awoke two weeks ago
After months of relative calm, the colossus reactivated two weeks ago with the continuous emission of ash, which grew whiter, which is an indicator of increased silicon content and a possible explosion, reports Pablo Palacios, an expert Geophysical Institute, which is the entity which monitors seismic and volcanic activity in Ecuador .
occurred Saturday, when the crater began to drive incandescent lava blocks, which fell by several streams a distance of about two kilometers from the mouth of the crater. The sounds produced by the volcano , located in the heart of the Ecuadorian Andes Were heard in the town of Puyo, and also the windows vibrated Patate and Guadalupe, a town located 14 kilometers.
After five hours of high-energy, explosive activity and decreased intensity of the bellows, according to the Geophysical Institute. Still, it keeps the ash column of about three miles high, which is directed towards the east, and the expulsion of hot rocks, rolling on their sides.
The authorities evacuated the population
The authorities reported the output 95% of the population in areas threatened by pyroclastic flows, magmatic material being ejected from the volcano, and weigh the evacuation of the entire area if the activity increases.
addition, access roads have been closed and the Directorate of Civil Aviation has changed routes to avoid the ash, while "performing a permanent monitoring of wind direction," said Palacios. The National Risk Ministry has declared a red alert, the highest level, in towns near the volcano. The streams are the most dangerous areas, because they channeled the incandescent material.
Felipe Bazan, deputy IG Response, explained in a press conference in Quito that there are nine shelters in schools in Baños, a resort and the largest city in that area that can accommodate accommodate 1,500 people and have reserves of water and medicine.
adds that there have been no victims of the eruption, although there has been damage to agriculture in the area, which is very productive precisely because of the volcanic material on the slopes of Tungurahua.
Five eruptions in five years
Tungurahua, to 5,019 meters high and located about 180 kilometers south of Quito, began its current eruption in 1999 and has since periods of high activity interspersed with periods of calm. Since 2006 he has recorded five eruptions similar to those of today, the last in July and August this year, according to Hall, who said that geologists are not sure of the future behavior of the volcano.
seismic activity may decrease gradually or you can also "be generated later another episode similar explosive.
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