Light ash falls around villages around Tungurahua volcano Ecuador

Posted on April 6, 2015 • Filed under: Ecuador, Weather/Climate

radiohcjb.org reported this morning light ash fall in the areas of Chacauco and Manzano was reported.

In the morning light ash fall in the areas of Chacauco and Manzano was reported. The Tungurahua volcano, located in the central Andean Ecuador, reported today increased its activity after a semester of relative calm, the Geophysical Institute (IG), which reported a slight fall of fine ash in some villages near the colossus reported.

In a special report on their social networking accounts, the IG said that at 03:56 local time (08.56 GMT) “began to detect a moderate tremor amplitude spasmodic type, usually associated with ash emissions in the monitoring seismic near the crater “stations.

He added that about an hour after the tremor signal was already evident in all seismic stations around the volcano, mainly in the “RETU” station, which is closest to the crater.

He said the Tungurahua Volcano Observatory received reports lookouts on noise from the volcano around 07:30 local time (12:30 GMT) were reports of light ashfall Chacauco sectors and Manzano. Read Article

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