Report on False Reports (Unknown) — November 1976
Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 14 (November 1976)
Managing Editor: Lindsay McClelland.
False Reports (Unknown) Colombia: Previously reported activity confirmed to be a mud volcano
Please cite this report as:
Global Volcanism Program, 1976. Report on False Reports (Unknown) (McClelland, L., ed.). Scientific Event Alert Network Bulletin, 1:14. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN197611-600600
False Reports
Unknown
Lat Unknown, Unknown; summit elev. m
All times are local (unless otherwise noted)
The possible eruption reported from La Lorenza was mud volcano activity, as suspected. At 0800 on 21 October, ambient-temperature gray mud was ejected. At 0900, the petroleum gases (largely methane) emitted by the mud volcano ignited, producing a flame several hundred meters high, which lasted for several days. Contrary to press reports, no lava was emitted. People and cattle fled the area, but there were no deaths. Some livestock were injured.
Geological Summary. False or otherwise incorrect reports of volcanic activity.
Information Contacts: E. Ramirez, Univ. Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
