VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 1
8:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data processed. The E and W walls of the crater have moved 2
meters farther away from each other in the past 7 days. Seismic data show
earthquake activity is strongest less than 1.8 km beneath the summit; 12
distinct events in the last hour. ALERT LEVEL UPDATE REQUESTED
Working seismic
Stations:
10
Seismic events
over past hour:
12
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 1
9:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data processed. The E and W walls of the crater have moved 2
meters farther away from each other in the past 7 days. Seismic data show
earthquake activity is strongest less than 1.8 km beneath the summit; 12
distinct events in the last hour. ALERT LEVEL UPDATE REQUESTED
- Recorded 14 new seismic events, mostly centered approximately 1.8 km
beneath the summit.
Working seismic
Stations:
10
Seismic events
over past hour:
14
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 1
10:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data processed. The E and W walls of the crater have moved 2
meters farther away from each other in the past 7 days. Seismic data show
earthquake activity is strongest less than 1.8 km beneath the summit; 12
distinct events in the last hour. ALERT LEVEL UPDATE REQUESTED
- Recorded 14 new seismic events, mostly centered approximately 1.8 km
beneath the summit.
- Seismic station COV1’s battery has died, and VC1 is out also. Next available
helicopter flight to replace it will be tomorrow. Thirteen more moderate
earthquakes last hour. Only 8 of 10 Coto seismic stations are working (NAS2
and BMOR have been out for months).
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
13
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 1
11:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data processed. The E and W walls of the crater have moved 2
meters farther away from each other in the past 7 days. Seismic data show
earthquake activity is strongest less than 1.8 km beneath the summit; 12
distinct events in the last hour. ALERT LEVEL UPDATE REQUESTED
- Recorded 14 new seismic events, mostly centered approximately 1.8 km
beneath the summit.
- Seismic station COV1’s battery has died, and VC1 is out also. Next available
helicopter flight to replace it will be tomorrow. Thirteen more moderate
earthquakes last hour. Only 8 of 10 Coto seismic stations are working (NAS2
and BMOR have been out for months).
- 11 distinct events were recorded on top of the general background
seismicity (small events) that has been seen for the past several days.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
11
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2 12:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data processed. The E and W walls of the crater have moved 2
meters farther away from each other in the past 7 days. Seismic data show
earthquake activity is strongest less than 1.8 km beneath the summit; 12
distinct events in the last hour. ALERT LEVEL UPDATE REQUESTED
- Recorded 14 new seismic events, mostly centered approximately 1.8 km
beneath the summit.
- Seismic station COV1’s battery has died, and VC1 is out also. Next available
helicopter flight to replace it will be tomorrow. Thirteen more moderate
earthquakes last hour. Only 8 of 10 Coto seismic stations are working (NAS2
and BMOR have been out for months).
- 11 distinct events were recorded on top of the general background
seismicity (small events) that has been seen for the past several days.
- Another 11 quakes jolted the mountain this hour and their locations seem to
be focused in the region 2-3 km beneath summit of the volcano.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
10
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
1:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data processed. The E and W walls of the crater have moved 2
meters farther away from each other in the past 7 days. Seismic data show
earthquake activity is strongest less than 1.8 km beneath the summit; 12
distinct events in the last hour. ALERT LEVEL UPDATE REQUESTED
- Recorded 14 new seismic events, mostly centered approximately 1.8 km
beneath the summit.
- Seismic station COV1’s battery has died, and VC1 is out also. Next available
helicopter flight to replace it will be tomorrow. Thirteen more moderate
earthquakes last hour. Only 8 of 10 Coto seismic stations are working (NAS2
and BMOR have been out for months).
- 11 distinct events were recorded on top of the general background
seismicity (small events) that has been seen for the past several days.
-Another 11 quakes jolted the mountain this hour and their locations seem to
be focused in the region 2-3 km beneath summit of the volcano.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
11
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- No change in seismic activity.
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
2:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data processed. The E and W walls of the crater have moved 2
meters farther away from each other in the past 7 days. Seismic data show
earthquake activity is strongest less than 1.8 km beneath the summit; 12
distinct events in the last hour. ALERT LEVEL UPDATE REQUESTED
- Recorded 14 new seismic events, mostly centered approximately 1.8 km
beneath the summit.
- Seismic station COV1’s battery has died, and VC1 is out also. Next available
helicopter flight to replace it will be tomorrow. Thirteen more moderate
earthquakes last hour. Only 8 of 10 Coto seismic stations are working (NAS2
and BMOR have been out for months).
- 11 distinct events were recorded on top of the general background
seismicity (small events) that has been seen for the past several days.
-Another 11 quakes jolted the mountain this hour and their locations seem to
be focused in the region 2-3 km beneath summit of the volcano.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
15
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- No change in seismic activity.
- Slight increase in number of seismic events this hour. Especially strong LP
readings are coming from station BTAM, the closest working station to the
summit.
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
3:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Recorded 14 new seismic events, mostly centered approximately 1.8 km
beneath the summit.
- Seismic station COV1’s battery has died, and VC1 is out also. Next available
helicopter flight to replace it will be tomorrow. Thirteen more moderate
earthquakes last hour. Only 8 of 10 Coto seismic stations are working (NAS2
and BMOR have been out for months).
- 11 distinct events were recorded on top of the general background
seismicity (small events) that has been seen for the past several days.
-Another 11 quakes jolted the mountain this hour and their locations seem to
be focused in the region 2-3 km beneath summit of the volcano.
- No change in seismic activity.
- Slight increase in number of seismic events this hour. Especially strong LP
readings are coming from station BTAM, the closest working station to the
summit.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
12
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- The Mayor of Quito has requested an update by 10AM.
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
4:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic station COV1’s battery has died, and VC1 is out also. Next available
helicopter flight to replace it will be tomorrow. Thirteen more moderate
earthquakes last hour. Only 8 of 10 Coto seismic stations are working (NAS2
and BMOR have been out for months).
- 11 distinct events were recorded on top of the general background
seismicity (small events) that has been seen for the past several days.
-Another 11 quakes jolted the mountain this hour and their locations seem to
be focused in the region 2-3 km beneath summit of the volcano.
- No change in seismic activity.
- Slight increase in number of seismic events this hour. Especially strong LP
readings are coming from station BTAM, the closest working station to the
summit.
- The Mayor of Quito has requested an update by 10AM.
- The seismometers are still active. There are rumors from the local farmers
of a small pyroclastic flow in the last hour. Part of your team has a flight
scheduled for 9AM to survey the area and confirm the situation.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
14
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
5:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 11 distinct events were recorded on top of the general background
seismicity (small events) that has been seen for the past several days.
-Another 11 quakes jolted the mountain this hour and their locations seem to
be focused in the region 2-3 km beneath summit of the volcano.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- No change in seismic activity.
- Slight increase in number of seismic events this hour. Especially strong LP
readings are coming from station BTAM, the closest working station to the
summit.
Seismic events
over past hour:
9
- The Mayor of Quito has requested an update by 10AM.
- The seismometers are still active. There are rumors from the local farmers
of a small pyroclastic flow in the last hour. Part of your team has a flight
scheduled for 9AM to survey the area and confirm the situation.
- Not much change in activity. The Mayor is still expecting an update BY
10AM.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
6:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Another 11 quakes jolted the mountain this hour and their locations seem to
be focused in the region 2-3 km beneath summit of the volcano.
- No change in seismic activity.
- Slight increase in number of seismic events this hour. Especially strong LP
readings are coming from station BTAM, the closest working station to the
summit.
- The Mayor of Quito has requested an update by 10AM.
- The seismometers are still active. There are rumors from the local farmers
of a small pyroclastic flow in the last hour. Part of your team has a flight
scheduled for 9AM to survey the area and confirm the situation.
- Not much change in activity. The Mayor is still expecting an update BY
10AM.
- 8 more distinct tremors were detected. No tremor has been associated with
the activity of the last 10 hours. However, the quakes have remained directly
beneath the volcano. One outlying quake was pinpointed to have occurred
0.8km NE of the summit at a depth of 3 km.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
8
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
7:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- No change in seismic activity.
- Slight increase in number of seismic events this hour. Especially strong LP
readings are coming from station BTAM, the closest working station to the
summit.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- The Mayor of Quito has requested an update by 10AM.
- The seismometers are still active. There are rumors from the local farmers
of a small pyroclastic flow in the last hour. Part of your team has a flight
scheduled for 9AM to survey the area and confirm the situation.
Seismic events
over past hour:
10
- Not much change in activity. The Mayor is still expecting an update BY
10AM.
- 8 more distinct tremors were detected. No tremor has been associated with
the activity of the last 10 hours. However, the quakes have remained directly
beneath the volcano. One outlying quake was pinpointed to have occurred
0.8km NE of the summit at a depth of 3 km.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- No real change in the activity. All quakes were centered beneath the
volcano and between 1.8 and 2.5 km depth.
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
8:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Slight increase in number of seismic events this hour. Especially strong LP
readings are coming from station BTAM, the closest working station to the
summit.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- The Mayor of Quito has requested an update by 10AM.
- The seismometers are still active. There are rumors from the local farmers
of a small pyroclastic flow in the last hour. Part of your team has a flight
scheduled for 9AM to survey the area and confirm the situation.
- Not much change in activity. The Mayor is still expecting an update BY
10AM.
- 8 more distinct tremors were detected. No tremor has been associated with
the activity of the last 10 hours. However, the quakes have remained directly
beneath the volcano. One outlying quake was pinpointed to have occurred
0.8km NE of the summit at a depth of 3 km.
- No real change in the activity. All quakes were centered beneath the
volcano and between 1.8 and 2.5 km depth.
- The stations around the perimeter of the volcano are picking up an increase
in background seismicity. All of the major activity is still focused directly
below the summit. New GPS data indicate that the center of the crater has
inflated an additional 0.5 m since the last reading on April 24.
Seismic events
over past hour:
14
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
9:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The Mayor of Quito has requested an update by 10AM.
- The seismometers are still active. There are rumors from the local farmers
of a small pyroclastic flow in the last hour. Part of your team has a flight
scheduled for 9AM to survey the area and confirm the situation.
- Not much change in activity. The Mayor is still expecting an update BY
10AM.
- 8 more distinct tremors were detected. No tremor has been associated with
the activity of the last 10 hours. However, the quakes have remained directly
beneath the volcano. One outlying quake was pinpointed to have occurred
0.8km NE of the summit at a depth of 3 km.
- No real change in the activity. All quakes were centered beneath the
volcano and between 1.8 and 2.5 km depth.
- The stations around the perimeter of the volcano are picking up an increase
in background seismicity. All of the major activity is still focused directly
below the summit. New GPS data indicate that the center of the crater has
inflated an additional 0.5 m since the last reading on April 24.
- - A flight to survey the volcano has just left. Seismic activity continues as it
has for the last 12 hours or so without any lapse. The mayor’s update is due
in…now.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
18
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2 10:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Not much change in activity. The Mayor is still expecting an update BY
10AM.
- 8 more distinct tremors were detected. No tremor has been associated with
the activity of the last 10 hours. However, the quakes have remained directly
beneath the volcano. One outlying quake was pinpointed to have occurred
0.8km NE of the summit at a depth of 3 km.
- No real change in the activity. All quakes were centered beneath the
volcano and between 1.8 and 2.5 km depth.
- The stations around the perimeter of the volcano are picking up an increase
in background seismicity. All of the major activity is still focused directly
below the summit. New GPS data indicate that the center of the crater has
inflated an additional 0.5 m since the last reading on April 24.
- - A flight to survey the volcano has just left. Seismic activity continues as it
has for the last 12 hours or so without any lapse. The mayor’s update is due
in…now.
- - Your team reports back from their overview. There was no evidence of a
pyroclastic flow, but there may be a bulge in the crater floor; there definitely
was less snow cover than usual in the crater. A small rock slide seems to
have occurred on the west side of the volcano, due to an oversteepened slope.
It was minor and was not near any populated areas.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
22
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2 11:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 8 more distinct tremors were detected. No tremor has been associated with
the activity of the last 10 hours. However, the quakes have remained directly
beneath the volcano. One outlying quake was pinpointed to have occurred
0.8km NE of the summit at a depth of 3 km.
- No real change in the activity. All quakes were centered beneath the
volcano and between 1.8 and 2.5 km depth.
- The stations around the perimeter of the volcano are picking up an increase
in background seismicity. All of the major activity is still focused directly
below the summit. New GPS data indicate that the center of the crater has
inflated an additional 0.5 m since the last reading on April 24.
- - A flight to survey the volcano has just left. Seismic activity continues as it
has for the last 12 hours or so without any lapse. The mayor’s update is due
in…now.
- - Your team reports back from their overview. There was no evidence of a
pyroclastic flow, but there may be a bulge in the crater floor; there definitely
was less snow cover than usual in the crater. A small rock slide seems to
have occurred on the west side of the volcano, due to an oversteepened slope.
It was minor and was not near any populated areas.
- Seismic activity persists. New gas emission data just came in, with a 980
+/- 5 tons of SO2 per day measurement.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
18
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2 12:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- No real change in the activity. All quakes were centered beneath the
volcano and between 1.8 and 2.5 km depth.
- The stations around the perimeter of the volcano are picking up an increase
in background seismicity. All of the major activity is still focused directly
below the summit. New GPS data indicate that the center of the crater has
inflated an additional 0.5 m since the last reading on April 24.
- - A flight to survey the volcano has just left. Seismic activity continues as it
has for the last 12 hours or so without any lapse. The mayor’s update is due
in…now.
- - Your team reports back from their overview. There was no evidence of a
pyroclastic flow, but there may be a bulge in the crater floor; there definitely
was less snow cover than usual in the crater. A small rock slide seems to
have occurred on the west side of the volcano, due to an oversteepened slope.
It was minor and was not near any populated areas.
- Seismic activity persists. New gas emission data just came in, with a 980
+/- 5 tons of SO2 per day measurement.
- Seismic activity continues with a mixture of LP (predominantly) and some
VT events, focused at depths from 2.5-1.7 km below the summit.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
20
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
1:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The stations around the perimeter of the volcano are picking up an increase
in background seismicity. All of the major activity is still focused directly
below the summit. New GPS data indicate that the center of the crater has
inflated an additional 0.5 m since the last reading on April 24.
- - A flight to survey the volcano has just left. Seismic activity continues as it
has for the last 12 hours or so without any lapse. The mayor’s update is due
in…now.
- - Your team reports back from their overview. There was no evidence of a
pyroclastic flow, but there may be a bulge in the crater floor; there definitely
was less snow cover than usual in the crater. A small rock slide seems to
have occurred on the west side of the volcano, due to an oversteepened slope.
It was minor and was not near any populated areas.
Working seismic
Stations:
- Seismic activity persists. New gas emission data just came in, with a 980
+/- 5 tons of SO2 per day measurement.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
- Seismic activity continues with a mixture of LP (predominantly) and some
VT events, focused at depths from 2.5-1.7 km below the summit.
- Little to no apparent change in conditions.
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
18
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
2:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- A flight to survey the volcano has just left. Seismic activity continues as it
has for the last 12 hours or so without any lapse. The mayor’s update is due
in…now.
- - Your team reports back from their overview. There was no evidence of a
pyroclastic flow, but there may be a bulge in the crater floor; there definitely
was less snow cover than usual in the crater. A small rock slide seems to
have occurred on the west side of the volcano, due to an oversteepened slope.
It was minor and was not near any populated areas.
- Seismic activity persists. New gas emission data just came in, with a 980
+/- 5 tons of SO2 per day measurement.
- Seismic activity continues with a mixture of LP (predominantly) and some
VT events, focused at depths from 2.5-1.7 km below the summit.
