León Department, Nicaragua | Mountain type Stratovolcano
Telica volcano has erupted, sending a massive ash cloud into the atmosphere. The volcano is located in the city of Leon in Western Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER) registered the explosion at 7.08pm local time (2pm BST) on Thursday. The eruption sent a plume of smoke 500 metres into the air, as well as shooting rocks and volcanic gasses. INETER has reported pyroclastic material in the smoke column, but no pyroclastic flows have occurred. A pyroclastic flow is the most dangerous volcanic activity to human life. These flows are fast-moving currents of extremely hot gas and volcanic matter that pour down volcanic slopes at incredibly high speeds ad are impossible to outrun. A pyroclastic flow was responsible for the recent death toll after the Guatemala volcano eruption. Telica is one of the most active volcanoes in Nicaragua. Telica's largest eruption occurred in 1529, but little detail is known of the impact. The volcano became active again in 1993, when an eruption prompted ash fall and a lava lake was observed at the summit. The stratovolcano has since erupted frequently, most recently in 2015. Since then, INETER has had a seismic station at the summit.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20180622-63601-NIC
Elevation 1,061 m (3,481 ft)
Certainty Observed Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Scope Public For general dissemination to unrestricted audiences
Severity Severe Significant threat to life or property
Oppenheimer Ranch Project published a great capture of the eruption
Telica has six cones, the tallest of which is 1061 meters high. There is a double crater at the top, 700 meters wide and 120 meters deep. Telica has erupted frequently since the Spanish Era and the most recent eruption was in 2015.
These two hiked it, check out https://www.theadventurejunkies.com/hiking-camping-independently-on-an-active-volcano-telica-nicaragua/
"In the depths you can see the glowing red magma and sulfur gas clouds coming up from the core of the earth. Just 200 meters below the rim of the crater is where we set up camp for the night. "
In the news;
Eruption was around 7pm local time https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/978143/nicaragua-volcano-eruption-telica-explodes-ash-cloud-pictures-video
After this explosion the volcano continued to emitting gases, but Ineter stated that this is part of the normal activity of an active volcano such as the Telica and that for the moment this type of activity does not represent a danger for the population. Last March there was a seismic swarm recorded around Telica volcano of magnitude 2.1 to 2.8 at depths between one and six kilometers, followed by periods with weak ash emissions and night-time glow in early April and May
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/telica/news/69495/Telica-volcano-Nicaragua-Explosion-with-ash-laden-eruption-plume-on-Thursday-morning-21-June-2018.html
Following up;
Hawaii has been a spectacular disaster check this screencap from the next video
Mag 3.4 hits the middle of the island
There are no signs of this calming down.
Red ones are within the last hour, orange the last day.
US Defense News Published on 21 Jun 2018
'Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is still spewing hot lava and toxic gas as the intensity of seismic activity at the Halemaumau crater summit rises, United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have warned.'
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