. Authorities told residents to protect themselves from the ash. Popocatépetl is the most active of Mexico’s […]
Guatemala’s Fuego spit a column of ash 7 miles high and spewed lava down its slopes as it erupted at dawn on Friday, May 5. The ash fell more than 12 miles from the cone. Nearby villages were placed on high alert. The volcano is 30 miles southwest of the capital, Guatemala City.