- Somewhat reliable reports of steam clouds/plumes over the summit. Need
to be verified, though. Occurrence of tremor lasting several minutes.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
21
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
3:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-- Your team reports back from their overview. There was no evidence of a
pyroclastic flow, but there may be a bulge in the crater floor; there definitely
was less snow cover than usual in the crater. A small rock slide seems to
have occurred on the west side of the volcano, due to an oversteepened slope.
It was minor and was not near any populated areas.
- Seismic activity persists. New gas emission data just came in, with a 980
+/- 5 tons of SO2 per day measurement.
- Seismic activity continues with a mixture of LP (predominantly) and some
VT events, focused at depths from 2.5-1.7 km below the summit.
- Somewhat reliable reports of steam clouds/plumes over the summit. Need
to be verified, though. Occurrence of tremor lasting several minutes.
- THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE ANOTHER UPDATE BY 9PM TONIGHT.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
26
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
4:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-- - Your team reports back from their overview. There was no evidence of a
pyroclastic flow, but there may be a bulge in the crater floor; there definitely
was less snow cover than usual in the crater. A small rock slide seems to
have occurred on the west side of the volcano, due to an oversteepened slope.
It was minor and was not near any populated areas.
- Seismic activity persists. New gas emission data just came in, with a 980
+/- 5 tons of SO2 per day measurement.
- Seismic activity continues with a mixture of LP (predominantly) and some
VT events, focused at depths from 2.5-1.7 km below the summit.
- Somewhat reliable reports of steam clouds/plumes over the summit. Need
to be verified, though. Occurrence of tremor lasting several minutes.
- THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE ANOTHER UPDATE BY 9PM TONIGHT.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
24
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- Nothing new to report, other than minor tremor accompanied the 24 distinct
seismic events in the past hour.
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
5:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic activity persists. New gas emission data just came in, with a 980
+/- 5 tons of SO2 per day measurement.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- Seismic activity continues with a mixture of LP (predominantly) and some
VT events, focused at depths from 2.5-1.7 km below the summit.
- Somewhat reliable reports of steam clouds/plumes over the summit. Need
to be verified, though. Occurrence of tremor lasting several minutes.
Seismic events
over past hour:
38
- THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE ANOTHER UPDATE BY 9PM TONIGHT.
- Nothing new to report, other than minor tremor accompanied the 24 distinct
seismic events in the past hour.
- 38 distinct LP + VT events were recorded in the past hour. They were located
below the crater complex at depths between 3.2km and 1.9 km.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
6:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic activity continues with a mixture of LP (predominantly) and some
VT events, focused at depths from 2.5-1.7 km below the summit.
- Somewhat reliable reports of steam clouds/plumes over the summit. Need
to be verified, though. Occurrence of tremor lasting several minutes.
- THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE ANOTHER UPDATE BY 9PM TONIGHT.
- Nothing new to report, other than minor tremor accompanied the 24 distinct
seismic events in the past hour.
- 38 distinct LP + VT events were recorded in the past hour. They were located
below the crater complex at depths between 3.2km and 1.9 km.
- Ongoing seismic activity. There is a protest outside of the Instituto
Geofisico in Quito, though. There is significant resentment of the USGS
presence in Quito, stirred up primarily by the quasi-religious group led by
Pablo Bernardo Gonzalez, who claims his Chihuahua is telling him that the
volcano is going to erupt very soon.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
29
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
7:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Somewhat reliable reports of steam clouds/plumes over the summit. Need
to be verified, though. Occurrence of tremor lasting several minutes.
- THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE ANOTHER UPDATE BY 9PM TONIGHT.
- Nothing new to report, other than minor tremor accompanied the 24 distinct
seismic events in the past hour.
- 38 distinct LP + VT events were recorded in the past hour. They were located
below the crater complex at depths between 3.2km and 1.9 km.
- Ongoing seismic activity. There is a protest outside of the Instituto
Geofisico in Quito, though. There is significant resentment of the USGS
presence in Quito, stirred up primarily by the quasi-religious group led by
Pablo Bernardo Gonzalez, who claims his Chihuahua is telling him that the
volcano is going to erupt very soon.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
44
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- There were over 40 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP + VT.
New SO2 data from this afternoon: 1020 tons/day.
Days until budget
runs out:
5
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
8:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Somewhat reliable reports of steam clouds/plumes over the summit. Need
to be verified, though. Occurrence of tremor lasting several minutes.
- THE MAYOR WOULD LIKE ANOTHER UPDATE BY 9PM TONIGHT.
- Nothing new to report, other than minor tremor accompanied the 24 distinct
seismic events in the past hour.
- 38 distinct LP + VT events were recorded in the past hour. They were located
below the crater complex at depths between 3.2km and 1.9 km.
- Ongoing seismic activity. There is a protest outside of the Instituto
Geofisico in Quito, though. There is significant resentment of the USGS
presence in Quito, stirred up primarily by the quasi-religious group led by
Pablo Bernardo Gonzalez, who claims his Chihuahua is telling him that the
volcano is going to erupt very soon.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
42
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- There were over 40 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP + VT.
New SO2 data from this afternoon: 1020 tons/day.
- Continued seismic activity, again over 40 events in the past hour. The
mayor’s update is due soon.
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2
9:15 PM
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seismic
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Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
56
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2 10:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Nothing new to report, other than minor tremor accompanied the 24 distinct
seismic events in the past hour.
- 38 distinct LP + VT events were recorded in the past hour. They were located
below the crater complex at depths between 3.2km and 1.9 km.
- Ongoing seismic activity. There is a protest outside of the Instituto
Geofisico in Quito, though. There is significant resentment of the USGS
presence in Quito, stirred up primarily by the quasi-religious group led by
Pablo Bernardo Gonzalez, who claims his Chihuahua is telling him that the
volcano is going to erupt very soon.
- There were over 40 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP + VT.
New SO2 data from this afternoon: 1020 tons/day.
- Continued seismic activity, again over 40 events in the past hour. The
mayor’s update is due soon.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
55
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- No seismic activity. The mayor’s update is due…NOW.
- The battery in seismic station VC1 has been replaced, but the geologists
couldn’t reach COV1 before dark. Over 50 seismic events were recorded in
the past day, most between 3 and 1.9 km depth.
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 2 11:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 38 distinct LP + VT events were recorded in the past hour. They were located
below the crater complex at depths between 3.2km and 1.9 km.
- Ongoing seismic activity. There is a protest outside of the Instituto
Geofisico in Quito, though. There is significant resentment of the USGS
presence in Quito, stirred up primarily by the quasi-religious group led by
Pablo Bernardo Gonzalez, who claims his Chihuahua is telling him that the
volcano is going to erupt very soon.
- There were over 40 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP + VT.
New SO2 data from this afternoon: 1020 tons/day.
- Continued seismic activity, again over 40 events in the past hour. The
mayor’s update is due soon.
- No seismic activity. The mayor’s update is due…NOW.
- The battery in seismic station VC1 has been replaced, but the geologists
couldn’t reach COV1 before dark. Over 50 seismic events were recorded in
the past day, most between 3 and 1.9 km depth.
- 52 distinct LP (mostly) events in the past hour. It’s too dark to see if the
elevated seismicity has had any effects on the volcanic edifice.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
52
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3 12:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Ongoing seismic activity. There is a protest outside of the Instituto
Geofisico in Quito, though. There is significant resentment of the USGS
presence in Quito, stirred up primarily by the quasi-religious group led by
Pablo Bernardo Gonzalez, who claims his Chihuahua is telling him that the
volcano is going to erupt very soon.
Working seismic
Stations:
- There were over 40 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP + VT.
New SO2 data from this afternoon: 1020 tons/day.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- Continued seismic activity, again over 40 events in the past hour. The
mayor’s update is due soon.
- No seismic activity. The mayor’s update is due…NOW.
- The battery in seismic station VC1 has been replaced, but the geologists
couldn’t reach COV1 before dark. Over 50 seismic events were recorded in
the past day, most between 3 and 1.9 km depth.
- 52 distinct LP (mostly) events in the past hour. It’s too dark to see if the
elevated seismicity has had any effects on the volcanic edifice.
- Slight drop in seismicity in the past hour, slight increase in VT relative to LP
events, but still significant LP.
9
41
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
1:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- There were over 40 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP + VT.
New SO2 data from this afternoon: 1020 tons/day.
- Continued seismic activity, again over 40 events in the past hour. The
mayor’s update is due soon.
- No seismic activity. The mayor’s update is due…NOW.
- The battery in seismic station VC1 has been replaced, but the geologists
couldn’t reach COV1 before dark. Over 50 seismic events were recorded in
the past day, most between 3 and 1.9 km depth.
- 52 distinct LP (mostly) events in the past hour. It’s too dark to see if the
elevated seismicity has had any effects on the volcanic edifice.
- Slight drop in seismicity in the past hour, slight increase in VT relative to LP
events, but still significant LP.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
44
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- Similar activity to the last hour. Still too dark to see the volcano.
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
2:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continued seismic activity, again over 40 events in the past hour. The
mayor’s update is due soon.
- No seismic activity. The mayor’s update is due…NOW.
- The battery in seismic station VC1 has been replaced, but the geologists
couldn’t reach COV1 before dark. Over 50 seismic events were recorded in
the past day, most between 3 and 1.9 km depth.
- 52 distinct LP (mostly) events in the past hour. It’s too dark to see if the
elevated seismicity has had any effects on the volcanic edifice.
- Slight drop in seismicity in the past hour, slight increase in VT relative to LP
events, but still significant LP.
- Similar activity to the last hour. Still too dark to see the volcano.
- The signal coming from all of the seismic stations on Cotopaxi just
disappeared. The most likely cause of this is that the signal relay station in
southern Quito is no longer working. A call has been placed to local
authorities to see if anyone can check on it. The only working seismic station
is PITA. PITA’s distance from the volcano will only allow for the detection of
large (M3.5 or greater) and there is no hope of being able to pinpoint location
or depth.
Working seismic
Stations:
1
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
3:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 52 distinct LP (mostly) events in the past hour. It’s too dark to see if the
elevated seismicity has had any effects on the volcanic edifice.
Working seismic
Stations:
1
- Slight drop in seismicity in the past hour, slight increase in VT relative to LP
events, but still significant LP.
- Similar activity to the last hour. Still too dark to see the volcano.
- The signal coming from all of the seismic stations on Cotopaxi just
disappeared. The most likely cause of this is that the signal relay station in
southern Quito is no longer working. A call has been placed to local
authorities to see if anyone can check on it. The only working seismic station
is PITA. PITA’s distance from the volcano will only allow for the detection of
large (M3.5 or greater) and there is no hope of being able to pinpoint location
or depth.
- Local police were able to get to the seismic relay station and found that all
of the equipment had been looted. A replacement set of equipment has been
requested, but it will take at least a few hours to get a new relay link up and
running. Until that time, little seismic data will be available. THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTING A 9AM REPORT.
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
4:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 52 distinct LP (mostly) events in the past hour. It’s too dark to see if the
elevated seismicity has had any effects on the volcanic edifice.
- Slight drop in seismicity in the past hour, slight increase in VT relative to LP
events, but still significant LP.
- Similar activity to the last hour. Still too dark to see the volcano.
- The signal coming from all of the seismic stations on Cotopaxi just
disappeared. The most likely cause of this is that the signal relay station in
southern Quito is no longer working. A call has been placed to local
authorities to see if anyone can check on it. The only working seismic station
is PITA. PITA’s distance from the volcano will only allow for the detection of
large (M3.5 or greater) and there is no hope of being able to pinpoint location
or depth.
- Local police were able to get to the seismic relay station and found that all
of the equipment had been looted. A replacement set of equipment has been
requested, but it will take at least a few hours to get a new relay link up and
running. Until that time, little seismic data will be available. THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTING A 9AM REPORT.
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
1
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
5:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Slight drop in seismicity in the past hour, slight increase in VT relative to LP
events, but still significant LP.
- Similar activity to the last hour. Still too dark to see the volcano.
- The signal coming from all of the seismic stations on Cotopaxi just
disappeared. The most likely cause of this is that the signal relay station in
southern Quito is no longer working. A call has been placed to local
authorities to see if anyone can check on it. The only working seismic station
is PITA. PITA’s distance from the volcano will only allow for the detection of
large (M3.5 or greater) and there is no hope of being able to pinpoint location
or depth.
- Local police were able to get to the seismic relay station and found that all
of the equipment had been looted. A replacement set of equipment has been
requested, but it will take at least a few hours to get a new relay link up and
running. Until that time, little seismic data will be available. THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTING A 9AM REPORT.
- No seismic data available.
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
1
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
6:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Similar activity to the last hour. Still too dark to see the volcano.
- The signal coming from all of the seismic stations on Cotopaxi just
disappeared. The most likely cause of this is that the signal relay station in
southern Quito is no longer working. A call has been placed to local
authorities to see if anyone can check on it. The only working seismic station
is PITA. PITA’s distance from the volcano will only allow for the detection of
large (M3.5 or greater) and there is no hope of being able to pinpoint location
or depth.
- Local police were able to get to the seismic relay station and found that all
of the equipment had been looted. A replacement set of equipment has been
requested, but it will take at least a few hours to get a new relay link up and
running. Until that time, little seismic data will be available. THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTING A 9AM REPORT.
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
1
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- No seismic data available.
- No seismic data available.
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
7:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The signal coming from all of the seismic stations on Cotopaxi just
disappeared. The most likely cause of this is that the signal relay station in
southern Quito is no longer working. A call has been placed to local
authorities to see if anyone can check on it. The only working seismic station
is PITA. PITA’s distance from the volcano will only allow for the detection of
large (M3.5 or greater) and there is no hope of being able to pinpoint location
or depth.
- Local police were able to get to the seismic relay station and found that all
of the equipment had been looted. A replacement set of equipment has been
requested, but it will take at least a few hours to get a new relay link up and
running. Until that time, little seismic data will be available. THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTING A 9AM REPORT.
- No seismic data available.
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
1
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- No seismic data available.
- No seismic data available, but one radio station has reported a white plume
over Cotopaxi’s summit.
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
8:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Local police were able to get to the seismic relay station and found that all
of the equipment had been looted. A replacement set of equipment has been
requested, but it will take at least a few hours to get a new relay link up and
running. Until that time, little seismic data will be available. THE MAYOR IS
EXPECTING A 9AM REPORT.
- No seismic data available.
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
52
- No seismic data available.
- No seismic data available, but one radio station has reported a white plume
over Cotopaxi’s summit.
- The plume appears to be just clouds. The seismic relay station equipment
was replaced at 7:21 AM and seismic readings are at similar levels to before
data access was lost, with 52 separate events. The mayor’s report is
due…NOW.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
9:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
- No seismic data available.
9
- No seismic data available.
- No seismic data available, but one radio station has reported a white plume
over Cotopaxi’s summit.
- The plume appears to be just clouds. The seismic relay station equipment
was replaced at 7:21 AM and seismic readings are at similar levels to before
data access was lost, with 52 separate events. The mayor’s report is
due…NOW.
- Seismic activity remains consistent. Data problems prevent the
determination of depths, as the seismometers are recalibrated, but all
appear to be beneath the crater complex. The police believe that Gonzalez’s
radical religious protest movement was to blame for the looting of the relay
station. New SO2 data as of this AM: 2270 tons/day.
Seismic events
over past hour:
47
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3 10:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
- No seismic data available.
9
- No seismic data available, but one radio station has reported a white plume
over Cotopaxi’s summit.
- The plume appears to be just clouds. The seismic relay station equipment
was replaced at 7:21 AM and seismic readings are at similar levels to before
data access was lost, with 52 separate events. The mayor’s report is
due…NOW.
- Seismic activity remains consistent. Data problems prevent the
determination of depths, as the seismometers are recalibrated, but all
appear to be beneath the crater complex. The police believe that Gonzalez’s
radical religious protest movement was to blame for the looting of the relay
station.
