Roundup of Global Volcanic Activity
Bardarbunga (Iceland): Activity continues with little changes and remains quite intense. The Icelandic Coast Guard made an aerial survey of the eruption site. According to IMO, the fissure is 1.5 km long, but only erupts from a 600-800 m long central section. A single crater has been active at its southern end, but little or no lava extrudes from it now. Lava fountains rise to a height of a few tens of meters where the activity is greatest, centrally on the fissure.
Kilauea (Hawai'i): The June 27 lava flow remains active and is now only approx. 2 km from the nearest inhabited area. Its farthest front had been spreading in the forest over the past few days and was seen to be spilling into yet another ground crack about 12.6 km (~7.8 miles) from the vent and about 1.9 km (~1.2 miles) from the eastern boundary of the Wao Kele o Puna Forest Reserve.
San Miguel (El Salvador): Seismic activity, in particular the level of internal vibration (tremor), has increased again at the volcano. This follows a month of lower values detected.
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