Eruption Update for December 17, 2012: Tungurahua, Lokon and Tolbachik

The eruption plume from Tungurahua on December 16, 2012. Image via @Tavi53 Quick update for today - only 4 shopping days until Maya Apocalypse! Ecuador We've seen a couple spectacular images of explosions from Ecuador's currently noisiest volcano, Tungurahua. This rejuvenated activity in December has promoted evacuations of people living near the volcano as both ash fall and pyroclastic flows are a very real hazard. The plume reached as high as 3 km / 16,500 feet over the weekend and seismicity remains high -- all of which has the volcano on Orange Alert by the national civil defence agency of Ecuador. Indonesia Across the globe in Indonesia, Lokon has also been keeping active with numerous explosions, like this one from earlier today. That same brief Reuters report claims that Lokon has experienced over 800 explosions over the last 6 months, an impressive number to say the least. The plumes from ...