- 55 seismic events in the past hour. Depths ranged from 5.3 km (for one of
them) to 1.4 km, most around 2 km.
Seismic events
over past hour:
55
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3 11:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- No seismic data available.
Working seismic
Stations:
- No seismic data available, but one radio station has reported a white plume
over Cotopaxi’s summit.
9
- The plume appears to be just clouds. The seismic relay station equipment
was replaced at 7:21 AM and seismic readings are at similar levels to before
data access was lost, with 52 separate events. The mayor’s report is
due…NOW.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- Seismic activity remains consistent. Data problems prevent the
determination of depths, as the seismometers are recalibrated, but all
appear to be beneath the crater complex. The police believe that Gonzalez’s
radical religious protest movement was to blame for the looting of the relay
station.
- 55 seismic events in the past hour. Depths ranged from 5.3 km (for one of
them) to 1.4 km, most around 2 km.
- Continued LP-dominated seismic activity. All were centered beneath the
crater complex (between 1.8-3.1km depth).
58
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3 12:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The plume appears to be just clouds. The seismic relay station equipment
was replaced at 7:21 AM and seismic readings are at similar levels to before
data access was lost, with 52 separate events. The mayor’s report is
due…NOW.
- Seismic activity remains consistent. Data problems prevent the
determination of depths, as the seismometers are recalibrated, but all
appear to be beneath the crater complex. The police believe that Gonzalez’s
radical religious protest movement was to blame for the looting of the relay
station.
- 55 seismic events in the past hour. Depths ranged from 5.3 km (for one of
them) to 1.4 km, most around 2 km.
- Continued LP-dominated seismic activity. All were centered beneath the
crater complex (between 1.8-3.1km depth).
- Tiltmeter readings have shown inflation over the past 48 hours of 0.5 cm at
the altitude about halfway up the flanks of the edifice. The inflation is
relatively uniform and the volcano does not seem to be bulging out to any
side. Seismic activity remains consistent (46 distinct events in last hour,
mostly LP, some VT).
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
46
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
1:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic activity remains consistent. Data problems prevent the
determination of depths, as the seismometers are recalibrated, but all
appear to be beneath the crater complex. The police believe that Gonzalez’s
radical religious protest movement was to blame for the looting of the relay
station.
- 55 seismic events in the past hour. Depths ranged from 5.3 km (for one of
them) to 1.4 km, most around 2 km.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
34
- Continued LP-dominated seismic activity. All were centered beneath the
crater complex (between 1.8-3.1km depth).
- Tiltmeter readings have shown inflation over the past 48 hours of 0.5 cm at
the altitude about halfway up the flanks of the edifice. The inflation is
relatively uniform and the volcano does not seem to be bulging out to any
side. Seismic activity remains consistent (46 distinct events in last hour,
mostly LP, some VT).
- A proposal by IG personnel to climb to near the summit and sample gases
has been denied by the park officials, having been deemed too risky.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
2:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic activity remains consistent. Data problems prevent the
determination of depths, as the seismometers are recalibrated, but all
appear to be beneath the crater complex. The police believe that Gonzalez’s
radical religious protest movement was to blame for the looting of the relay
station.
- 55 seismic events in the past hour. Depths ranged from 5.3 km (for one of
them) to 1.4 km, most around 2 km.
- Continued LP-dominated seismic activity. All were centered beneath the
crater complex (between 1.8-3.1km depth).
- Tiltmeter readings have shown inflation over the past 48 hours of 0.5 cm at
the altitude about halfway up the flanks of the edifice. The inflation is
relatively uniform and the volcano does not seem to be bulging out to any
side. Seismic activity remains consistent (46 distinct events in last hour,
mostly LP, some VT).
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
41
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- A proposal by IG personnel to climb to near the summit and sample gases
has been denied by the park officials, having been deemed too risky.
- The LP-intensive nature of the seismic activity has not changed since this
morning. The locations of the quakes beneath the volcano are starting to
focus in beneath the crater complex, but very slightly (no more than 1/4km).
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
3:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 55 seismic events in the past hour. Depths ranged from 5.3 km (for one of
them) to 1.4 km, most around 2 km.
- Continued LP-dominated seismic activity. All were centered beneath the
crater complex (between 1.8-3.1km depth).
- Tiltmeter readings have shown inflation over the past 48 hours of 0.5 cm at
the altitude about halfway up the flanks of the edifice. The inflation is
relatively uniform and the volcano does not seem to be bulging out to any
side. Seismic activity remains consistent (46 distinct events in last hour,
mostly LP, some VT).
- A proposal by IG personnel to climb to near the summit and sample gases
has been denied by the park officials, having been deemed too risky.
- The LP-intensive nature of the seismic activity has not changed since this
morning. The locations of the quakes beneath the volcano are starting to
focus in beneath the crater complex, but very slightly (no more than 1/4km).
- People in the Machachi area have become somewhat restless owing to them
feeling some of the larger VT events. Meanwhile at the IG, protests are
increasing in intensity and tension is high. The last hour saw a decrease to 30
distinct events, but with a slightly shallower average depth 1.5-2 km.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
30
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
4:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Tiltmeter readings have shown inflation over the past 48 hours of 0.5 cm at
the altitude about halfway up the flanks of the edifice. The inflation is
relatively uniform and the volcano does not seem to be bulging out to any
side. Seismic activity remains consistent (46 distinct events in last hour,
mostly LP, some VT).
Working seismic
Stations:
- A proposal by IG personnel to climb to near the summit and sample gases
has been denied by the park officials, having been deemed too risky.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- The LP-intensive nature of the seismic activity has not changed since this
morning. The locations of the quakes beneath the volcano are starting to
focus in beneath the crater complex, but very slightly (no more than 1/4km).
- People in the Machachi area have become somewhat restless owing to them
feeling some of the larger VT events. Meanwhile at the IG, protests are
increasing in intensity and tension is high. The last hour saw a decrease to 30
distinct events, but with a slightly shallower average depth 1.5-2 km.
- Only 28 distinct seismic events in the past hour. At least one IG geologist
has proposed that perhaps this is just another Cotopaxi seismic swarm that
will pass as they have in the past, and questions having brought the VDAP
team in at all.
9
28
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
5:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- A proposal by IG personnel to climb to near the summit and sample gases
has been denied by the park officials, having been deemed too risky.
- The LP-intensive nature of the seismic activity has not changed since this
morning. The locations of the quakes beneath the volcano are starting to
focus in beneath the crater complex, but very slightly (no more than 1/4km).
- People in the Machachi area have become somewhat restless owing to them
feeling some of the larger VT events. Meanwhile at the IG, protests are
increasing in intensity and tension is high. The last hour saw a decrease to 30
distinct events, but with a slightly shallower average depth 1.5-2 km.
- Only 28 distinct seismic events in the past hour. At least one IG geologist
has proposed that perhaps this is just another Cotopaxi seismic swarm that
will pass as they have in the past, and questions having brought the VDAP
team in at all.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
34
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- Afternoon SO2 levels from COSPEC readings at Tambopaxi are 2870
tons/day. Seismicity similar to last hour.
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
6:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The LP-intensive nature of the seismic activity has not changed since this
morning. The locations of the quakes beneath the volcano are starting to
focus in beneath the crater complex, but very slightly (no more than 1/4km).
- People in the Machachi area have become somewhat restless owing to them
feeling some of the larger VT events. Meanwhile at the IG, protests are
increasing in intensity and tension is high. The last hour saw a decrease to 30
distinct events, but with a slightly shallower average depth 1.5-2 km.
- Only 28 distinct seismic events in the past hour. At least one IG geologist
has proposed that perhaps this is just another Cotopaxi seismic swarm that
will pass as they have in the past, and questions having brought the VDAP
team in at all.
- Afternoon SO2 levels from COSPEC readings at Tambopaxi are 2870
tons/day. Seismicity similar to last hour.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
44
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- Reports from a military flyover late this afternoon are that little snow cover
remains on the crater floor.
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
7:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- People in the Machachi area have become somewhat restless owing to them
feeling some of the larger VT events. Meanwhile at the IG, protests are
increasing in intensity and tension is high. The last hour saw a decrease to 30
distinct events, but with a slightly shallower average depth 1.5-2 km.
- Only 28 distinct seismic events in the past hour. At least one IG geologist
has proposed that perhaps this is just another Cotopaxi seismic swarm that
will pass as they have in the past, and questions having brought the VDAP
team in at all.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
43
- Afternoon SO2 levels from COSPEC readings at Tambopaxi are 2870
tons/day. Seismicity similar to last hour.
- Reports from a military flyover late this afternoon are that little snow cover
remains on the crater floor.
- 43 events focused between 1.6 and 2.0 km (mostly) as well as a cluster
around 4.0 km in the past hour. ANOTHER REPORT FOR THE
MAYOR/PRESS RELEASE IS DUE BY 11PM.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
4
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
8:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Only 28 distinct seismic events in the past hour. At least one IG geologist
has proposed that perhaps this is just another Cotopaxi seismic swarm that
will pass as they have in the past, and questions having brought the VDAP
team in at all.
- Afternoon SO2 levels from COSPEC readings at Tambopaxi are 2870
tons/day. Seismicity similar to last hour.
- Reports from a military flyover late this afternoon are that little snow cover
remains on the crater floor.
- 43 events focused between 1.6 and 2.0 km (mostly) as well as a cluster
around 4.0 km in the past hour. ANOTHER REPORT FOR THE
MAYOR/PRESS RELEASE IS DUE BY 11PM.
- Abundant VT quakes in the 4.0-3.0 km depth range, with a total of 48 distinct
seismic events in the past hour; very few LP events.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
48
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3
9:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Afternoon SO2 levels from COSPEC readings at Tambopaxi are 2870
tons/day. Seismicity similar to last hour.
- Reports from a military flyover late this afternoon are that little snow cover
remains on the crater floor.
- 43 events focused between 1.6 and 2.0 km (mostly) as well as a cluster
around 4.0 km in the past hour. ANOTHER REPORT FOR THE
MAYOR/PRESS RELEASE IS DUE BY 11PM.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
55
- Abundant VT quakes in the 4.0-3.0 km depth range, with a total of 48 distinct
seismic events in the past hour; very few LP events.
- Continued dominance of VT quakes. There were 55 seismic events in the
past hour, 45 of which were VT and located ~3 km depth.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3 10:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Reports from a military flyover late this afternoon are that little snow cover
remains on the crater floor.
- 43 events focused between 1.6 and 2.0 km (mostly) as well as a cluster
around 4.0 km in the past hour. ANOTHER REPORT FOR THE
MAYOR/PRESS RELEASE IS DUE BY 11PM.
- Abundant VT quakes in the 4.0-3.0 km depth range, with a total of 48 distinct
seismic events in the past hour; very few LP events.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
57
- Continued dominance of VT quakes. There were 55 seismic events in the
past hour, 45 of which were VT and located ~3 km depth.
- A bulletin just received from the local weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0301GMT:
A strong front is moving towards the coast of Ecuador. It is unknown whether it will
keep its present course, but if it does, it will bring heavy rain and high winds.
There is currently a severe weather advisory for the Galapagos Islands, but this is
expected to be extended to the coast of Ecuador within 24 hours. This front could
make landfall within 48-72 hours…” The report for the mayor is due…NOW.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 3 11:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 43 events focused between 1.6 and 2.0 km (mostly) as well as a cluster
around 4.0 km in the past hour. ANOTHER REPORT FOR THE
MAYOR/PRESS RELEASE IS DUE BY 11PM.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
- Abundant VT quakes in the 4.0-3.0 km depth range, with a total of 48 distinct
seismic events in the past hour; very few LP events.
- Continued dominance of VT quakes. There were 55 seismic events in the
past hour, 45 of which were VT and located ~3 km depth.
- A bulletin just received from the local weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0301GMT:
A strong front is moving towards the coast of Ecuador. It is unknown whether it will
keep its present course, but if it does, it will bring heavy rain and high winds.
There is currently a severe weather advisory for the Galapagos Islands, but this is
expected to be extended to the coast of Ecuador within 24 hours. This front could
make landfall within 48-72 hours…” The report for the mayor is due…NOW.
- Seismic activity still predominantly VT in character (50 distinct events this
hour). There have been reports of fumaroles on the western side of the crater.
These have not been verified visually yet because it’s dark out.
Seismic events
over past hour:
50
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4 12:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Abundant VT quakes in the 4.0-3.0 km depth range, with a total of 48 distinct
seismic events in the past hour; very few LP events.
- Continued dominance of VT quakes. There were 55 seismic events in the
past hour, 45 of which were VT and located ~3 km depth.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
- A bulletin just received from the local weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0301GMT:
A strong front is moving towards the coast of Ecuador. It is unknown whether it will
keep its present course, but if it does, it will bring heavy rain and high winds.
There is currently a severe weather advisory for the Galapagos Islands, but this is
expected to be extended to the coast of Ecuador within 24 hours. This front could
make landfall within 48-72 hours…” The report for the mayor is due…NOW.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- Seismic activity still predominantly VT in character (50 distinct events this
hour). There have been reports of fumaroles on the western side of the crater.
These have not been verified visually yet because it’s dark out.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
- An overnight thermal imaging flight report just came in. The crater floor is
without question significantly hotter than the rest of the volcano, but they
could not get precise temperatures owing to interferences from clouds.
66
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
1:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continued dominance of VT quakes. There were 55 seismic events in the
past hour, 45 of which were VT and located ~3 km depth.
- A bulletin just received from the local weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0301GMT:
A strong front is moving towards the coast of Ecuador. It is unknown whether it will
keep its present course, but if it does, it will bring heavy rain and high winds.
There is currently a severe weather advisory for the Galapagos Islands, but this is
expected to be extended to the coast of Ecuador within 24 hours. This front could
make landfall within 48-72 hours…” The report for the mayor is due…NOW.
- Seismic activity still predominantly VT in character (50 distinct events this
hour). There have been reports of fumaroles on the western side of the crater.
These have not been verified visually yet because it’s dark out.
- An overnight thermal imaging flight report just came in. The crater floor is
without question significantly hotter than the rest of the volcano, but they
could not get precise temperatures owing to interferences from clouds.
- Almost 70 distinct seismic events in the past hour. The ratio of LPs to VTs is
back to what it was a day ago (more LPs than VT quakes) and the focus of
most quakes is shallower than 2 km depth.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
68
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
2:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- A bulletin just received from the local weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0301GMT:
A strong front is moving towards the coast of Ecuador. It is unknown whether it will
keep its present course, but if it does, it will bring heavy rain and high winds.
There is currently a severe weather advisory for the Galapagos Islands, but this is
expected to be extended to the coast of Ecuador within 24 hours. This front could
make landfall within 48-72 hours…” The report for the mayor is due…NOW.
- Seismic activity still predominantly VT in character (50 distinct events this
hour). There have been reports of fumaroles on the western side of the crater.
These have not been verified visually yet because it’s dark out.
- An overnight thermal imaging flight report just came in. The crater floor is
without question significantly hotter than the rest of the volcano, but they
could not get precise temperatures owing to interferences from clouds.
- Almost 70 distinct seismic events in the past hour. The ratio of LPs to VTs is
back to what it was a day ago (more LPs than VT quakes) and the focus of
most quakes is shallower than 2 km depth..
- 42 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
42
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
3:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic activity still predominantly VT in character (50 distinct events this
hour). There have been reports of fumaroles on the western side of the crater.
These have not been verified visually yet because it’s dark out.
- An overnight thermal imaging flight report just came in. The crater floor is
without question significantly hotter than the rest of the volcano, but they
could not get precise temperatures owing to interferences from clouds.
- Almost 70 distinct seismic events in the past hour. The ratio of LPs to VTs is
back to what it was a day ago (more LPs than VT quakes) and the focus of
most quakes is shallower than 2 km depth..
