Eruption Update for June 3, 2013: Pacaya, Santiaguito, Pavlof, Cleveland, Mayon and Copahue

A very small plume seen coming from Alaska's Pavlof on May 22, 2013. The dark area on the slopes is ash and volcanic debris from the May 2013 eruptive activity. Image: Ryan Hazen and Brandon Wilson / AVO-USGS. June is here already, can you believe it? Yes, me neither. Onto some volcano news! Guatemala Last week, we saw that activity at Pacaya in Guatemala picked up. So far, the eruptions are fairly small, with volcanic material being thrown hundreds of meters from the crater -- likely this will only affect people living near or on the slopes of the volcano. As of today, the explosions have died down according to the latest report from INSIVEMEH, the volcano monitoring agency in Guatemala, and only a white plume is seen being emitted from the main crater. Meanwhile, a lahar was produced at Santiaguito in the Rio Niva drainage yesterday -- a common ...