Volcanos

Roundup of Global Volcanic Activity – Ongoing Activity for the week 8 June – 14 June 2022

Aira – Kyushu (Japan) : JMA reported that nighttime incandescence at Minamidake Crater (at Aira Caldera’s Sakurajima volcano) was visible during 6-13 June. Very small eruptive events were recorded during 6-10 June.

Bezymianny – Central Kamchatka (Russia) : KVERT reported that eruptive activity at Bezymianny was characterized by strong fumarolic emissions, lava-dome incandescence, and hot avalanches continued during 4-9 June. A daily thermal anomaly was identified in satellite images.

Dukono – Halmahera : Based on satellite and wind model data, the Darwin VAAC reported that during 8-14 June ash plumes from Dukono rose to 2.1 km (7,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted NW, W, and SW.

Erta Ale – Ethiopia : On 2, 7, and 12 June infrared satellite data showed two thermal anomalies of variable intensities in Erta Ale’s S pit crater.

Etna – Sicily (Italy) : INGV reported that during 6-12 June explosive activity at Etna’s Southeast Crater (SEC) produced sporadic and minor ash emissions that rapidly dispersed. The fissure located at the upper part of the Valle del Bove, between 2,700 and 2,900 m elevation, continued to produce lava flows at a variable rate. The flows were most active between 2,000 and 2,100 m elevation but overall were visibly cooling during the week. Flows from the fissure that had opened on 7 June at the base of the N wall of the Valle del Bove, at 1,979 m elevation, had traveled 170 m and were also cooling. A new fissure with three active vents opened on 11 June around 1,900 m elevation. Lava effusion was slow, and the flow only traveled a few tens of meters.

Great Sitkin – Andreanof Islands (USA) : AVO reported that the eruption at Great Sitkin continued during 8-14 June. Elevated surface temperatures were identified in satellite data almost daily, consistent with lava effusion. Seismicity was low.

Karymsky – Eastern Kamchatka (Russia) : KVERT reported that a thermal anomaly over Karymsky was identified in satellite images during 4-9 June.

Kilauea – Hawaiian Islands (USA) : HVO reported that lava continued to effuse from a vent in the lower W wall of Kilauea’s Halema`uma`u Crater during 8-14 June, entering the lava lake and flowing onto the crater floor. The surface of the lava lake was continuously active all week, and the lake level was relatively stable. Nearly-continuous breakouts of lava occurred along the margins of the lake. The sulfur dioxide emission rate was approximately 1,900 and 1,350 tonnes per day on 8 and 10 June, respectively.

Lewotolok – Lembata Island : PVMBG reported that the eruption at Lewotolok continued during 8-14 June. Daily white-and-gray emissions rose as high as 1 km above the summit and drifted in multiple directions. The summit crater was often incandescent, and a 200-m-long lava flow was active W of the summit.

Merapi – Central Java : BPPTKG reported that the eruption at Merapi continued during 3-9 June. The heights and morphologies of the SW lava dome and the central lava dome were unchanged from the previous week, and seismicity remained at high levels. As many as 75 lava avalanches, reaching a maximum distance of 2 km, traveled down the Bebeng drainage on the SW flank. Seismicity remained high.

Pavlof – Alaska Peninsula, Alaska : AVO reported that the eruption at a vent on Pavlof’s upper E flank was ongoing during 8-14 June, and seismic tremor persisted. Daily elevated surface temperatures identified in satellite images were consistent with the continuing effusion of short (500 m or less) lava flows. Diffuse, low-level ash emissions were visible in webcam images on 13 June.

Popocatepetl – Mexico: CENAPRED reported that the eruption at Popocatépetl continued during 7-14 June. Each day there were 9-36 steam-and-gas emissions that rose from the crater and drifted in multiple directions.

Ruapehu – North Island (New Zealand) : On 14 June GeoNet reported that unrest at Ruapehu continued to decline. During the previous week volcanic tremor levels were weak, but remained above background levels recorded since 2013. Lake water temperatures had dropped to 23 degrees Celsius, which corresponded to the long-term average heat flow. Relatively high sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide measurements were recorded in mid-May, but weather conditions prevented gas measurement flights after that time.

Semeru – Eastern Java : PVMBG reported that the eruption at Semeru continued during 8-14 June. VONAs were issued for a few eruptive events (recorded at 0547 on 10 June, 0546 on 11 June, 0521 on 13 June, and at 0546 on 14 June) that produced ash plumes that rose 200-500 m above the summit and drifted in multiple directions.

Semisopochnoi – Aleutian Islands (USA) : AVO reported that low-level eruptive activity at Semisopochnoi’s North Cerberus cone continued during 7-14 June. Seismicity remained elevated with intermittent tremor and occasional explosions. Minor ash emissions rising to low altitudes (less than 1.5 km (5,000 ft) a.s.l.) were visible in webcam images on most days; weather clouds sometimes prevented satellite and webcam views.

Sheveluch – Central Kamchatka (Russia) : KVERT reported that a thermal anomaly over Sheveluch was identified in satellite images during 4-9 June and explosions, hot avalanches, and lava-dome extrusion continued. A daily thermal anomaly was identified in satellite images.

Suwanosejima – Ryukyu Islands (Japan) : JMA reported that the eruption at Suwanosejima’s Ontake Crater continued during 6-13 June. Crater incandescence was visible at night. One explosion was recorded during 6-10 June, producing a plume that rose 2 km above the crater rim and ejecting material 300 m away from the vent. During 10-13 June eruption plumes rose as high as 1.5 km above the crater rim and material was ejected as far as 300 m from the vent.

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