- 42 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
- Increase in seismicity again to 78 distinct events.
Working seismic
Stations:
9
Seismic events
over past hour:
78
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
4:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic activity still predominantly VT in character (50 distinct events this
hour). There have been reports of fumaroles on the western side of the crater.
These have not been verified visually yet because it’s dark out.
- An overnight thermal imaging flight report just came in. The crater floor is
without question significantly hotter than the rest of the volcano, but they
could not get precise temperatures owing to interferences from clouds.
- Almost 70 distinct seismic events in the past hour. The ratio of LPs to VTs is
back to what it was a day ago (more LPs than VT quakes) and the focus of
most quakes is shallower than 2 km depth..
- 42 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
- Increase in seismicity again to 78 distinct events.
- Another seismic station (BTAM) has stopped responding, most likely due to
battery failure. A decision has been made to leave any attempt to fix/replace
the station for an undetermined time in the future; the park will not let
anyone climb the mountain owing to increasing rumors of fumarolic activity
(still unconfirmed).
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
56
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
5:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- An overnight thermal imaging flight report just came in. The crater floor is
without question significantly hotter than the rest of the volcano, but they
could not get precise temperatures owing to interferences from clouds.
- Almost 70 distinct seismic events in the past hour. The ratio of LPs to VTs is
back to what it was a day ago (more LPs than VT quakes) and the focus of
most quakes is shallower than 2 km depth..
- 42 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
47
- Increase in seismicity again to 78 distinct events.
- Another seismic station (BTAM) has stopped responding, most likely due to
battery failure. A decision has been made to leave any attempt to fix/replace
the station for an undetermined time in the future; the park will not let
anyone climb the mountain owing to increasing rumors of fumarolic activity
(still unconfirmed).
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
- 47 events in the past hour, mostly LP and in the 3.3-1.3 km depth range.
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
6:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Almost 70 distinct seismic events in the past hour. The ratio of LPs to VTs is
back to what it was a day ago (more LPs than VT quakes) and the focus of
most quakes is shallower than 2 km depth..
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- 42 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
- Increase in seismicity again to 78 distinct events.
- Another seismic station (BTAM) has stopped responding, most likely due to
battery failure. A decision has been made to leave any attempt to fix/replace
the station for an undetermined time in the future; the park will not let
anyone climb the mountain owing to increasing rumors of fumarolic activity
(still unconfirmed).
- 47 events in the past hour, mostly LP and in the 3.3-1.3 km depth range.
- There were 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour, which includes 3
separate ~1 minute long intervals of tremor. No depths available on the
tremor, but they appear to have a shallow source. The mayor would like his
morning update by 10AM.
Seismic events
over past hour:
88
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
7:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 42 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
- Increase in seismicity again to 78 distinct events.
- Another seismic station (BTAM) has stopped responding, most likely due to
battery failure. A decision has been made to leave any attempt to fix/replace
the station for an undetermined time in the future; the park will not let
anyone climb the mountain owing to increasing rumors of fumarolic activity
(still unconfirmed).
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
72
- 47 events in the past hour, mostly LP and in the 3.3-1.3 km depth range.
- There were 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour, which includes 3
separate ~1 minute long intervals of tremor. No depths available on the
tremor, but they appear to have a shallow source. The mayor would like his
morning update by 10AM.
- Gas emission data are in from the COSPEC at Tambopaxi. High winds and
poor visibility made a high degree of accuracy difficult. The reading showed
4810 tons/day of SO2 with a margin of error of +/-300 tons/day. Minor tremor
observed on several occasions in last hour.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
8:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Increase in seismicity again to 78 distinct events.
- Another seismic station (BTAM) has stopped responding, most likely due to
battery failure. A decision has been made to leave any attempt to fix/replace
the station for an undetermined time in the future; the park will not let
anyone climb the mountain owing to increasing rumors of fumarolic activity
(still unconfirmed).
- 47 events in the past hour, mostly LP and in the 3.3-1.3 km depth range.
- There were 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour, which includes 3
separate ~1 minute long intervals of tremor. No depths available on the
tremor, but they appear to have a shallow source. The mayor would like his
morning update by 10AM.
- Gas emission data are in from the COSPEC at Tambopaxi. High winds and
poor visibility made a high degree of accuracy difficult. The reading showed
4810 tons/day of SO2 with a margin of error of +/-300 tons/day. Minor tremor
observed on several occasions in last hour.
- 46 seismic events in the last hour including 2 minutes’ of continuous
tremor.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
46
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
9:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Increase in seismicity again to 78 distinct events.
- Another seismic station (BTAM) has stopped responding, most likely due to
battery failure. A decision has been made to leave any attempt to fix/replace
the station for an undetermined time in the future; the park will not let
anyone climb the mountain owing to increasing rumors of fumarolic activity
(still unconfirmed).
- 47 events in the past hour, mostly LP and in the 3.3-1.3 km depth range.
- There were 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour, which includes 3
separate ~1 minute long intervals of tremor. No depths available on the
tremor, but they appear to have a shallow source. The mayor would like his
morning update by 10AM.
- Gas emission data are in from the COSPEC at Tambopaxi. High winds and
poor visibility made a high degree of accuracy difficult. The reading showed
4810 tons/day of SO2 with a margin of error of +/-300 tons/day. Minor tremor
observed on several occasions in last hour.
- 71 distinct seismic events, almost all LP and shallower than 2 km. The
morning report is due NOW.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
71
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4 10:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 47 events in the past hour, mostly LP and in the 3.3-1.3 km depth range.
- There were 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour, which includes 3
separate ~1 minute long intervals of tremor. No depths available on the
tremor, but they appear to have a shallow source. The mayor would like his
morning update by 10AM.
- Gas emission data are in from the COSPEC at Tambopaxi. High winds and
poor visibility made a high degree of accuracy difficult. The reading showed
4810 tons/day of SO2 with a margin of error of +/-300 tons/day. Minor tremor
observed on several occasions in last hour.
- 71 distinct seismic events, almost all LP and shallower than 2 km. The
morning report is due NOW.
- An update from the weather service: “Quito, EQ 1502GMT: The front over the
Galapagos Islands has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Derwood. Sustained
winds of 45mph and heavy rainfall are being reported. The system is becoming
more organized and is expected to increase in strength over the open water.
Because such systems are rare this at this time of year, predicting a course or its
potential strength cannot be done at this time…”
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
65
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4 11:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- There were 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour, which includes 3
separate ~1 minute long intervals of tremor. No depths available on the
tremor, but they appear to have a shallow source. The mayor would like his
morning update by 10AM.
- Gas emission data are in from the COSPEC at Tambopaxi. High winds and
poor visibility made a high degree of accuracy difficult. The reading showed
4810 tons/day of SO2 with a margin of error of +/-300 tons/day. Minor tremor
observed on several occasions in last hour.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
54
- 71 distinct seismic events, almost all LP and shallower than 2 km. The
morning report is due NOW.
- An update from the weather service: “Quito, EQ 1502GMT: The front over the
Galapagos Islands has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Derwood. Sustained
winds of 45mph and heavy rainfall are being reported. The system is becoming
more organized and is expected to increase in strength over the open water.
Because such systems are rare this at this time of year, predicting a course or its
potential strength cannot be done at this time…”
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
- New GPS data indicate that the crater floor has moved up an additional 0.6
meters since the last data were reported. There were 54 distinct seismic
events in the past hour as well.
Days until budget
runs out:
0
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4 12:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Gas emission data are in from the COSPEC at Tambopaxi. High winds and
poor visibility made a high degree of accuracy difficult. The reading showed
4810 tons/day of SO2 with a margin of error of +/-300 tons/day. Minor tremor
observed on several occasions in last hour.
- 71 distinct seismic events, almost all LP and shallower than 2 km. The
morning report is due NOW.
- An update from the weather service: “Quito, EQ 1502GMT: The front over the
Galapagos Islands has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Derwood. Sustained
winds of 45mph and heavy rainfall are being reported. The system is becoming
more organized and is expected to increase in strength over the open water.
Because such systems are rare this at this time of year, predicting a course or its
potential strength cannot be done at this time…”
- New GPS data indicate that the crater floor has moved up an additional 0.6
meters since the last data were reported. There were 54 distinct seismic
events in the past hour as well.
- The tiltmeters are also showing inflation that is edifice-wide of a few cm
over the past few days (more precise data are unavailable at this time). There
were 63 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
63
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
1:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 71 distinct seismic events, almost all LP and shallower than 2 km. The
morning report is due NOW.
- An update from the weather service: “Quito, EQ 1502GMT: The front over the
Galapagos Islands has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Derwood. Sustained
winds of 45mph and heavy rainfall are being reported. The system is becoming
more organized and is expected to increase in strength over the open water.
Because such systems are rare this at this time of year, predicting a course or its
potential strength cannot be done at this time…”
- New GPS data indicate that the crater floor has moved up an additional 0.6
meters since the last data were reported. There were 54 distinct seismic
events in the past hour as well.
- The tiltmeters are also showing inflation that is edifice-wide of a few cm
over the past few days (more precise data are unavailable at this time). There
were 63 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
- Several minutes of tremor (6-7) occurred during the past hour, interspersed
with 79 distinct LP and VT events.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
79
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
2:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- An update from the weather service: “Quito, EQ 1502GMT: The front over the
Galapagos Islands has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Derwood. Sustained
winds of 45mph and heavy rainfall are being reported. The system is becoming
more organized and is expected to increase in strength over the open water.
Because such systems are rare this at this time of year, predicting a course or its
potential strength cannot be done at this time…”
- New GPS data indicate that the crater floor has moved up an additional 0.6
meters since the last data were reported. There were 54 distinct seismic
events in the past hour as well.
- The tiltmeters are also showing inflation that is edifice-wide of a few cm
over the past few days (more precise data are unavailable at this time). There
were 63 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
- Several minutes of tremor (6-7) occurred during the past hour, interspersed
with 79 distinct LP and VT events.
- 82 distinct seismic events in the past hour. Tremor continues at about the
same frequency as last hour.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
82
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
3:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New GPS data indicate that the crater floor has moved up an additional 0.6
meters since the last data were reported. There were 54 distinct seismic
events in the past hour as well.
- The tiltmeters are also showing inflation that is edifice-wide of a few cm
over the past few days (more precise data are unavailable at this time). There
were 63 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
- Several minutes of tremor (6-7) occurred during the past hour, interspersed
with 79 distinct LP and VT events.
- 82 distinct seismic events in the past hour. Tremor continues at about the
same frequency as last hour.
- Steam clouds from vents on the crater floor were confirmed during an
overflight by a radio station helicopter (they took pictures, they didn’t do the
interpretations). Steam plumes seem to be rising approximately 500 m before
being dispersed by the wind. 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
88
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
4:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The tiltmeters are also showing inflation that is edifice-wide of a few cm
over the past few days (more precise data are unavailable at this time). There
were 63 distinct seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- Several minutes of tremor (6-7) occurred during the past hour, interspersed
with 79 distinct LP and VT events.
- 82 distinct seismic events in the past hour. Tremor continues at about the
same frequency as last hour.
- Steam clouds from vents on the crater floor were confirmed during an
overflight by a radio station helicopter (they took pictures, they didn’t do the
interpretations). Steam plumes seem to be rising approximately 500 m before
being dispersed by the wind. 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour.
- Increase in number of LP events to 92 distinct seismic events (most were LP
in the 1.4-2 km depth range the few VT were 3-4 km deep).
Seismic events
over past hour:
92
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
5:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Several minutes of tremor (6-7) occurred during the past hour, interspersed
with 79 distinct LP and VT events.
- 82 distinct seismic events in the past hour. Tremor continues at about the
same frequency as last hour.
- Steam clouds from vents on the crater floor were confirmed during an
overflight by a radio station helicopter (they took pictures, they didn’t do the
interpretations). Steam plumes seem to be rising approximately 500 m before
being dispersed by the wind. 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour.
- Increase in number of LP events to 92 distinct seismic events (most were LP
in the 1.4-2 km depth range the few VT were 3-4 km deep).
- Number of seismic events is still elevated and mostly shallow LP. A radar
installation at a nearby military base called to report anomalous clouds over
the summit. Seismic station MO1V, one of the closest to the summit, has
stopped responding. Afternoon COSPEC readings indicate a level of 6280
tons of SO2/day.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
93
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
6:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 82 distinct seismic events in the past hour. Tremor continues at about the
same frequency as last hour.
- Steam clouds from vents on the crater floor were confirmed during an
overflight by a radio station helicopter (they took pictures, they didn’t do the
interpretations). Steam plumes seem to be rising approximately 500 m before
being dispersed by the wind. 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour.
- Increase in number of LP events to 92 distinct seismic events (most were LP
in the 1.4-2 km depth range the few VT were 3-4 km deep).
- Number of seismic events is still elevated and mostly shallow LP. A radar
installation at a nearby military base called to report anomalous clouds over
the summit. Seismic station MO1V, one of the closest to the summit, has
stopped responding. Afternoon COSPEC readings indicate a level of 6280
tons of SO2/day.
- People can see the fumarolic activity from the closest towns and are calling
the IG to inquire about the state of the volcano. 89 distinct seismic events
plus 12-13 minutes of harmonic tremor (total in the past hour).
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
89
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
7:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Steam clouds from vents on the crater floor were confirmed during an
overflight by a radio station helicopter (they took pictures, they didn’t do the
interpretations). Steam plumes seem to be rising approximately 500 m before
being dispersed by the wind. 88 distinct seismic events in the past hour.
- Increase in number of LP events to 92 distinct seismic events (most were LP
in the 1.4-2 km depth range the few VT were 3-4 km deep).
- Number of seismic events is still elevated and mostly shallow LP. A radar
installation at a nearby military base called to report anomalous clouds over
the summit. Seismic station MO1V, one of the closest to the summit, has
stopped responding. Afternoon COSPEC readings indicate a level of 6280
tons of SO2/day.
- People can see the fumarolic activity from the closest towns and are calling
the IG to inquire about the state of the volcano. 89 distinct seismic events
plus 12-13 minutes of harmonic tremor (total in the past hour).
- Reports are coming in from several farms and towns near the SW side of the
volcano that explosions were heard in the past hour, and that a plume was
spotted over the summit that was significantly higher than those observed in
the past day.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
87
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
Days until budget
runs out:
3
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
8:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Increase in number of LP events to 92 distinct seismic events (most were LP
in the 1.4-2 km depth range the few VT were 3-4 km deep).
- Number of seismic events is still elevated and mostly shallow LP. A radar
installation at a nearby military base called to report anomalous clouds over
the summit. Seismic station MO1V, one of the closest to the summit, has
stopped responding. Afternoon COSPEC readings indicate a level of 6280
tons of SO2/day.
- People can see the fumarolic activity from the closest towns and are calling
the IG to inquire about the state of the volcano. 89 distinct seismic events
plus 12-13 minutes of harmonic tremor (total in the past hour).
- Reports are coming in from several farms and towns near the SW side of the
volcano that explosions were heard in the past hour, and that a plume was
spotted over the summit that was significantly higher than those observed in
the past day. The mayor would like a report at 11 PM tonight.
- The Ecuadorian weather service just called to report that there is indeed a
1.3 km high plume above the summit of Cotopaxi.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
92
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
1
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4
9:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Number of seismic events is still elevated and mostly shallow LP. A radar
installation at a nearby military base called to report anomalous clouds over
the summit. Seismic station MO1V, one of the closest to the summit, has
stopped responding. Afternoon COSPEC readings indicate a level of 6280
tons of SO2/day.
Working seismic
Stations:
- People can see the fumarolic activity from the closest towns and are calling
the IG to inquire about the state of the volcano. 89 distinct seismic events
plus 12-13 minutes of harmonic tremor (total in the past hour).
