In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided. RVO reported that emissions from Kadovar’s Main Crater were white from 1 March, until an explosion on 1800 on 5 March was followed by gray emissions through 8 March. Intermittent puffs of ash were seen drifting WSW on 2 and 3 December at about 1.2 km altitude. Noises were described as roaring and rumbling during 1-2 and 6-8 March, and booming on 5 March. They were the last VAAC reports for 2018. ... An earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred only 13 minutes ago 79 km northeast of Sorong, Indonesia, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported. A dome appeared at the base of the E flank during March-May 2018 (Planka et al., 2019); by November activity had migrated to a new dome growing near the summit on the E flank. The remote Kadovar Island volcano became active on 5 January 2018 with mild volcanic activity on the south-eastern side of the island. | September Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC), MIROVA (Middle InfraRed Observation of Volcanic Activity), NASA Global Sulfur Dioxide Monitoring Page, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC), NOAA, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) - MODVOLC Thermal Alerts System, Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report, Eruptions, Earthquakes & Emissions Application, Royal New Zealand Air Force via Brad Scott, GeoNet, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Department of Mineral Sciences Rock and Ore collection, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO), Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE), Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA), Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA), The IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazards and Risk has a, Middle InfraRed Observation of Volcanic Activity (. The following day, 6 January 2018, photos from a Samaritan Air flight showed that dark gray ash and steam plumes rising from a crater on the SE side of the summit had intensified (figures 3 and 4). the S coast, which may have been a small hydrothermal eruption or, more likely, a vigorous ebullition of gas bubbles. Following the first known eruption of Papua New Guinea's Kadovar volcano that took place on January 5, 2018, the Rabaul Volcanological Observatory (RVO) believes that the eruption could become explosive, posing a … An ash plume from Kadovar was visible in satellite images on 28 September drifting SE at an altitude of 2.1 km (7,000 ft) a.s.l. Activity during January-April 2019. Also on 6 January 2018, missionary Brandon Buser set out from Wewak to visit Bam by boat. and drifted NW. According to the Darwin VAAC a pilot observed an ash plume from Kadovar on 2 March drifting SE at an altitude of 4 km (13,000 ft) a.s.l. Some of the population have returned, contrary to a previous report, but they have established a new settlement in a comparatively safe area, having abandoned their old village site. Steam plumes from the SE Coastal Vent rose 800 m above the island, and a lava dome which strongly and continuously glowed at night slowly extruded from the vent. Geol Surv Papua New Guinea Mem, 10: 1-12. Small but distinct SO2 anomalies were visible in satellite data on 15 and 16 April (figure 49). The Rabaul Volcano Observatory (RVO) reported explosive activity on the afternoon of 21 September. Ash plumes rose to an altitude of 2.4 km (8,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted SE. The main fumarole area had enlarged again and was estimated at about 150 x 70 m, and the area of dead vegetation was more prominent. "During the period covered by this report, the level of activity seemed to have stabilized. Similar activity continued through July with gas-and-steam emissions visible in every cloud-free satellite image. 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