GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Tracking Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Activity - A Single Deflation-Inflation Cycle Event Occurred This Week, Shifting The Lava Lake Levels!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - HAWAII </span></b>- A lava lake within the Halema‘uma‘u Overlook vent produced nighttime glow that was visible via HVO’s Webcam during the past week. A single deflation-inflation cycle (DI event) occurred during the week (as of Thursday, November 7), and the lava lake level fell, then correspondingly rose again.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DkKFJyLrrTI/Unzn0pbOQkI/AAAAAAABNec/-Lhrs591E8o/s1600/kilauea01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DkKFJyLrrTI/Unzn0pbOQkI/AAAAAAABNec/-Lhrs591E8o/s1600/kilauea01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Active pāhoehoe breakouts are scattered across portions of the Kahaualeʻa 2 flow. This photo shows a<br />nice example of ropy pāhoehoe active near the flow margin. Photo courtesy of USGS/HVO</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />On Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone, a breakout from the Peace Day tube above the pali was active early in the week, but no activity was observed on Thursday, November 7. The Peace Day flow, which started on September 21, 2011, is no longer active. <br /><br />The Kahauale‘a 2 flow, fed from a spatter cone on the northeast edge of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, is now the only active flow. The Kahauale`a 2 flow continues to advance slowly across old flows and into the forest. Its tip was 6.4 km (4.0 miles) northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō when mapped on November 7.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mAD5lcKSEVs/Unzn9_SaoxI/AAAAAAABNek/Mv4ycPJf8II/s1600/kilauea02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mAD5lcKSEVs/Unzn9_SaoxI/AAAAAAABNek/Mv4ycPJf8II/s1600/kilauea02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small-scale map showing Kīlauea’s east rift zone flow field as of November 7, 2013. The Peace Day flow<br />(light orange), which began September 21, 2011, is no longer active. All east rift zone eruptive activity is<br />now focused into the Kahaualeʻa 2 flow, which is advancing slowly toward the northeast from<br />Puʻu ʻŌʻō. The Kahaualeʻa 2 flow as of October 21 is shown in pink, while advancement of the<br />flow as of November 7 is shown in red. Older lava flows are labeled with the years in which<br />they were active: episodes 1–48b flows (1983–1986) are shown in gray; episodes 48c–49 <br />flows (1986–1992) are pale yellow; episodes 50–55 flows (1992–2007) are tan; <br />and episodes 58–60 flows (2007–2011) are pale orange. The active lava<br />tube is shown with a yellow line.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />No earthquakes were reported felt on the Island of Hawai‘i during the past week. <br /><br />Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. - <a href="http://www.hawaii247.com/2013/11/08/volcano-watch-kilauea-activity-update-for-november-7-2013/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Hawaii 24/7</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Scores Flee As The Volcano Cover Nearby Vilages In Thick Ash! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - INDONESIA </span></b>- A plume of steam and ash rises as lava rolls from the crater of the Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption as seen from the Karo district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cCu0zf2ArVU/UnzgSdwepLI/AAAAAAABNcs/XsEn-W5L_as/s1600/sinabung01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cCu0zf2ArVU/UnzgSdwepLI/AAAAAAABNcs/XsEn-W5L_as/s1600/sinabung01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has erupted for the third time in as many months. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B76Tq5kjg4k/UnzgSurA5sI/AAAAAAABNc0/sLGhHtOpEqo/s1600/sinabung02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B76Tq5kjg4k/UnzgSurA5sI/AAAAAAABNc0/sLGhHtOpEqo/s1600/sinabung02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung spewing ash over 4 miles into the air and covering nearby villages in gray powder. <br />(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X_lqMXBJ-qI/UnzgSYgMwEI/AAAAAAABNcw/_HynXdKj36A/s1600/sinabung05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X_lqMXBJ-qI/UnzgSYgMwEI/AAAAAAABNcw/_HynXdKj36A/s1600/sinabung05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-avFN36cDwL4/UnzgSwHZ8CI/AAAAAAABNdE/soiPsEMtP7k/s1600/sinabung06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-avFN36cDwL4/UnzgSwHZ8CI/AAAAAAABNdE/soiPsEMtP7k/s1600/sinabung06.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICfNiZwFyM0/UnzgTdfGdzI/AAAAAAABNdI/gRxTLC0kClM/s1600/sinabung07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICfNiZwFyM0/UnzgTdfGdzI/AAAAAAABNdI/gRxTLC0kClM/s1600/sinabung07.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Hundreds of residents have been evacuated to safer areas as the volcano erupted anew following September eruptions. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YCknt4VGzE/UnzgodSwysI/AAAAAAABNdc/TRJHIbFwd3M/s1600/sinabung03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YCknt4VGzE/UnzgodSwysI/AAAAAAABNdc/TRJHIbFwd3M/s1600/sinabung03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flower blossoms from vegetation covered with volcanic ash. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QisVt3ax8YM/UnzgoCBtYcI/AAAAAAABNdU/9WeUAD_9Yxg/s1600/sinabung04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QisVt3ax8YM/UnzgoCBtYcI/AAAAAAABNdU/9WeUAD_9Yxg/s1600/sinabung04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students wear masks to protect their respiration from the volcanic ash from the eruption of <br />Mount Sinabung at an elementary school. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mgh0vULdDE/UnzgoSB6nXI/AAAAAAABNdY/ZxMrERVfXcM/s1600/sinabung08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mgh0vULdDE/UnzgoSB6nXI/AAAAAAABNdY/ZxMrERVfXcM/s1600/sinabung08.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girl walks to school in masks, to protect their respiration from the volcanic ash from the eruption of <br />Mount Sinabung at an elementary school. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c15oAmq9zzs/UnzgpC6tE_I/AAAAAAABNds/UCnF4o8QCh8/s1600/sinabung09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c15oAmq9zzs/UnzgpC6tE_I/AAAAAAABNds/UCnF4o8QCh8/s1600/sinabung09.