Overall Green Volcanic eruption for Villarrica
in Chile

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Villarrica Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000077
Name: Villarrica (357120)
Lat/Lon: -39.42 , -71.93
Event Date: 26 Sep 2023 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 43000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 300000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 5
Population Exposure Index PEI: 3
Inserted at: 26 Sep 2023 08:03 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Villarrica report has been published on 20 Sep 2023 09:03.
SERNAGEOMIN reported that the eruption in Villarrica?s summit crater was ongoing during 13-19 September. Long-period (LP) earthquakes were recorded at 0622 on 15 September and at 0426 and 0723 on 16 September; weather conditions prevented views of the summit during these events. An LP earthquake at 0130 on 18 September was associated with crater incandescence and a gas-and-steam plume that rose 120 m above the crater rim. The Volcanic Alert level remained at Yellow (the second highest on a four-level scale) according to SERNAGEOMIN and the public was warned to stay 500 m away from the crater. SENAPRED maintained the Alert Level at Yellow (the middle level on a three-color scale) for the communities of Villarrica, Puc?n (16 km N), Curarrehue, and Panguipulli. Sources: Servicio Nacional de Geolog?a y Miner?a (SERNAGEOMIN),Sistema y Servicio Nacional de Prevenci?n y Repuesta Ante Desastres (SENAPRED)
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (31), INGV (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1), JSR (1),