5 MARCH 2018. The Reventador volcano, located in the Amazon, presented in the last hours several ash emissions with a height of 500 meters above the level of the crater, reported the Geophysical Institute to point out that natural formation maintains a "high" activity.
IG said that in the afternoon and evening of March 4, 2018, as well as in the early hours of Monday, March 5, the volcano was cleared at times and it was possible to observe the ash emissions towards the northwest, accompanied by the roll blocks up to 500 meters below the summit.
According to the Institute, light rains were recorded during the early morning hours in the volcano sector . In November of 2002, an eruption of the Reventador raised a great cloud of ash that, due to the effect of the winds, went to Quito and covered several parts of the capital.
The Reventador volcano is located about 90 kilometers east of Quito, on a spur of the eastern branch of the Andean mountain range that is lost with the start of the Amazon basin. At 3 560 meters high, this volcano began its current eruptive process in 2002 and is characterized by explosions, gas and ash emissions and lava flows.
IMAGE: Volcán Reventador
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