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Piton de la Fournaise Reunion Island
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From: Thomas Staudacher <Thomas.Staudacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
August 31, 2006
only two weeks after the end of the July eruption, Piton de la Fournaise
volcano started a new eruption on August 30, 11:35 local time.
A very soft "seismic crisis" of about 10 small events occurred at 10:00
in the morning. At 11:35 eruption tremor appeared very slowly and
without any further seismicity and a summit eruption started on the
south-east-south edge of Dolomieu crater.
Scientists of the Reunion University which were on the summit could
observe the beginning eruption.
Two fissures opened, the first one within Dolomieu crater is very active
and a large part of the crater floor was already covered by a lava flow
in the afternoon. The second fissure one just outside of Dolomieu crater
produced a lava flow on the east flank of Piton de la Fournaise, but
ceased its activity in the afternoon.
At present eruption tremor is still at a quite high level and a new
eruption cone is forming within Dolomieu crater.
Thomas Staudacher
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Thomas Staudacher
Observatoire volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise
14 RN3 le 27ème km
F-97418 La Plaine des Cafres
La Réunion
tél +262(0)262 27 52 92
fax +262(0)262 59 12 04
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