He Villarrica volcanolocated between the provinces of Cautín and Valdivia in the Chilean patagoniarecorded on Wednesday night a ash explosion and solid materials that exceeded 600 meters in height and 500 meters radial to the crater.
He National Geology and Mining Service of Chile (Sernageomin) issued a yellow alert where they announced that they would carry out online monitoring for possible changes in the country’s volcanic activity.
Through the monitoring of the National Volcanic Monitoring Network (RNVV), processed and analyzed in the Volcanological Observatory of the Southern Andesrecorded the explosion on security cameras installed near the Villarrica Volcano.
What did the official report indicate?
In the report they declared the registration of “explosion with emission of particulate matter and incandescent ballistics towards the slopes of the volcanic structure. The extension of the deposits reached approximately 500 metres radially to the crater, and a column of gases and ashes that exceeded 600 metres,” according to Sernageomin.
At the same time as the explosion, a report recorded a long period earthquake (LP) of low seismic efficiency. After that movement No further changes were recorded significant in the seismic signal.
In the last few 100 yearshe Villarrica volcano experienced eruptions in the 1900s, 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, 1980s, and 2020s.
Source: Ambito
