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Recent Bulletin Reports

  • Piton de la Fournaise  |  New eruption characterized by lava fountains and flows during July-August 2023
  • Poas  |  Small phreatic eruptions during July-September 2023
  • Sangay  |  Explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows during March-August 2023
  • Great Sitkin  |  Slow lava effusion in summit crater continued during May-October 2023
  • Nyiragongo  |  Ongoing lava lake activity in the summit crater through September 2023
  • Dempo  |  Weak explosions, some with ash, from the crater lake during July and August 2023
  • Masaya  |  Thermal anomalies in the summit crater during February-July 2023
  • Manam  |  Low thermal activity during January-June 2023
  • Popocatepetl  |  Daily gas-and-ash emissions, ashfall, and explosions during April-July 2023
  • Fagradalsfjall  |  New eruption consisted of lava flows and fountains during July-August 2023
  • Santa Maria  |  Frequent explosions, lava flows, ash plumes, and pyroclastic flows during April-July 2023
  • Fuego  |  Daily explosions, ash plumes, ashfall, and pyroclastic flows during April-July 2023
  • Reventador  |  Daily explosions, gas-and-ash emissions, and block avalanches persisted during April-July 2023

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