Seismic events
over past hour:
- Reports are coming in from several farms and towns near the SW side of the
volcano that explosions were heard in the past hour, and that a plume was
spotted over the summit that was significantly higher than those observed in
the past day. The mayor would like a report at 11 PM tonight.
- The Ecuadorian weather service just called to report that there is indeed a
1.3 km high plume above the summit of Cotopaxi.
- 85 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP with increased tremor,
some harmonic. An update from the weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0215GMT:
Tropical Storm Derwood has stalled offshore of Ecuador. The coastline is
experiencing heavy tidal surge and rain. The interior of Ecuador could
experience showers or winds, but for now will not be affected by the storm.”
8
85
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
1
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4 10:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- People can see the fumarolic activity from the closest towns and are calling
the IG to inquire about the state of the volcano. 89 distinct seismic events
plus 12-13 minutes of harmonic tremor (total in the past hour).
- Reports are coming in from several farms and towns near the SW side of the
volcano that explosions were heard in the past hour, and that a plume was
spotted over the summit that was significantly higher than those observed in
the past day. The mayor would like a report at 11 PM tonight.
- The Ecuadorian weather service just called to report that there is indeed a
1.3 km high plume above the summit of Cotopaxi.
- 85 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP with increased tremor,
some harmonic. An update from the weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0215GMT:
Tropical Storm Derwood has stalled offshore of Ecuador. The coastline is
experiencing heavy tidal surge and rain. The interior of Ecuador could
experience showers or winds, but for now will not be affected by the storm.”
- Seismic activity has remained fairly high since the explosion late this
afternoon, with significant tremor. The mayor’s report is due NOW.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
99
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
1
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 4 11:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Reports are coming in from several farms and towns near the SW side of the
volcano that explosions were heard in the past hour, and that a plume was
spotted over the summit that was significantly higher than those observed in
the past day. The mayor would like a report at 11 PM tonight.
- The Ecuadorian weather service just called to report that there is indeed a
1.3 km high plume above the summit of Cotopaxi.
- 85 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP with increased tremor,
some harmonic. An update from the weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0215GMT:
Tropical Storm Derwood has stalled offshore of Ecuador. The coastline is
experiencing heavy tidal surge and rain. The interior of Ecuador could
experience showers or winds, but for now will not be affected by the storm.”
- Seismic activity has remained fairly high since the explosion late this
afternoon, with significant tremor. The mayor’s report is due NOW.
- The plume from the explosion earlier this evening has dissipated, according
to the weather service. No further reports owing to it being dark out. Over 80
seismic events, including significant tremor.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
84
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
1
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5 12:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The Ecuadorian weather service just called to report that there is indeed a
1.3 km high plume above the summit of Cotopaxi.
- 85 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP with increased tremor,
some harmonic. An update from the weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0215GMT:
Tropical Storm Derwood has stalled offshore of Ecuador. The coastline is
experiencing heavy tidal surge and rain. The interior of Ecuador could
experience showers or winds, but for now will not be affected by the storm.”
- Seismic activity has remained fairly high since the explosion late this
afternoon, with significant tremor. The mayor’s report is due NOW.
- The plume from the explosion earlier this evening has dissipated, according
to the weather service. No further reports owing to it being dark out. Over 80
seismic events, including significant tremor.
- At 11:55 PM, more explosions from Coto were heard by people as far away
as Alaquez, with people in Latacunga reporting explosions and/or what they
thought was thunder. The weather service reports a plume exceeding 1.5 km
and rising.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
88
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
2
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
1:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 85 distinct seismic events in the last hour, mostly LP with increased tremor,
some harmonic. An update from the weather bureau: “Quito, EQ 0215GMT:
Tropical Storm Derwood has stalled offshore of Ecuador. The coastline is
experiencing heavy tidal surge and rain. The interior of Ecuador could
experience showers or winds, but for now will not be affected by the storm.”
- Seismic activity has remained fairly high since the explosion late this
afternoon, with significant tremor. The mayor’s report is due NOW.
- The plume from the explosion earlier this evening has dissipated, according
to the weather service. No further reports owing to it being dark out. Over 80
seismic events, including significant tremor.
- At 11:55 PM, more explosions from Coto were heard by people as far away
as Alaquez, with people in Latacunga reporting explosions and/or what they
thought was thunder. The weather service reports a plume exceeding 1.5 km
and rising.
- 79 seismic events in the past hour, most LP, some VT, significant tremor.
Signal came in this hour from L-RMARI (acoustic flow monitor), but can’t
distinguish this as a lahar with certainty, as this station has been unreliable
over the past few months. No visual observations reported from the area yet
either.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
79
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
2
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
2:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic activity has remained fairly high since the explosion late this
afternoon, with significant tremor. The mayor’s report is due NOW.
- The plume from the explosion earlier this evening has dissipated, according
to the weather service. No further reports owing to it being dark out. Over 80
seismic events, including significant tremor.
- At 11:55 PM, more explosions from Coto were heard by people as far away
as Alaquez, with people in Latacunga reporting explosions and/or what they
thought was thunder. The weather service reports a plume exceeding 1.5 km
and rising.
- 79 seismic events in the past hour, most LP, some VT, significant tremor.
Signal came in this hour from L-RMARI (acoustic flow monitor), but can’t
distinguish this as a lahar with certainty, as this station has been unreliable
over the past few months. No visual observations reported from the area yet
either.
- 2:05 AM: reports of another series of explosions from the summit, audible as
far as Latacunga; no data on plume height or whether ash is being produced.
Authorities in the towns SW of Cotopaxi are calling the IG for advice.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
80
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
3:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- At 11:55 PM, more explosions from Coto were heard by people as far away
as Alaquez, with people in Latacunga reporting explosions and/or what they
thought was thunder. The weather service reports a plume exceeding 1.5 km
and rising.
- 79 seismic events in the past hour, most LP, some VT, significant tremor.
Signal came in this hour from L-RMARI (acoustic flow monitor), but can’t
distinguish this as a lahar with certainty, as this station has been unreliable
over the past few months. No visual observations reported from the area yet
either.
- 2:05 AM: reports of another series of explosions from the summit, audible as
far as Latacunga; no data on plume height or whether ash is being produced.
Authorities in the towns SW of Cotopaxi are calling the IG for advice.
-C- Just received confirmation from a local farmer on SW flanks of Coto of a
small lahar down Quebrada San Diego, reaching ~8 km from the summit
(hard to quantify because it’s still night), no report of damage. He also
reported ash that began to fall after the second set of explosions. Only 35
distinct seismic events today but significant tremor as well.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
35
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
4:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 79 seismic events in the past hour, most LP, some VT, significant tremor.
Signal came in this hour from L-RMARI (acoustic flow monitor), but can’t
distinguish this as a lahar with certainty, as this station has been unreliable
over the past few months. No visual observations reported from the area yet
either.
-
-
2:05 AM: reports of another series of explosions from the summit, audible
as far as Latacunga; no data on plume height or whether ash is being
produced. Authorities in the towns SW of Cotopaxi are calling the IG for
advice.
Just received confirmation from a local farmer on SW flanks of Coto of a
small lahar down Quebrada San Diego, reaching ~8 km from the summit
(hard to quantify because it’s still night), no report of damage. He also
reported ash that began to fall after the second set of explosions. Only 35
distinct seismic events today but significant tremor as well.
- Continued lower seismic activity, LP mostly plus significant tremor. Radar
reports of a plume over the summit of ~2 km, with ash falling slightly on
several points to the SW of the summit. No damage reported.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
43
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
5:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-
-
2:05 AM: reports of another series of explosions from the summit, audible
as far as Latacunga; no data on plume height or whether ash is being
produced. Authorities in the towns SW of Cotopaxi are calling the IG for
advice.
Just received confirmation from a local farmer on SW flanks of Coto of a
small lahar down Quebrada San Diego, reaching ~8 km from the summit
(hard to quantify because it’s still night), no report of damage. He also
reported ash that began to fall after the second set of explosions. Only 35
distinct seismic events today but significant tremor as well.
- Continued lower seismic activity, LP mostly plus significant tremor. Radar
reports of a plume over the summit of ~2 km, with ash falling slightly on
several points to the SW of the summit. No damage reported.
- Acoustic flow monitor L-RMARI alarm went off 2 minutes ago, definitely a
lahar signal this time and significantly larger than the last one. Only 23
distinct seismic events this hour, some LP, tremor mostly.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
23
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
6:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Just received confirmation from a local farmer on SW flanks of Coto of a
small lahar down Quebrada San Diego, reaching ~8 km from the summit
(hard to quantify because it’s still night), no report of damage. He also
reported ash that began to fall after the second set of explosions. Only 35
distinct seismic events today but significant tremor as well.
- Continued lower seismic activity, LP mostly plus significant tremor. Radar
reports of a plume over the summit of ~2 km, with ash falling slightly on
several points to the SW of the summit. No damage reported.
- Acoustic flow monitor L-RMARI alarm went off 2 minutes ago, definitely a
lahar signal this time and significantly larger than the last one. Only 23
distinct seismic events this hour, some LP, tremor mostly.
- The geologists at Tambopaxi have gone out to collect ash from the night’s
explosions to determine whether there is juvenile material in it or if it is just
lithics from a phreatic explosion. Distinct seismic events down to 8 in the
past hour, no tremor, only LP.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
8
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
7:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continued lower seismic activity, LP mostly plus significant tremor. Radar
reports of a plume over the summit of ~2 km, with ash falling slightly on
several points to the SW of the summit. No damage reported.
- Acoustic flow monitor L-RMARI alarm went off 2 minutes ago, definitely a
lahar signal this time and significantly larger than the last one. Only 23
distinct seismic events this hour, some LP, tremor mostly.
- The geologists at Tambopaxi have gone out to collect ash from the night’s
explosions to determine whether there is juvenile material in it or if it is just
lithics from a phreatic explosion. Distinct seismic events down to 8 in the
past hour, no tremor, only LP.
- Only 7 distinct seismic events in the past hour, all LP and at approximately
1.3 km depth. Now that the sun is up, reports are trickling in of a significant
lahar down the SW flank and of ~0.5 cm of ash throughout the SW region of
Coto’s flanks. There is a residual, ~1.5 km high plume over the volcano but
no further reports of activity.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
7
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
8:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Acoustic flow monitor L-RMARI alarm went off 2 minutes ago, definitely a
lahar signal this time and significantly larger than the last one. Only 23
distinct seismic events this hour, some LP, tremor mostly.
- The geologists at Tambopaxi have gone out to collect ash from the night’s
explosions to determine whether there is juvenile material in it or if it is just
lithics from a phreatic explosion. Distinct seismic events down to 8 in the
past hour, no tremor, only LP.
- Only 7 distinct seismic events in the past hour, all LP and at approximately
1.3 km depth. Now that the sun is up, reports are trickling in of a significant
lahar down the SW flank and of ~0.5 cm of ash throughout the SW region of
Coto’s flanks. There is a residual, ~1.5 km high plume over the volcano but
no further reports of activity.
- Before they left to collect ash, the Tambopaxi group measured SO2 levels of
6540 tons/day before clouds moved in to obscure the summit. Unclear
whether the clouds are simply weather-related or intense fumarole activity.
The Tambopaxi team confirms a minor layer of ash across the southwestern
flanks of the volcano, but have not reached the potential location of the lahar
yet. Seismicity continues to be low.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
8
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
9:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The geologists at Tambopaxi have gone out to collect ash from the night’s
explosions to determine whether there is juvenile material in it or if it is just
lithics from a phreatic explosion. Distinct seismic events down to 8 in the
past hour, no tremor, only LP.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- Only 7 distinct seismic events in the past hour, all LP and at approximately
1.3 km depth. Now that the sun is up, reports are trickling in of a significant
lahar down the SW flank and of ~0.5 cm of ash throughout the SW region of
Coto’s flanks. There is a residual, ~1.5 km high plume over the volcano but
no further reports of activity.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- Before they left to collect ash, the Tambopaxi group measured SO2 levels of
6540 tons/day before clouds moved in to obscure the summit. Unclear
whether the clouds are simply weather-related or intense fumarole activity.
The Tambopaxi team confirms a minor layer of ash across the southwestern
flanks of the volcano, but have not reached the potential location of the lahar
yet. Seismicity continues to be low.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
- Confirmation that this morning’s acoustic flow monitor alarm was a 14 kmlong lahar that came down Quebrada San Diego and San Lorenzo, but did not
reach the town of Mulalo or cause any damage to property other than some
pasturelands.
12
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5 10:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Only 7 distinct seismic events in the past hour, all LP and at approximately
1.3 km depth. Now that the sun is up, reports are trickling in of a significant
lahar down the SW flank and of ~0.5 cm of ash throughout the SW region of
Coto’s flanks. There is a residual, ~1.5 km high plume over the volcano but
no further reports of activity.
Working seismic
Stations:
- Before they left to collect ash, the Tambopaxi group measured SO2 levels of
6540 tons/day before clouds moved in to obscure the summit. Unclear
whether the clouds are simply weather-related or intense fumarole activity.
The Tambopaxi team confirms a minor layer of ash across the southwestern
flanks of the volcano, but have not reached the potential location of the lahar
yet. Seismicity continues to be low.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- Confirmation that this morning’s acoustic flow monitor alarm was a 14 kmlong lahar that came down Quebrada San Diego and San Lorenzo, but did not
reach the town of Mulalo or cause any damage to property other than some
pasturelands.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
- Preliminary hand sample analysis of ash from the field team is that there is
no juvenile material, only lithic fragments, some of which area
hydrothermally altered. They’ve concluded that the explosions overnight
were phreatic, related exclusively to water in the summit area.
8
15
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5 11:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Before they left to collect ash, the Tambopaxi group measured SO2 levels of
6540 tons/day before clouds moved in to obscure the summit. Unclear
whether the clouds are simply weather-related or intense fumarole activity.
The Tambopaxi team confirms a minor layer of ash across the southwestern
flanks of the volcano, but have not reached the potential location of the lahar
yet. Seismicity continues to be low.
- Confirmation that this morning’s acoustic flow monitor alarm was a 14 kmlong lahar that came down Quebrada San Diego and San Lorenzo, but did not
reach the town of Mulalo or cause any damage to property other than some
pasturelands.
- Preliminary hand sample analysis of ash from the field team is that there is
no juvenile material, only lithic fragments, some of which area
hydrothermally altered. They’ve concluded that the explosions overnight
were phreatic, related exclusively to water in the summit area.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
12
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
- Continued low seismicity, mostly shallow LP events but the average depth
appears to be increasing by ~0.2 km.
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5 12:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Confirmation that this morning’s acoustic flow monitor alarm was a 14 kmlong lahar that came down Quebrada San Diego and San Lorenzo, but did not
reach the town of Mulalo or cause any damage to property other than some
pasturelands.
- Preliminary hand sample analysis of ash from the field team is that there is
no juvenile material, only lithic fragments, some of which area
hydrothermally altered. They’ve concluded that the explosions overnight
were phreatic, related exclusively to water in the summit area.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
14
- Continued low seismicity, mostly shallow LP events but the average depth
appears to be increasing by ~0.2 km.
- The field team from the IG just ran into a geochemist from a private
university in Quito who is also out collecting ash, despite not being
sanctioned by the IG to do so. He concurs with their assessment of no juvenile
material in the recently erupted material. Only 14 distinct seismic events in
the past hour.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
1:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Preliminary hand sample analysis of ash from the field team is that there is
no juvenile material, only lithic fragments, some of which area
hydrothermally altered. They’ve concluded that the explosions overnight
were phreatic, related exclusively to water in the summit area.
- Continued low seismicity, mostly shallow LP events but the average depth
appears to be increasing by ~0.2 km.
- The field team from the IG just ran into a geochemist from a private
university in Quito who is also out collecting ash, despite not being
sanctioned by the IG to do so. He concurs with their assessment of no juvenile
material in the recently erupted material. Only 14 distinct seismic events in
the past hour.
