Developments of Rincon de la Vieja

 




The explosive eruption continues at the volcano's summit crater.

A vigorous phreatic eruption took place at 14:34 local time on 25 May. The blast was strong enough to generate dark black pumice-and-ash flows caused by an eruption plume collapse. White phoenix clouds - towering wall of cloud rising above pyroclastic torrent - rose about 3 km above the crater and drifted NW.
Phreatic explosions form when the ejecta consist solely of old country rock, indicating interaction between water and heated conduit-rocks rather than magma itself.
No ashfall has been reported in nearby villages.
Such events are nothing unusual on the volcano and occur from time to time, but rarely more frequently than every few months or so.
Source: Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica volcano activity update 27 May 2023


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