New Eruptions from Russia's Zhupanovsky and Indonesia's Sinabung

Terra/MODIS image of Zhupanovsky in Russia, seen on October 24, 2013. There may be the wispy remnants of an ash plume from a series of explosive eruptions that occurred the night of October 23, with the plume drifting to the SSE. Image: NASA. I am feverishly trying to finish my poster for the GSA Annual Meeting that starts this weekend in Denver, but a couple of volcanic news items that I wanted to share: Russia Somewhat unexpected, Zhupanovsky on the Kamchatka Peninsula has a fairly impressive explosive eruption on Wednesday night. Zhupanovsky hasn't been on KVERT's list of restless volcanoes, but the complex caldera volcano produced a 5 km (~16,400 foot) ash plume and small explosive eruptions have continued into Thursday (October 24). The last eruption of Zhupanovsky was back in 1959 and for the first half of the 20th century, the volcano produced a half dozen VEI 2 eruptions. ...