Peru's most active volcano erupts spreading ash hundreds of kilometres to Bolivia

[Judi Lynn]

8:28PM
ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Ubinas volcano in Peru erupted on today, spewing smoke and ash into the air.

The government has called for the evacuation of the surrounding areas as a precautionary measure.

Peru's president Martin Vizcarra described it as "a major event unlike any we have had in recent years."

Ash from the eruption has reached as far as Bolivia - about 780 kilometres away.

More:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/perus-most-active-volcano-erupts-ash-reaching-far-bolivia

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Violent explosive activity at Ubinas volcano, ash to 12.1 km (40 000 feet) a.s.l., Peru

Posted by Teo Blašković on July 19, 2019 at 16:36 UTC (16 hours ago)



Violent explosive volcanic activity started at Peru's Ubinas volcano around 07:35 UTC (02:35 local time) on July 19, 2019. The Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) recommended raising the alert level from Yellow to Orange.

New information provided by webcam and satellite imagery obtained at 11:00 UTC showed that eruptive cloud is reaching a height of 12.1 km (40 000 feet) above sea level.

Ashfall was reported in the villages across Ubinas Valley and the Arequipa region - in the towns of Ubinas, Escacha, Anascapa, Matalaque, San Miguel, Huarina and Tonohaya for which an ash dispersion alert has also been issued so that the authorities and the population take measures to avoid damage to health.



Ash rising above Ubinas volcano at 12:50 UTC on July 19, 2019. Credit: NOAA/GOES-East, TW



Volcanic ash rising above Ubinas volcano on July 19, 2019. Image credit: IGP

The intense explosive activity recorded today has been repeatedly warned by the IGP during its latest technical reports, which detailed the record of earthquakes linked to the rise of magmatic material and the possible occurrence of explosions of greater intensity.

Volcano-tectonic events averaged 279 while long-period events (indicating fluid movement) averaged 116 events per day since July 1, accompanied by minor bluish emissions from the crater

The National Vulcanological Center (CENVUL), the country's service managed by the IGP for the monitoring and emission of volcanic alerts, has been carrying out the permanent analysis of the activity from the city of Arequipa, using the monitoring network installed on the volcano composed of 6 seismic stations, 2 scientific cameras, as well as GPS stations and inclinometers to determine possible deformations.

More:
https://watchers.news/2019/07/19/ubinas-volcano-eruption-peru-july-19-2019/

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Ubinas

[murielm99]

1. Thanks for posting this.

I sent it to my daughter. She lived in Bolivia for a while and has traveled to Peru. She has a great love for that part of the world.

[4139]

2. Vid of as seen from space....

https://mobile.twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1152293685771423745

[lapfog_1]

3. looks to be a little bit too south of the equator

to help the planet for maybe a year (if the eruption continues and reaches the upper atmosphere).

I watched a program on volcanoes last week on Netflix and there is a theory that only volcanoes located in a narrow band close to the equator which are also "large events" could possibly cool down the entire planet by spreading smoke and ash into the upper atmosphere which can get spread around fairly evenly to both southern and northern hemispheres.

The effect is only temporary... but could buy more time to act on the climate change crisis.