News from Sabancaya, Pacaya, Merapi and the Laguna del Maule complex.

A notice of dispersion of ash by the Sabancaya was issued on July 9, 2020. The event was recorded at 8:09 am and the radius of dispersion of the ash expelled by the Sabancaya, with a northeast and east direction, reaches 20 kilometers from distance, affecting the districts of Lari, Maca, Achoma, Ichupampa, Yanque, Chivay, Coporaque and Tuti.

In the alert issued by the IGP, the local authorities of these districts are warned to take preventive measures against the possible fall of these particles ejected by the Sabancaya volcano. The ashes also affect the rooms and the pastures of the referred districts.

Finally, the IGP has warned that ash can cause environmental problems and affect people's health. In response, he recommended: protect your eyes with glasses and masks to avoid damage to the respiratory tract, that the competent authorities and institutions carry out a permanent assessment of the impact of ash on water , soil, air and human health.

Source: I.G. Peru

The Pacaya presented this July 8, 2020 explosions at a height of 50-75 meters above the crater MacKenney; Particularly visible at night, Strombolian activity is accompanied by a lava flow towards the northeast, about 500 meters long, and another flow to the north.

An image of the Landsat-8 / Swir satellite taken during the night of July 8 seems to confirm a widening (and a coalescence) of flows N and NE - ??

At the level of seismicity gradually increasing, the Insivumeh recorded tremor associated with the ascent of the magma, the exit of the gases and the movements of the lava flow.

Source: Insivumeh

The state of inflation of Mount Merapi, in Java, has recently been the subject of public debate.

Hanik Humaida, director of the Yogyakarta Geological Disaster Investigation and Technology Development Agency (BPPTKG), says the cause of inflation can be caused by two possibilities, namely a rash or the appearance of a new lava dome.

Based on sighting data belonging to BPPTKG Yogyakarta in Babadan, Magelang, Central Java, the inflation process was detected after the eruption of June 21, 2020, with a ratio of 0.5 cm per day.

The current deformation behavior follows the deformation behavior before the 2006 eruption, so that the eruption behavior should later follow the 2006 eruption behavior, also according to BPPTKG / Twitter.

Predictions in volcanology being difficult, even improbable, the volcano will settle the debate in the coming days.

Source: BPPTKG

On July 7, SERNAGEOMIN reported that seismicity remains high associated with earthquakes located east of the Laguna del Maule complex, in an area with a diameter of approximately 5 km near the intersection of two faults near Las Nieblas, and corresponded to high levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

The alert level remained at Amarilla, along with a 2 km danger zone around the main caldera.

Source: Sernageomin - Update of the activity of the Laguna del Maule volcano on July 9, 2020