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Recent Bulletin Reports

  • Merapi  |  Intermittent incandescent avalanches of material and pyroclastic flows during October 2022-March 2023
  • Santa Maria  |  Explosions, avalanches, ash plumes, and ashfall during August-November 2022
  • Tofua  |  Intermittent thermal anomalies in the Lofia crater during August 2022-January 2023
  • Kadovar  |  Ash plumes, two weak thermal anomalies, and gas-and-steam plumes during June 2022-January 2023
  • Ulawun  |  Short explosion on 28 March with minor ashfall on nearby villages; renewed activity in mid-July 2023
  • Nyiragongo  |  Ongoing lava lake activity in the summit crater through March 2023
  • Etna  |  New vents and lava flows during November 2022-February 2023
  • Fuego  |  Daily explosions, ash plumes, ashfall, avalanches, and lahars during August-November 2022
  • Sangay  |  Daily explosions, incandescent block avalanches, lava flows, and ash plumes during September 2022-February 2023
  • Lascar  |  New effusive dome, ash plumes, and crater incandescence during December 2022-February 2023
  • Heard  |  Intermittent lava flows and persistent thermal anomalies during February 2022-January 2023
  • East Epi  |  Explosions during late January-February 2023 above the ocean surface; pumice rafts
  • Great Sitkin  |  Continued slow lava effusion in the summit crater during November 2022-April 2023

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