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Recent Bulletin Reports

  • Heard  |  Thermal anomalies during November 2020 and January 2021
  • Sabancaya  |  Daily ash explosions, large SO2 flux, and thermal anomalies from multiple domes, October 2020-March 2021
  • Telica  |  Numerous explosions and ash plumes during late November-early December 2020
  • Semeru  |  Pyroclastic flows, incandescent avalanches, and frequent ash plumes September 2020-February 2021
  • Klyuchevskoy  |  Ash emissions and lava flows during January-February, new NW-flank vent and flow February-March 2021
  • Sarychev Peak  |  Ash eruption in March 2020; lava extrusion in August filled and then overflowed the crater in January 2021
  • Ol Doinyo Lengai  |  Small lava flows in the summit crater during September 2020-February 2021
  • Manam  |  Ash plumes, SO2 plumes, and thermal anomalies continued during October 2020-March 2021
  • Dukono  |  Ash and sulfur dioxide plumes during October 2020-March 2021
  • Sinabung  |  Block avalanches, pyroclastic flows, and ash explosions continue through February 2021
  • Barren Island  |  Ash emissions in November and December 2020, then thermal anomalies through February 2021
  • Merapi  |  New domes appear in January and February 2021; large explosion on 27 January
  • Yasur  |  Gas-and-ash emissions, SO2 plumes, and thermal anomalies during September 2020-February 2021

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29 June 2021 Database updated (4.10.1). Current eruptions updated through 24 June 2021. General updates to volcano data.

14 May 2021 Database updated (4.10.0). Completed review of 2020 eruptions. Current eruptions updated through 6 May 2021. General updates to volcano data.

17 March 2021 Database updated (4.9.4). Current eruptions updated through 12 March 2021. General updates to volcano data.

1 February 2021 Database updated (4.9.3). Current eruptions updated through 28 January 2021. General updates to volcano data.

E3 Web Application

The "Eruptions, Earthquakes, & Emissions" web application (or "E3") is a time-lapse animation of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes since 1960. It also shows volcanic gas emissions (sulfur dioxide, SO2) since 1978 — the first year satellites were available to provide global monitoring of SO2.

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