- The summit continues to be obscured by clouds, and overall seismicity
levels remain low, mostly LP with progressively decreasing amplitude over
the past few hours. The mayor would like an update by 5 PM tonight.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
7
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
2:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The data coming in indicate that another event just began. There is not
much of a view of the summit, but reports should come in from spotters soon.
- Continued low seismicity, mostly shallow LP events but the average depth
appears to be increasing by ~0.2 km.
- The field team from the IG just ran into a geochemist from a private
university in Quito who is also out collecting ash, despite not being
sanctioned by the IG to do so. He concurs with their assessment of no juvenile
material in the recently erupted material. Only 14 distinct seismic events in
the past hour.
- The summit continues to be obscured by clouds, and overall seismicity
levels remain low, mostly LP with progressively decreasing amplitude over
the past few hours. The mayor would like an update by 5 PM tonight.
- The instruments are relatively quiet. The weather is starting to look sinister
as the storm offshore starts to move inland. Only 5 distinct seismic events all
1.8 km or deeper, all LP in the past hour.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
5
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
3:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continued low seismicity, mostly shallow LP events but the average depth
appears to be increasing by ~0.2 km.
- The field team from the IG just ran into a geochemist from a private
university in Quito who is also out collecting ash, despite not being
sanctioned by the IG to do so. He concurs with their assessment of no juvenile
material in the recently erupted material. Only 14 distinct seismic events in
the past hour.
- The summit continues to be obscured by clouds, and overall seismicity
levels remain low, mostly LP with progressively decreasing amplitude over
the past few hours. The mayor would like an update by 5 PM tonight.
- The instruments are relatively quiet. The weather is starting to look sinister
as the storm offshore starts to move inland. Only 5 distinct seismic events all
1.8 km or deeper, all LP in the past hour.
- 8 distinct seismic events in the past hour, same characteristics as last hour.
There are rumors that the rogue geologist your team met in the field is
calling a press conference (something he tends to do without consultation
with the IG), but nobody knows why yet.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
8
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
4:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The field team from the IG just ran into a geochemist from a private
university in Quito who is also out collecting ash, despite not being
sanctioned by the IG to do so. He concurs with their assessment of no juvenile
material in the recently erupted material. Only 14 distinct seismic events in
the past hour.
- The summit continues to be obscured by clouds, and overall seismicity
levels remain low, mostly LP with progressively decreasing amplitude over
the past few hours. The mayor would like an update by 5 PM tonight.
- The instruments are relatively quiet. The weather is starting to look sinister
as the storm offshore starts to move inland. Only 5 distinct seismic events all
1.8 km or deeper, all LP in the past hour.
- 8 distinct seismic events in the past hour, same characteristics as last hour.
There are rumors that the rogue geologist your team met in the field is
calling a press conference (something he tends to do without consultation
with the IG), but nobody knows why yet.
- Only 7 seismic events in the past hour. No further information available.
The mayor’s update is due NOW.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
7
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
5:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The summit continues to be obscured by clouds, and overall seismicity
levels remain low, mostly LP with progressively decreasing amplitude over
the past few hours. The mayor would like an update by 5 PM tonight.
- The instruments are relatively quiet. The weather is starting to look sinister
as the storm offshore starts to move inland. Only 5 distinct seismic events all
1.8 km or deeper, all LP in the past hour.
- 8 distinct seismic events in the past hour, same characteristics as last hour.
There are rumors that the rogue geologist your team met in the field is
calling a press conference (something he tends to do without consultation
with the IG), but nobody knows why yet.
-Only 7 seismic events in the past hour. No further information available. The
mayor’s update is due NOW.
- The geologist did indeed hold a press conference, in which he declared with
great certainty that owing to the lack of juvenile material in the ash and the
decrease in seismicity over the past day that there was no danger of a major
eruption from Cotopaxi, and that people who had left their homes on the SW
flank last night could return without concern. Calls are flooding into the IG
for confirmation of this press conference.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
8
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
6:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The instruments are relatively quiet. The weather is starting to look sinister
as the storm offshore starts to move inland. Only 5 distinct seismic events all
1.8 km or deeper, all LP in the past hour.
- 8 distinct seismic events in the past hour, same characteristics as last hour.
There are rumors that the rogue geologist your team met in the field is
calling a press conference (something he tends to do without consultation
with the IG), but nobody knows why yet.
-Only 7 seismic events in the past hour. No further information available. The
mayor’s update is due NOW.
- The geologist did indeed hold a press conference, in which he declared with
reat certainty that owing to the lack of juvenile material in the ash and the
decrease in seismicity over the past day that there was no danger of a major
eruption from Cotopaxi, and that people who had left their homes on the SW
flank last night could return without concern. He also called for the
“imperialist American geologists” to go home and leave Ecuador to the
Ecuadorians. This has only increased the intensity of protests outside the IG.
- A member of the field team has arrived with ash samples, but microscopic
and geochemical analysis will require at least a day to confirm their
assessment of its composition. Only 12 distinct seismic events this hour, all 2
km or greater, LP but no VT or tremor.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
12
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
7:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 8 distinct seismic events in the past hour, same characteristics as last hour.
There are rumors that the rogue geologist your team met in the field is
calling a press conference (something he tends to do without consultation
with the IG), but nobody knows why yet.
-Only 7 seismic events in the past hour. No further information available. The
mayor’s update is due NOW.
- The geologist did indeed hold a press conference, in which he declared with
reat certainty that owing to the lack of juvenile material in the ash and the
decrease in seismicity over the past day that there was no danger of a major
eruption from Cotopaxi, and that people who had left their homes on the SW
flank last night could return without concern. He also called for the
“imperialist American geologists” to go home and leave Ecuador to the
Ecuadorians. This has only increased the intensity of protests outside the IG.
- A member of the field team has arrived with ash samples, but microscopic
and geochemical analysis will require at least a day to confirm their
assessment of its composition. Only 12 distinct seismic events this hour, all 2
km or greater, LP but no VT or tremor.
- COSPEC analysis just before dark yielded 510 tons of SO2/day as the value.
Four distinct seismic events in the past hour, similar to the ones from the
previous hour.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
4
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
2
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
8:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The geologist did indeed hold a press conference, in which he declared with
reat certainty that owing to the lack of juvenile material in the ash and the
decrease in seismicity over the past day that there was no danger of a major
eruption from Cotopaxi, and that people who had left their homes on the SW
flank last night could return without concern. He also called for the
“imperialist American geologists” to go home and leave Ecuador to the
Ecuadorians. This has only increased the intensity of protests outside the IG.
Working seismic
Stations:
- A member of the field team has arrived with ash samples, but microscopic
and geochemical analysis will require at least a day to confirm their
assessment of its composition. Only 12 distinct seismic events this hour, all 2
km or greater, LP but no VT or tremor.
6
- COSPEC analysis just before dark yielded 510 tons of SO2/day as the value.
Four distinct seismic events in the past hour, similar to the ones from the
previous hour.
- The weather system is now starting to produce rain on the Quito area.
Seismic activity remains quiet and small amplitude. The IG just received a
call from the federal government of Ecuador that they are contemplating
requesting that VDAP pull out, based primarily on the press conference of our
friend the rogue geologist, because they think this will stop the protests in
Quito. AFM L-RMARI’s alarm went off about 30 minutes ago.
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5
9:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- A member of the field team has arrived with ash samples, but microscopic
and geochemical analysis will require at least a day to confirm their
assessment of its composition. Only 12 distinct seismic events this hour, all 2
km or greater, LP but no VT or tremor.
- COSPEC analysis just before dark yielded 510 tons of SO2/day as the value.
Four distinct seismic events in the past hour, similar to the ones from the
previous hour.
- The weather system is now starting to produce rain on the Quito area.
Seismic activity remains quiet and small amplitude. The IG just received a
call from the federal government of Ecuador that they are contemplating
requesting that VDAP pull out, based primarily on the press conference of our
friend the rogue geologist, because they think this will stop the protests in
Quito. AFM L-RMARI’s alarm went off about 30 minutes ago.
- Continued low amplitude LP seismicity, mostly deeper than 2 km. Minor
lahar confirmed ~6 km down Quebrada San Diego, simply following the
same path as the first two.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
9
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5 10:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- COSPEC analysis just before dark yielded 510 tons of SO2/day as the value.
Four distinct seismic events in the past hour, similar to the ones from the
previous hour.
- The weather system is now starting to produce rain on the Quito area.
Seismic activity remains quiet and small amplitude. The IG just received a
call from the federal government of Ecuador that they are contemplating
requesting that VDAP pull out, based primarily on the press conference of our
friend the rogue geologist, because they think this will stop the protests in
Quito. AFM L-RMARI’s alarm went off about 30 minutes ago.
- Continued low amplitude LP seismicity, mostly deeper than 2 km. Minor
lahar confirmed ~6 km down Quebrada San Diego, simply following the
same path as the first two.
- Ongoing low level seismicity. New GPS data just reported by Gorki that
there has been 0.5 m inflation at the center of the crater since the last GPS
data were processed about a day and a half ago.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
12
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 5 11:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The weather system is now starting to produce rain on the Quito area.
Seismic activity remains quiet and small amplitude. The IG just received a
call from the federal government of Ecuador that they are contemplating
requesting that VDAP pull out, based primarily on the press conference of our
friend the rogue geologist, because they think this will stop the protests in
Quito. AFM L-RMARI’s alarm went off about 30 minutes ago.
- Continued low amplitude LP seismicity, mostly deeper than 2 km. Minor
lahar confirmed ~6 km down Quebrada San Diego, simply following the
same path as the first two.
- Ongoing low level seismicity. New GPS data just reported by Gorki that
there has been 0.5 m inflation at the center of the crater since the last GPS
data were processed about a day and a half ago.
- Continued seismicity centered ~2 km below the summit, 14 distinct events
in the past hour. Debate intensifies about VDAP being asked to leave the
country because they are no longer needed, led by what is becoming a
coalition between the rogue geologist and Gonzalez’ radical anti-American
group. They claim that the most recent lahar is simply older, unconsolidated
material mobilized by the strong rains and not related to eruptive activity.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
14
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6 12:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continued low amplitude LP seismicity, mostly deeper than 2 km. Minor
lahar confirmed ~6 km down Quebrada San Diego, simply following the
same path as the first two.
- Ongoing low level seismicity. New GPS data just reported by Gorki that
there has been 0.5 m inflation at the center of the crater since the last GPS
data were processed about a day and a half ago.
- Continued seismicity centered ~2 km below the summit, 14 distinct events
in the past hour. Debate intensifies about VDAP being asked to leave the
country because they are no longer needed, led by what is becoming a
coalition between the rogue geologist and Gonzalez’ radical anti-American
group. They claim that the most recent lahar is simply older, unconsolidated
material mobilized by the strong rains and not related to eruptive activity.
- The storm is now upon the Quito region, bringing with it major, torrential
rain. Reports have already started to come in of small lahars down the
western slopes of the Quito valley in addition to more lahars on the SW flanks
of Coto. Only L-RMARI is showing any detectable signal though, and it is
lower amplitude than previously observed. 15 distinct seismic events in the
last hour, similar to the past few hours’ activity, all small amplitude.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
15
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
1:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Ongoing low level seismicity. New GPS data just reported by Gorki that
there has been 0.5 m inflation at the center of the crater since the last GPS
data were processed about a day and a half ago.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
- Continued seismicity centered ~2 km below the summit, 14 distinct events
in the past hour. Debate intensifies about VDAP being asked to leave the
country because they are no longer needed, led by what is becoming a
coalition between the rogue geologist and Gonzalez’ radical anti-American
group. They claim that the most recent lahar is simply older, unconsolidated
material mobilized by the strong rains and not related to eruptive activity.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- The storm is now upon the Quito region, bringing with it major, torrential
rain. Reports have already started to come in of small lahars down the
western slopes of the Quito valley in addition to more lahars on the SW flanks
of Coto. Only L-RMARI is showing any detectable signal though, and it is
lower amplitude than previously observed. 15 distinct seismic events in the
last hour, similar to the past few hours’ activity, all small amplitude.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
- 18 distinct seismic events all LP in the past hour. Ongoing reports of small
lahars on the western valley walls over Quito and the SW flanks of Coto, none
causing significant damage at this time. AFMs L-RMARI, L-SLOR, and LNSAN showed small signals in the past 10 minutes.
18
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
2:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continued seismicity centered ~2 km below the summit, 14 distinct events
in the past hour. Debate intensifies about VDAP being asked to leave the
country because they are no longer needed, led by what is becoming a
coalition between the rogue geologist and Gonzalez’ radical anti-American
group. They claim that the most recent lahar is simply older, unconsolidated
material mobilized by the strong rains and not related to eruptive activity.
- The storm is now upon the Quito region, bringing with it major, torrential
rain. Reports have already started to come in of small lahars down the
western slopes of the Quito valley in addition to more lahars on the SW flanks
of Coto. Only L-RMARI is showing any detectable signal though, and it is
lower amplitude than previously observed. 15 distinct seismic events in the
last hour, similar to the past few hours’ activity, all small amplitude.
-18 distinct seismic events all LP in the past hour. Ongoing reports of small
lahars on the western valley walls over Quito and the SW flanks of Coto, none
causing significant damage at this time. AFMs L-RMARI, L-SLOR, and LNSAN showed small signals in the past 10 minutes.
-- - Continued seismicity (all LP) with possible minor increase in amplitude
and several minutes of tremor. Rain persists at torrential levels, reports of
minor lahars on the upper slopes of the valley above Quito as well as down
the SW flanks of Coto, but none are setting off AFMs farther downstream.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
23
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
3:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- The storm is now upon the Quito region, bringing with it major, torrential
rain. Reports have already started to come in of small lahars down the
western slopes of the Quito valley in addition to more lahars on the SW flanks
of Coto. Only L-RMARI is showing any detectable signal though, and it is
lower amplitude than previously observed. 15 distinct seismic events in the
last hour, similar to the past few hours’ activity, all small amplitude.
- 18 distinct seismic events all LP in the past hour. Ongoing reports of small
lahars on the western valley walls over Quito and the SW flanks of Coto, none
causing significant damage at this time. AFMs L-RMARI, L-SLOR, and LNSAN showed small signals in the past 10 minutes.
- Continued seismicity (all LP) with possible minor increase in amplitude
and several minutes of tremor. Rain persists at torrential levels, reports of
minor lahars on the upper slopes of the valley above Quito as well as down
the SW flanks of Coto, but none are setting off AFMs farther downstream.
- Increase in seismicity in terms of amplitude as well as occurrence of
tremor, including 33 distinct seismic events in the past hour (2.2-1.3 km
depth).
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
33
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
4:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 18 distinct seismic events all LP in the past hour. Ongoing reports of small
lahars on the western valley walls over Quito and the SW flanks of Coto, none
causing significant damage at this time. AFMs L-RMARI, L-SLOR, and LNSAN showed small signals in the past 10 minutes.
- Continued seismicity (all LP) with possible minor increase in amplitude
and several minutes of tremor. Rain persists at torrential levels, reports of
minor lahars on the upper slopes of the valley above Quito as well as down
the SW flanks of Coto, but none are setting off AFMs farther downstream.
- Increase in seismicity in terms of amplitude as well as occurrence of
tremor, including 33 distinct seismic events in the past hour (2.2-1.3 km
depth).
- Similar seismicity to last hour, except with fewer distinct events. Rain and
reports of minor lahars persist, with continuous signal from L-NSAN, L-SLOR,
and L-RMARI but none farther downstream and no reports of significant
volumes.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
23
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
5:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continued seismicity (all LP) with possible minor increase in amplitude
and several minutes of tremor. Rain persists at torrential levels, reports of
minor lahars on the upper slopes of the valley above Quito as well as down
the SW flanks of Coto, but none are setting off AFMs farther downstream.