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Villages covered in ash from Mount Sinabung. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The 2 600m-high volcano has been erupting since Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope. - <a href="http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/World/Hundreds-flee-as-Indonesia-volcano-erupts-20131107"><span style="color: orange;"><b>News 24</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Reaching Over 23,000 Feet High; About 1,300 Villagers Evacuated; Alert Raised To Second Highest Level! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - INDONESIA </span></b>- A volcano in western <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Indonesia" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Indonesia">Indonesia</a> erupted again Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mtGsivyQZ-Q/UnmJiRh4ARI/AAAAAAABNGo/iq-UgiS2I28/s1600/sinabungvolcano02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mtGsivyQZ-Q/UnmJiRh4ARI/AAAAAAABNGo/iq-UgiS2I28/s1600/sinabungvolcano02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Officials from the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) watch the activity of Mount <br />Sinabung at Simpang Empat village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 3, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTQdCtEo-I/UnmJiW1MWdI/AAAAAAABNGk/PdpgNCJciyg/s1600/sinabungvolcano05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTQdCtEo-I/UnmJiW1MWdI/AAAAAAABNGk/PdpgNCJciyg/s1600/sinabungvolcano05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lightning strikes as Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash and hot lava, at Simpang Empat village<br />in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, September 18, 2013. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Officials raised <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Mount+Sinabung" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Mount Sinabung">Mount Sinabung</a>'s alert status to the second-highest level after the 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) -high mountain erupted early Sunday, said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.<br /><br />Authorities were working to evacuate residents from four <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/North+Sumatra" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: North Sumatra">North Sumatra</a> province villages located within the mountain's three-kilometer (two-mile) danger zone, Nugroho said. About 1,300 villagers have been relocated to safer areas so far.<br /><br /><div class="promotion-tag"><div class="promotion-tag-p"><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2010/1026/World-s-most-active-volcanoes"></a> </div></div><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/03/mt-sinabung-erupts-again.html" target="_blank">The Jakarta Post reported</a>: "A thundering sound was heard for around 10 minutes on Sunday morning as volcanic ash rose to around 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) above the peak of the volcano.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-szTFVs9UG9Y/UnmJ-Ce6P7I/AAAAAAABNG0/gqeHtS5X7UY/s1600/sinabungvolcano01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-szTFVs9UG9Y/UnmJ-Ce6P7I/AAAAAAABNG0/gqeHtS5X7UY/s1600/sinabungvolcano01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung spews ash and smoke as it is pictured from Tiga Pancur village in Karo district, <br />Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 4, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fciBC9WP8BA/UnmJ-BXIb5I/AAAAAAABNG4/HkCg6byrUn0/s1600/sinabungvolcano03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fciBC9WP8BA/UnmJ-BXIb5I/AAAAAAABNG4/HkCg6byrUn0/s1600/sinabungvolcano03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The ash from Sinabung volcano covers trees and houses at Mardingding village in Karo district, <br />Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 5, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br />As many as 1,293 residents from Mardinding and Sukameriah villages have been evacuated due to an increase in seismic activities of the volcano. The figure is likely to increase as more residents from three villages – Bekerah, Simacem and Sukameriah – are prepared to evacuate to Namanteran."<br /><br />It was the volcano's second big eruption since late last month, with its Oct. 24 explosion prompting the evacuation of more than 3,300 people.<br /><br />In September, more than 15,000 people were forced to flee when Mount Sinabung rumbled to life after being dormant for three years.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYS1BR2wacE/UnmKP_XlJdI/AAAAAAABNHE/KOs_9P3FgqM/s1600/sinabungvolcano04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYS1BR2wacE/UnmKP_XlJdI/AAAAAAABNHE/KOs_9P3FgqM/s1600/sinabungvolcano04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students wearing masks to protect themselves from volcanic ash from Sunday's Mount Sinabung eruption, as they <br />play with rattan rings at their school at Tiganderket village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ape-W4eXoCo/UnmKP6VvWBI/AAAAAAABNHI/9DOt_-yPlHM/s1600/sinabungvolcano06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ape-W4eXoCo/UnmKP6VvWBI/AAAAAAABNHI/9DOt_-yPlHM/s1600/sinabungvolcano06.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Villagers walk on a road covered with volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung's eruption in Mardingding, North Sumatra, <br />Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The volcano erupted Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky. <br />(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The volcano's previous major eruption, in August 2010, killed two people and forced 30,000 others to flee. It caught many scientists off guard because it had been quiet for four centuries.<br /><br />Mount Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Pacific+Ocean" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Pacific Ocean">Pacific Basin</a>. - <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1104/Indonesia-volcano-Mount-Sinabung-spews-ash-23-000-feet-high"><span style="color: orange;"><b>CS Monitor</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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