Ecuador's Reventador volcano shows eruptive activity, incandescence
DEC. 26, 2018 / 10:45 AM
By Renzo Pipoli
Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Ecuador's Reventador volcano has recently shown "high eruptive activity" and the emission of visible light caused by high temperatures, the country's geophysics institute said Wednesday.
"Several episodes of incandescence in the crater were accompanied by rolling down of blocks in the side of the volcano," the Geophysics Institute of the National Polytechnic Institute of Ecuador tweeted. The blocks came rolling down and covered a distance of over 2,600 feet, it said.
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The institute currently has an orange alert in place, the second most dangerous on the international scale. Such an alert indicates increased seismic activity and explosions, and activates contingency plans to prepare for a potential life-threatening eruption.
The institute has 84 volcanoes registered, including Reventador, which has a height of 11,687 feet and is located about 56 miles from the country's capital of Quito in Ecuador's northeastern highlands.
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