He volcano Sangaythe southernmost of Ecuadorthrew ash on neighboring towns this Saturday and spilled magmatic material from its crater, according to a latest report from the Geophysical Institute (IG) of the National Polytechnic School.
The Institute indicated that, according to satellite images, the Sangay This morning it experienced a new eruptive pulse, very frequent in its history, as it has had continuous periods of great activity for decades.
This Saturday the colossus formed a cloud of gases and ash about two kilometers high above its summit and, therefore, wind effect, He headed towards the west of the massif.
The Secretariat of Risk management reported the fall of ash, in a magnitude between moderate and slight, in the neighboring parish Barleysin the Andean province of Chimborazo.
Furthermore, the I.G. has observed the descent of pyroclastic flows (hot rocks) and lava through the southeastern ravine of the volcanowhich represents an additional risk since this material can be mobilized by the rains and form lahars or avalanches due to the Upano River.
This type of phenomenon has been recurrent in the current eruptive period of the Sangay recorded since 2019. and which has led the IG to maintain uninterrupted surveillance over the behavior of this volcano.
Only on Friday, Sangay record 378 minor explosions of rocks, lava, gases and ash, which means an average of 15.75 every hour.
This volcano, 5,230 meters high above sea level, is located in the Amazon province of Morona Santiagoin an Andean branch that gets lost in the jungle.
Sangay is one of the fifty volcanoes that it has Ecuador and next to Exploderin the north, are the ones that currently show the greatest visible activity.
