Activity increases at Ecuador’s Tungurhua volcano.
Tungurhua volcano in Ecuador continues to be very active with frequent explosions ejecting lava and ash plumes several hundred feet up to 3-4 km (2+ miles) above the summit.
Two More To Watch
Peru’s Ubinas volcano is having new eruptions, and San Miguel volcano in El Salvador is showing signs of another eruption.
Tungurhua
Tungurahua is one of South America’s most active volcanoes. Since 2000, a new lava dome has been growing in its summit crater.
Tungurahua’s activity has been characterized by frequent powerful ash explosions, producing ash plumes of several kilometers high, as well as dangerous pyroclastic flows. Part of the population around its base has been evacuated, and people in villages living at lower elevations are on high alert.
The world is watching the activity at Tungurahua.
