| Ecuadorian
Tungurahua volcano today reported a slight increase in the energy of
seismic activity, after the blast past Sunday, the Geophysical Institute
of the National Polytechnic School (IG) reported. The IG said that from
about 04:10 local time on Tuesday, there is a tremor signal emission,
which from 06:50 local time saturates the stations near the volcano of
5016 meters. Since the last time the intensity and length of the
howlings have increased, said the IG, and explained that due to the
presence of high clouds in the volcano area there have been no
observations of the surface manifestations. The National Secretariat for
Risk Management (SNGR) on Sunday decreed alert, of caution at the
volcano area, with a possible increase in the activity of the colossus
after the explosion of great intensity that day and the ejection of a
high column of ash and rocks. The Tungurahua, located about 45 miles
south of Quito, its current eruptive process began in 1999 and has since
periods of intense activity interspersed with periods of relative calm.
The population of areas near the volcano were affected on Sunday by
falling rubble of black and pink color, while other remote areas
received falling of thick black ash. Authorities Risk Management
Secretariat volcano kept under constant observation to implement the
measures in case of an increase in its activity. |
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