- Increase in seismicity in terms of amplitude as well as occurrence of
tremor, including 33 distinct seismic events in the past hour (2.2-1.3 km
depth).
- Similar seismicity to last hour, except with fewer distinct events. Rain and
reports of minor lahars persist, with continuous signal from L-NSAN, L-SLOR,
and L-RMARI but none farther downstream and no reports of significant
volumes.
- Increased occurrence of tremor, plus 35 distinct seismic events mostly LP
in similar depth range to past few hours. Rain beginning to reduce in its
intensity.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
35
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
6:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Increase in seismicity in terms of amplitude as well as occurrence of
tremor, including 33 distinct seismic events in the past hour (2.2-1.3 km
depth).
- Similar seismicity to last hour, except with fewer distinct events. Rain and
reports of minor lahars persist, with continuous signal from L-NSAN, L-SLOR,
and L-RMARI but none farther downstream and no reports of significant
volumes.
- Increased occurrence of tremor, plus 35 distinct seismic events mostly LP
in similar depth range to past few hours. Rain beginning to reduce in its
intensity.
- As daylight breaks, reports from lahars are that minimal damage has been
done in either western Quito or on the SW flanks of Coto, fortunately. The
storm has mostly passed at this point, and the weather service has called off
their warning. Flash floods persist in lower regions, but hey, that’s not
VDAP’s problem, right? The mayor wants an update ASAP. He’s coming by as
soon as he can.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
43
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
7:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Similar seismicity to last hour, except with fewer distinct events. Rain and
reports of minor lahars persist, with continuous signal from L-NSAN, L-SLOR,
and L-RMARI but none farther downstream and no reports of significant
volumes.
- Increased occurrence of tremor, plus 35 distinct seismic events mostly LP
in similar depth range to past few hours. Rain beginning to reduce in its
intensity.
- As daylight breaks, reports from lahars are that minimal damage has been
done in either western Quito or on the SW flanks of Coto, fortunately. The
storm has mostly passed at this point, and the weather service has called off
their warning. Flash floods persist in lower regions, but hey, that’s not
VDAP’s problem, right? The mayor wants an update ASAP. He’s coming by as
soon as he can.
- 54 seismic events in the past hour, all LP, and spasmodic tremor for 4-5
minutes.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
54
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
8:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Increased occurrence of tremor, plus 35 distinct seismic events mostly LP
in similar depth range to past few hours. Rain beginning to reduce in its
intensity.
- As daylight breaks, reports from lahars are that minimal damage has been
done in either western Quito or on the SW flanks of Coto, fortunately. The
storm has mostly passed at this point, and the weather service has called off
their warning. Flash floods persist in lower regions, but hey, that’s not
VDAP’s problem, right? The mayor wants an update ASAP. He’s coming by as
soon as he can.
- 54 seismic events in the past hour, all LP, and spasmodic tremor for 4-5
minutes.
- New COSPEC reading available: 480 tons SO2/day. Tiltmeters indicate no
break in inflation, in fact rate seems to be increasing over the past day. 75
seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP, all <1.7 km depth, with several
minutes of tremor periodically during the hour. The mayor is expecting an
update now.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
75
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
9:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- As daylight breaks, reports from lahars are that minimal damage has been
done in either western Quito or on the SW flanks of Coto, fortunately. The
storm has mostly passed at this point, and the weather service has called off
their warning. Flash floods persist in lower regions, but hey, that’s not
VDAP’s problem, right? The mayor wants an update ASAP. He’s coming by as
soon as he can.
- 54 seismic events in the past hour, all LP, and spasmodic tremor for 4-5
minutes.
- New COSPEC reading available: 480 tons SO2/day. Tiltmeters indicate no
break in inflation, in fact rate seems to be increasing over the past day. 75
seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP, all <1.7 km depth, with several
minutes of tremor periodically during the hour. The mayor is expecting an
update now.
- Significant increase in seismicity, now about half tremor. Analysis of the ash
collected by the field team from the 3 earlier explosions reveals a small
amount of juvenile ash that was missed in hand sample analysis.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
125
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6 10:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- 54 seismic events in the past hour, all LP, and spasmodic tremor for 4-5
minutes.
- New COSPEC reading available: 480 tons SO2/day. Tiltmeters indicate no
break in inflation, in fact rate seems to be increasing over the past day. 75
seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP, all <1.7 km depth, with several
minutes of tremor periodically during the hour. The mayor is expecting an
update now.
- Significant increase in seismicity, now about half tremor. Analysis of the ash
collected by the field team from the 3 earlier explosions reveals a small
amount of juvenile ash that was missed in hand sample analysis.
- About 20 minutes ago, AFMs L-NSAN, L-SLOR, and L-RMARI all indicated
major lahar activity. Signals as L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ are increasing
right now. Over 160 seismic events, but this number is estimated because it
is predominantly tremor. No depths available on the seismic activity.
Working seismic
Stations:
8
Seismic events
over past hour:
165
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6 11:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- New COSPEC reading available: 480 tons SO2/day. Tiltmeters indicate no
break in inflation, in fact rate seems to be increasing over the past day. 75
seismic events in the past hour, mostly LP, all <1.7 km depth, with several
minutes of tremor periodically during the hour. The mayor is expecting an
update now.
- Significant increase in seismicity, now about half tremor. Analysis of the ash
collected by the field team from the 3 earlier explosions reveals a small
amount of juvenile ash that was missed in hand sample analysis.
- About 20 minutes ago, AFMs L-NSAN, L-SLOR, and L-RMARI all indicated
major lahar activity. Signals as L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ are increasing
right now. Over 160 seismic events, but this number is estimated because it
is predominantly tremor. No depths available on the seismic activity.
- Seismic station BNAS just stopped sending any signals; CAMI flickered out
but has come back online. AFMs at L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ have major
signals coming in. Seismicity is predominantly tremor. Reports of explosions
coming from the summit have been trickling in from people in Mulalo and
Chasqui, but the summit is obscured by clouds.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
192
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6 12:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Significant increase in seismicity, now about half tremor. Analysis of the ash
collected by the field team from the 3 earlier explosions reveals a small
amount of juvenile ash that was missed in hand sample analysis.
- About 20 minutes ago, AFMs L-NSAN, L-SLOR, and L-RMARI all indicated
major lahar activity. Signals as L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ are increasing
right now. Over 160 seismic events, but this number is estimated because it
is predominantly tremor. No depths available on the seismic activity.
- Seismic station BNAS just stopped sending any signals; CAMI flickered out
but has come back online. AFMs at L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ have major
signals coming in. Seismicity is predominantly tremor. Reports of explosions
coming from the summit have been trickling in from people in Mulalo and
Chasqui, but the summit is obscured by clouds.
- Radar reports plumes of 2-3 km above the volcano. Confirmation of major
lahars down the SW slope, reaching 15-20 km in some cases. Damage not
assessed yet. Over 200 seismic events in the past hour, mostly tremor, all
increasingly shallow.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
212
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
3
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
1:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- About 20 minutes ago, AFMs L-NSAN, L-SLOR, and L-RMARI all indicated
major lahar activity. Signals as L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ are increasing
right now. Over 160 seismic events, but this number is estimated because it
is predominantly tremor. No depths available on the seismic activity.
- Seismic station BNAS just stopped sending any signals; CAMI flickered out
but has come back online. AFMs at L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ have major
signals coming in. Seismicity is predominantly tremor. Reports of explosions
coming from the summit have been trickling in from people in Mulalo and
Chasqui, but the summit is obscured by clouds.
- Radar reports plumes of 2-3 km above the volcano. Confirmation of major
lahars down the SW slope, reaching 15-20 km in some cases. Damage not
assessed yet. Over 200 seismic events in the past hour, mostly tremor, all
increasingly shallow.
- Number of seismic events is an estimate, because they are almost
exclusively tremor. No visual confirmation of any plume, but it appears as
though there was a small eruption in the last hour.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
254
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
4
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
2:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic station BNAS just stopped sending any signals; CAMI flickered out
but has come back online. AFMs at L-EPARQ, L-BALT, and L-BBAJ have major
signals coming in. Seismicity is predominantly tremor. Reports of explosions
coming from the summit have been trickling in from people in Mulalo and
Chasqui, but the summit is obscured by clouds.
- Radar reports plumes of 2-3 km above the volcano. Confirmation of major
lahars down the SW slope, reaching 15-20 km in some cases. Damage not
assessed yet. Over 200 seismic events in the past hour, mostly tremor, all
increasingly shallow.
- Number of seismic events is an estimate, because they are almost
exclusively tremor. No visual confirmation of any plume, but it appears as
though there was a small eruption in the last hour.
- There was another explosion at about 1:17PM. The eruption plume only
reached 4 km, but the skies are darkening around the volcano. Winds have
remained from the east, and are spreading ash over the area west and
southwest of Coto. It’s impossible to count seismic events, none are distinct
because of nearly continuous tremor.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
5
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
3:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Radar reports plumes of 2-3 km above the volcano. Confirmation of major
lahars down the SW slope, reaching 15-20 km in some cases. Damage not
assessed yet. Over 200 seismic events in the past hour, mostly tremor, all
increasingly shallow.
- Number of seismic events is an estimate, because they are almost
exclusively tremor. No visual confirmation of any plume, but it appears as
though there was a small eruption in the last hour.
- There was another explosion at about 1:17PM. The eruption plume only
reached 4 km, but the skies are darkening around the volcano. Winds have
remained from the east, and are spreading ash over the area west and
southwest of Coto. It’s impossible to count seismic events, none are distinct
because of nearly continuous tremor.
- Clouds began clearing from the summit revealing a grey plume 4-5 km high
above the summit. New SO2 data was collected at the time: 8400 tons/day.
Continuous tremor persists.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
5
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
4:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Number of seismic events is an estimate, because they are almost
exclusively tremor. No visual confirmation of any plume, but it appears as
though there was a small eruption in the last hour.
- There was another explosion at about 1:17PM. The eruption plume only
reached 4 km, but the skies are darkening around the volcano. Winds have
remained from the east, and are spreading ash over the area west and
southwest of Coto. It’s impossible to count seismic events, none are distinct
because of nearly continuous tremor.
- Clouds began clearing from the summit revealing a grey plume 4-5 km high
above the summit. New SO2 data was collected at the time: 8400 tons/day.
Continuous tremor persists.
- Another clear explosion was observed at 4:02 PM, maintaining the plume at
about 5 km. Ash continues to be deposited to the W and SW of the summit.
Tremor continues unabated.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
6
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
5:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- There was another explosion at about 1:17PM. The eruption plume only
reached 4 km, but the skies are darkening around the volcano. Winds have
remained from the east, and are spreading ash over the area west and
southwest of Coto. It’s impossible to count seismic events, none are distinct
because of nearly continuous tremor.
- Clouds began clearing from the summit revealing a grey plume 4-5 km high
above the summit. New SO2 data was collected at the time: 8400 tons/day.
Continuous tremor persists.
- Another clear explosion was observed at 4:02 PM, maintaining the plume at
about 5 km. Ash continues to be deposited to the W and SW of the summit.
Tremor continues unabated.
- Two more bursts in the past hour, but no increased height on the plume
according to observers. Farmers on the W and SW flanks are trying to move
livestock under cover from the ash. No reports of pyroclastic flows thus far,
but lahar activity continues down the W and SW slopes.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
8
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
6:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Clouds began clearing from the summit revealing a grey plume 4-5 km high
above the summit. New SO2 data was collected at the time: 8400 tons/day.
Continuous tremor persists.
- Another clear explosion was observed at 4:02 PM, maintaining the plume at
about 5 km. Ash continues to be deposited to the W and SW of the summit.
Tremor continues unabated.
- Two more bursts in the past hour, but no increased height on the plume
according to observers. Farmers on the W and SW flanks are trying to move
livestock under cover from the ash. No reports of pyroclastic flows thus far,
but lahar activity continues down the W and SW slopes.
- Last COSPEC data of the day, as the sun was setting was 13,200 tons/day.
Continuous tremor, increasing in amplitude, all <1.4 km depth as far as can
be determined, but this has a significant uncertainty on it.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
8
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
7:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Another clear explosion was observed at 4:02 PM, maintaining the plume at
about 5 km. Ash continues to be deposited to the W and SW of the summit.
Tremor continues unabated.
- Two more bursts in the past hour, but no increased height on the plume
according to observers. Farmers on the W and SW flanks are trying to move
livestock under cover from the ash. No reports of pyroclastic flows thus far,
but lahar activity continues down the W and SW slopes.
- Last COSPEC data of the day, as the sun was setting was 13,200 tons/day.
Continuous tremor, increasing in amplitude, all <1.4 km depth as far as can
be determined, but this has a significant uncertainty on it.
- There was yet another eruption last hour. It was typical of the eruptions of
the past 24 hours. Plume height was estimated by radar at 6 km. Ash is
beginning to cause problems to the SW and W of the volcano and is being
detected in Latacunga now.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
9
Days until budget
runs out:
1
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
8:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Two more bursts in the past hour, but no increased height on the plume
according to observers. Farmers on the W and SW flanks are trying to move
livestock under cover from the ash. No reports of pyroclastic flows thus far,
but lahar activity continues down the W and SW slopes.
- Last COSPEC data of the day, as the sun was setting was 13,200 tons/day.
Continuous tremor, increasing in amplitude, all <1.4 km depth as far as can
be determined, but this has a significant uncertainty on it.
- There was yet another eruption last hour. It was typical of the eruptions of
the past 24 hours. Plume height was estimated by radar at 6 km. Ash is
beginning to cause problems to the SW and W of the volcano and is being
detected in Latacunga now.
- Gorki was able to get another GPS image to process, one that covers the last
24 hours or so of deformation. He calculates 1.2 m additional inflation at the
summit crater in that window. Tremor persists.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
9
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6
9:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Last COSPEC data of the day, as the sun was setting was 13,200 tons/day.
Continuous tremor, increasing in amplitude, all <1.4 km depth as far as can
be determined, but this has a significant uncertainty on it.
- There was yet another eruption last hour. It was typical of the eruptions of
the past 24 hours. Plume height was estimated by radar at 6 km. Ash is
beginning to cause problems to the SW and W of the volcano and is being
detected in Latacunga now.
- Gorki was able to get another GPS image to process, one that covers the last
24 hours or so of deformation. He calculates 1.2 m additional inflation at the
summit crater in that window. Tremor persists.
- Continuous tremor…no further information.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
9
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6 10:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- There was yet another eruption last hour. It was typical of the eruptions of
the past 24 hours. Plume height was estimated by radar at 6 km. Ash is
beginning to cause problems to the SW and W of the volcano and is being
detected in Latacunga now.
- Gorki was able to get another GPS image to process, one that covers the last
24 hours or so of deformation. He calculates 1.2 m additional inflation at the
summit crater in that window. Tremor persists.
- Continuous tremor…no further information.
- Again, the intense tremor continues. Tiltmeter data cannot be telemetered
in owing to failure of the relay station. Sporadic reports of small pieces of
pumice in the fall material, although those are unconfirmed.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
9
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 6 11:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Gorki was able to get another GPS image to process, one that covers the last
24 hours or so of deformation. He calculates 1.2 m additional inflation at the
summit crater in that window. Tremor persists.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
- Continuous tremor…no further information.
- Again, the intense tremor continues. Tiltmeter data cannot be telemetered
in owing to failure of the relay station. Sporadic reports of small pieces of
pumice in the fall material, although those are unconfirmed.
- Yet another eruption. This one occurred at 11:02PM and its plume rose to
around 8km according to radar. Ash is mostly falling within 8 km of the
summit, but more is being blown to the W and SW. None has been detected in
Quito or southern Quito thus far.
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
10
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7 12:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continuous tremor…no further information.
