Orange warning in Patagonia for the Chilean volcano | Chronic

Various cities in the south of Neuquén and northern Rio Negro are aware of what is happening with the Villarrica volcano in Chile, which has increased its activity and led the trans-Andean authorities to switch from yellow alert to # 39; orange. The volcano is located near the Argentine border, 700 kilometers south of Santiago. San Martín de los Andes is the closest tourist town to the radius of influence of the Villarrica volcano.

According to the report of the monitoring agency, significant variations in seismic activity have been observed since Monday's dawn. He climbed over the hours, which isrequires greater instability of the magmatic systemTo this he added "the persistent fluctuation of the lava lake and the current and ongoing changes in the increase in the seismic amplitude of continuous tremor, which suggest an overpressure in the magmatic system, which is facilitated by partial obstructions to inside the main duct ". This situation could evolve into a major eruptive event.

San Martín de los Andes, Villa La Angostura and Bariloche closely follow what is happening with the Villarrica volcano, because it is in its area of ​​influence and if it explodes, its ashes could reach these populations, as it has already been the case in the volcano other opportunities The most memorable, for the damage caused, is the eruption of Puyehue volcano on June 4, 2011, when Villa La Angostura was covered with ashes and that tourism in the region was affected since more than a year.

The mayor of the Chilean region of Los Ríos, Cesar Asenjo, he told reporters, the exclusion zone surrounding the mbadif extending over a distance of two kilometers. It would be bigger than what happened during the July explosions, with impacts up to 200 meters from the edge of the crater.

The Villarrica Volcano, at 2,843 meters, is one of the volcanoes that holds the historic record of historical eruptions in South America. At its feet are populated centers with a major tourist activity, where stands the city of Pucón, located only 15 kilometers from its summit.

It has an open crater 200 meters in diameter, with a continuous fumarole and an almost permanent lava lake, whose surface has a variable height. The volcano is covered by a large glacier with an area of ​​30.3 km2 and an equivalent volume of water of 4.2 km3.