A shiny new report of the week's volcanic activity, brought to us by the Smithsonian, USGS and the Global Volcanism Program ... and of course, Sally Kuhn Sennert.
Some highlights from this week's report (not including Galeras and Sinabung):
I'm always astonished when yet another Kuril Island or Kamchatka Peninsula volcano that of which I am unfamiliar starts making noise. This week's volcano is Ekarma, located in the Kuril Islands. The volcano is producing a steam plume and there is evidence of recent lahars on the small island that hosts Ekarma - the most recent significant (known) eruption was in 1767-69 with minor explosions in 1980.
Papua New Guinea's Manam has been rumbling for years now and this week is no exception. The volcano threw incandescent lava bombs from the crater - some traveling hundreds of meters and produced a ~2.4 km / 8000 foot plume.
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