SANTIAGO: Chile says seismic activity is dropping at a volcano on the border with Argentina but officials are maintaining a red alert as a precaution.
Chile’s emergency office ONEMI issued the highest alert Sunday in the Biobio region after it registered high seismic activity Saturday night at the Copahue volcano and an ash cloud billowing almost 1.5 kilometers high. The volcano began spewing ash and gas Saturday.
Mining Minister Hernan de Solminihac says activity at the volcano dropped to normal to low early Monday and the ash plume has descended to about 200 meters. That’s a sign internal pressure has decreased inside the volcano.
The 2,967-meter volcano erupted in 1991 and was highly active in 2001.
Chile keeps red alert for Copahue volcano
Chile keeps red alert for Copahue volcano