Working seismic
Stations:
- Again, the intense tremor continues. Tiltmeter data cannot be telemetered
in owing to failure of the relay station. Sporadic reports of small pieces of
pumice in the fall material, although those are unconfirmed.
7
- Yet another eruption. This one occurred at 11:02PM and its plume rose to
around 8km according to radar. Ash is mostly falling within 8 km of the
summit, but more is being blown to the W and SW. None has been detected in
Quito or southern Quito thus far.
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
- Continuous tremor, much of it harmonic at this time.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
10
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
1:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Again, the intense tremor continues. Tiltmeter data cannot be telemetered
in owing to failure of the relay station. Sporadic reports of small pieces of
pumice in the fall material, although those are unconfirmed.
- Yet another eruption. This one occurred at 11:02PM and its plume rose to
around 8km according to radar. Ash is mostly falling within 8 km of the
summit, but more is being blown to the W and SW. None has been detected in
Quito or southern Quito thus far.
- Continuous tremor, much of it harmonic at this time.
- Continuous tremor, no additional information to report other than
continuous calls from civil defense authorities in the Latacunga and southern
Quito areas inquiring about the need to evacuate.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
10
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
2:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Yet another eruption. This one occurred at 11:02PM and its plume rose to
around 8km according to radar. Ash is mostly falling within 8 km of the
summit, but more is being blown to the W and SW. None has been detected in
Quito or southern Quito thus far.
Working seismic
Stations:
7
- Continuous tremor, much of it harmonic at this time.
- Continuous tremor, no additional information to report other than
continuous calls from civil defense authorities in the Latacunga and southern
Quito areas inquiring about the need to evacuate.
- Seismic stations are now a blur. Most of the tremor is either spasmodic or
harmonic, depending on the station, and is beyond the detection limits of the
monitors in terms of amplitude. Reports of people feeling the tremor are
coming in from southern Quito.
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
10
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
3:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continuous tremor, much of it harmonic at this time.
Working seismic
Stations:
- Continuous tremor, no additional information to report other than
continuous calls from civil defense authorities in the Latacunga and southern
Quito areas inquiring about the need to evacuate.
7
- Seismic stations are now a blur. Most of the tremor is either spasmodic or
harmonic, depending on the station, and is beyond the detection limits of the
monitors in terms of amplitude. Reports of people feeling the tremor are
coming in from southern Quito.
Seismic events
over past hour:
- “Quito, Quito, this is it!” This is the big one. At 2:58AM, radar picked up a
rising plume bigger than any prior to this time; the explosions could be heard
in downtown Quito from the IG. The plume is at 28 km and rising.
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
10
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
4:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Continuous tremor, no additional information to report other than
continuous calls from civil defense authorities in the Latacunga and southern
Quito areas inquiring about the need to evacuate.
- Seismic stations are now a blur. Most of the tremor is either spasmodic or
harmonic, depending on the station, and is beyond the detection limits of the
monitors in terms of amplitude. Reports of people feeling the tremor are
coming in from southern Quito.
-“- “Quito, Quito, this is it!” This is the big one. At 2:58AM, radar picked up a
rising plume bigger than any prior to this time; the explosions could be heard
in downtown Quito from the IG. The plume is at 28 km and rising.
-T- The plume cleared 35 km and is beginning to spread out. There is a
complete blackout. Tephra is being pumped out of the volcano and is falling
in Quito. There is still no way to get information on what has happened.
Radar is showing that the bulk of the plume has been blown to the west of the
volcano. Only seismic station TAMB is still responding, but erratically; the
rest stopped sending signals between 3:20 and 3:30 AM.
Working seismic
Stations:
~1
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
11
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
5:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Seismic stations are now a blur. Most of the tremor is either spasmodic or
harmonic, depending on the station, and is beyond the detection limits of the
monitors in terms of amplitude. Reports of people feeling the tremor are
coming in from southern Quito.
-“- “Quito, Quito, this is it!” This is the big one. At 2:58AM, radar picked up a
rising plume bigger than any prior to this time; the explosions could be heard
in downtown Quito from the IG. The plume is at 28 km and rising.
-T- The plume cleared 35 km and is beginning to spread out. There is a
complete blackout. Tephra is being pumped out of the volcano and is falling
in Quito. There is still no way to get information on what has happened.
Radar is showing that the bulk of the plume has been blown to the west of the
volcano. Only seismic station TAMB is still responding, but erratically; the
rest stopped sending signals between 3:20 and 3:30 AM.
- Whoa! Massive explosion from the volcano…Ash falling on Quito as well as
pumice. TAMB is out. No seismic stations are functional anymore.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
7:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-“- “Quito, Quito, this is it!” This is the big one. At 2:58AM, radar picked up a
rising plume bigger than any prior to this time; the explosions could be heard
in downtown Quito from the IG. The plume is at 28 km and rising.
-T- The plume cleared 35 km and is beginning to spread out. There is a
complete blackout. Tephra is being pumped out of the volcano and is falling
in Quito. There is still no way to get information on what has happened.
Radar is showing that the bulk of the plume has been blown to the west of the
volcano. Only seismic station TAMB is still responding, but erratically; the
rest stopped sending signals between 3:20 and 3:30 AM.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
- Whoa! Massive explosion from the volcano…Ash falling on Quito as well as
pumice. TAMB is out. No seismic stations are functional anymore.
- Power was just lost. No response from any observers up to 10 km from the
volcano to the north and 25 km to the SW. Complete blackout despite it being
well past sunrise. All communications from anywhere near the volcano are
out. The mayor is not responding.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
8:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-T- The plume cleared 35 km and is beginning to spread out. There is a
complete blackout. Tephra is being pumped out of the volcano and is falling
in Quito. There is still no way to get information on what has happened.
Radar is showing that the bulk of the plume has been blown to the west of the
volcano. Only seismic station TAMB is still responding, but erratically; the
rest stopped sending signals between 3:20 and 3:30 AM.
- Whoa! Massive explosion from the volcano…Ash falling on Quito as well as
pumice. TAMB is out. No seismic stations are functional anymore.
- Power was just lost. No response from any observers up to 10 km from the
volcano to the north and 25 km to the SW. Complete blackout despite it being
well past sunrise. All communications from anywhere near the volcano are
out. The mayor is not responding.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
- Still a complete blackout…it is awfully quiet out there.
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
9:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Whoa! Massive explosion from the volcano…Ash falling on Quito as well as
pumice. TAMB is out. No seismic stations are functional anymore.
- Power was just lost. No response from any observers up to 10 km from the
volcano to the north and 25 km to the SW. Complete blackout despite it being
well past sunrise. All communications from anywhere near the volcano are
out. The mayor is not responding.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
- Still a complete blackout…it is awfully quiet out there.
- Sparse reports from civil defense workers 10s of km west of the volcano
report an immense explosion from the top of the cone, followed by hot, high
speed, ash-laden blasts ripping for miles across the landscape in all
directions around the volcano. A report from a lone helicopter flying 40 km
away from the volcano claims that “It looked like a damn A-bomb went off
down there! Southern Quito is covered. Oh the humanity!” Pumice and ash
continue to rain down on all sides of the volcano as the plume looms over the
summit. Reports are that huge areas of suburbs in southern Quito are in
ruins.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7 10:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Still a complete blackout…it is awfully quiet out there.
- Sparse reports from civil defense workers 10s of km west of the volcano
report an immense explosion from the top of the cone, followed by hot, high
speed, ash-laden blasts ripping for miles across the landscape in all
directions around the volcano. A report from a lone helicopter flying 40 km
away from the volcano claims that “It looked like a damn A-bomb went off
down there! Southern Quito is covered. Oh the humanity!” Pumice and ash
continue to rain down on all sides of the volcano as the plume looms over the
summit. Reports are that huge areas of suburbs in southern Quito are in
ruins.
- Near darkness persists, but Columbian weather radar service reports that
the plume is over 30 km high, it appears. PFs have overcome all regions
within 10-15 km of the summit.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7 11:15 AM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Sparse reports from civil defense workers 10s of km west of the volcano
report an immense explosion from the top of the cone, followed by hot, high
speed, ash-laden blasts ripping for miles across the landscape in all
directions around the volcano. A report from a lone helicopter flying 40 km
away from the volcano claims that “It looked like a damn A-bomb went off
down there! Southern Quito is covered. Oh the humanity!” Pumice and ash
continue to rain down on all sides of the volcano as the plume looms over the
summit. Reports are that huge areas of suburbs in southern Quito are in
ruins.
- Near darkness persists, but Columbian weather radar service reports that
the plume is over 30 km high, it appears. PFs have overcome all regions
within 10-15 km of the summit.
- Lahars are beginning to flow at devastating speeds and with enormous
volumes down the W and SW flanks of the volcano; L-SRAM is still operational
and indicates significant activity there now.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7 12:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Near darkness persists, but Columbian weather radar service reports that
the plume is over 30 km high, it appears. PFs have overcome all regions
within 10-15 km of the summit.
- Lahars are beginning to flow at devastating speeds and with enormous
volumes down the W and SW flanks of the volcano; L-SRAM is still operational
and indicates significant activity there now.
-Ash and pumice are still falling throughout the area; traffic has come to a
complete halt in Quito, the airport is closed, and nobody is on the streets. As
Coto continues to belch out a modest amount of material, activity appears to
be waning somewhat as visibility increases in the city, at least.
Nevertheless, at this point any real observations are impossible. What is left
of southern Quito has a 8-10 cm layer of ash and pumice on top of it, but the
ash is still falling. No reports yet from towns to the SW of the volcano.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
1:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-
Lahars are beginning to flow at devastating speeds and with enormous
volumes down the W and SW flanks of the volcano; L-SRAM is still
operational and indicates significant activity there now.
Ash and pumice are still falling throughout the area; traffic has come to a
complete halt in Quito, the airport is closed, and nobody is on the streets.
As Coto continues to belch out a modest amount of material, activity
appears to be waning somewhat as visibility increases in the city, at least.
Nevertheless, at this point any real observations are impossible. What is
left of southern Quito has a 8-10 cm layer of ash and pumice on top of it,
but the ash is still falling. No reports yet from towns to the SW of the
volcano.
- There are no working seismometerss left, but the rumbling has subsided
and Coto is no longer ejecting material. The mountain, the entire
countryside, and most of the city are steaming and mantled in ash, pumice,
and debris. There’s no color to the landscape except where fires are burning
in destroyed buildings where gas tanks have ignited them.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
2:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
- Ash and pumice are still falling throughout the area; traffic has come to a
complete halt in Quito, the airport is closed, and nobody is on the streets. As
Coto continues to belch out a modest amount of material, activity appears to
be waning somewhat as visibility increases in the city, at least.
Nevertheless, at this point any real observations are impossible. What is left
of southern Quito has a 8-10 cm layer of ash and pumice on top of it, but the
ash is still falling. No reports yet from towns to the SW of the volcano.
-
There are no working seismometers left, but the rumbling has subsided
and Coto is no longer ejecting material. The mountain, the entire
countryside, and most of the city are steaming and mantled in ash,
pumice, and debris. There’s no color to the landscape except where fires
are burning in destroyed buildings where gas tanks have ignited them.
- It is the middle of the afternoon, but it looks like midnight. The mountain,
the entire countryside, and most of the city are steaming and mantled in ash,
pumice, and debris. There’s no color to the landscape except where fires are
burning in destroyed buildings where gas tanks have ignited them. Quito is
ravaged, but some semblance of a rescue effort is beginning to come
together from the survivors.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
3:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-
-
-
There are no working seismometerss left, but the rumbling has subsided
and Coto is no longer ejecting material. The mountain, the entire
countryside, and most of the city are steaming and mantled in ash,
pumice, and debris. There’s no color to the landscape except where fires
are burning in destroyed buildings where gas tanks have ignited them.
Working seismic
Stations:
It is the middle of the afternoon, but it looks like midnight. The mountain,
the entire countryside, and most of the city are steaming and mantled in
ash, pumice, and debris. There’s no color to the landscape except where
fires are burning in destroyed buildings where gas tanks have ignited
them. Quito is ravaged, but some semblance of a rescue effort is
beginning to come together from the survivors.
Seismic events
over past hour:
As a more complete picture of what happens comes in, it seems as though
after Coto started its climactic eruption, the lava began interacting with
melted glacial ice that had accumulated in the crater. This instantly
increased the magnitude of the eruption immensely. As the clouds begin
to settle, it is obvious Coto blew out the entire upper half of its peak,
which soon came back down and created a base surge. The surge
overwhelmed all of the topographic features and overtook almost all of
southern Quito as well as many inhabited areas to the W and SW of the
volcano. Major lahars remobilizing the abundant ash and pumice
continue to decimate areas to the SW and W of the volcano for up to 25 km.
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
0
N/A
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
4:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
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It is the middle of the afternoon, but it looks like midnight. The mountain,
the entire countryside, and most of the city are steaming and mantled in
ash, pumice, and debris. There’s no color to the landscape except where
fires are burning in destroyed buildings where gas tanks have ignited
them. Quito is ravaged, but some semblance of a rescue effort is
beginning to come together from the survivors.
As a more complete picture of what happens comes in, it seems as though
after Coto started its climactic eruption, the lava began interacting with
melted glacial ice that had accumulated in the crater. This instantly
increased the magnitude of the eruption immensely. As the clouds begin
to settle, it is obvious Coto blew out the entire upper half of its peak,
which soon came back down and created a base surge. The surge
overwhelmed all of the topographic features and overtook almost all of
southern Quito as well as many inhabited areas to the W and SW of the
volcano. Major lahars remobilizing the abundant ash and pumice
continue to decimate areas to the SW and W of the volcano for up to 25 km.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
- The rumbling has all but stopped. The mountain is still.
- Contact with the mayor’s office has been established. They are
understandably busy, but would like an update ASAP.
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
5:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
Tragically, Pablo Bernardo Gonzalez’s chihuahua was roaming the countryside
near Machachi when the base surge was headed toward the area. He has not
been seen since…
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
“El Niño”
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
6:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
But wait! Proving that you can never keep a good dog down, El Nino was
found! Fortunately, the part of Machachi where she liked to hang out was
protected from the surge by Ruminahui volcano. The children rejoiced and a
sense of hope was returned to what is left of Quito. However, she was given
a stern talking to and was told never to wander that far from home ever
again…
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
VDAP RESPONSE TEAM
Day 7
7:15 PM
Cotopaxi ACTIVITY
-As a more complete picture of what happens comes in, it seems as though
after Coto started its climactic eruption, the lava began interacting with
melted glacial ice that had accumulated in the crater. This instantly
increased the magnitude of the eruption immensely. As the clouds begin to
settle, it is obvious Coto blew out the entire upper half of its peak, which soon
came back down and created a base surge. The surge overwhelmed all of the
topographic features and overtook almost all of southern Quito as well as
many inhabited areas to the W and SW of the volcano. Major lahars
remobilizing the abundant ash and pumice continue to decimate areas to the
SW and W of the volcano for up to 25 km.
Working seismic
Stations:
0
Seismic events
over past hour:
N/A
- The rumbling has all but stopped. The mountain is still.
- Contact with the mayor’s office has been established. They are
understandably busy, but would like an update ASAP. PREPARE A
PREDICTION OF FUTURE ACTIVITY AND POTENTIAL HAZARDS FOR
EVERYONE YOU ARE LEAVING BEHIND.
- TIME TO LEAVE QUITO. BEFORE YOU LEAVE MAKE SURE YOU SAY
GOODBYE TO ALL YOUR NEWFOUND FRIENDS AND GIVE YOUR REPORT
TO THE MAYOR. Report to headquarters as soon as your report is finished.
And remember…in the battle between man and the volcano…
Eruptions in last
24 hours:
12
Days until budget
runs out:
0
NATURE ALWAYS WINS.