Re: New eruption in the Afar region of Ethiopia
Posted by JAC on 7/2/2009, 3:45 pm



There have also been thermal anomalies that have been detected by MODIS:

Manda-Hararo (40.8E, 12.2N; degrees and decimal degrees) show a series of alerts spread over considerable area for as late as 30 June 2009.

Going back in time, there appeared a large intense cluster (29 June), a less intense cluster (28-27 June), and then no hits on earlier days.


So, it seems that the eruption might have initiated around June 27th and was most intense (so far) on June 30, when Gijs spotted the sulfur dioxide anomaly over Ethiopia.

There have been no eye witness reports of this new activity at Manda Hararo, but it could be expected that this eruption is very similar to that in 2007, so mostly basaltic lava flows (below) that are dangerous when people are caught unprepared to evacuate.

Also, there might be significant volcanic gases such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide that could pose a threat to people if they breathe them.

Hopefully we'll have some reports from the ground about the activity soon.


Posted by Erik Klemetti







Manda Hararo lava flow in 2007. Image courtesy of the GVP.
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