It has now been almost two months since the Ubinas volcano entered an eruptive phase, going from green alert to the current orange alert.
Thousands of people have been evacuated and the situation is becoming worrisome, and different Peruvian agencies are engaged in prevention campaigns, monitoring and even preparing for post-disaster actions.
Specialists from the National Health Institute are studying the ash and material released by the volcano.
Ashes can cause diseases as they can be absorbed through the respiratory tract and eyes.
INS specialists conducted a toxic particulate matter monitoring in the population centers located in the surroundings of Ubinas.
INS personnel monitor particulate matter less than 10 microns (PM10), capable of entering through the respiratory tract.
The quantification of PM10 will determine the levels of contamination reached by the volcanic activity. As a preventive measure, the government is promoting health care activities and medical attention.
An analysis of the volcano’s crater reveals that the Ubinas volcano maintains mild gas emissions.
The monitoring was carried out by the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute with the help of drones, and concluded that given the slight thermal anomalies detected in recent days by the MIROVA system (less than 3 MW-megawatt), it is presumed that the hot lava body is close to the surface.
Furthermore, the large explosive eruption of 19 July did not succeed in enlarging the diameter of the volcano’s crater.
It is therefore feared that the thickest part of the eruption is yet to come.
A strong eruption of the Sabancaya volcano adds to Peru’s volcanic activity
The Sabancaya volcano, active since 6 November 2016, has been erupting for two years and eight months, with constant explosions that at their peak reached 65 per day between 31 July and 6 August 2017.
On 1 August the volcano produced a stronger eruption leaving an ash plume of 4.4km.
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