2023-12-26 19:17:23
The rumors about a change in the technical alert current on the Villarrica volcano generated concern among Chilean authorities. From his own National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) They issued a statement to deny the news.
«The National Geology and Mining Service (Sernageomin) categorically denied that the Villarrica volcano, located in the regions of La Araucanía and Los Ríos, has changed from technical alert to orangeas a false note from an Argentine media replicated in RRSS warns,” they stated in the letter published in the last few hours.
According to the agency, the information sought «generate alarm in people who live in the vicinity of the Villarrica volcano«. Likewise, they confirmed that yellow technical alert continues -as detailed in the last report released on Saturday the 24th-.
In addition, they asked the population to “get informed through official channels.”
From Sernageomin they communicated directly with the Argentine media responsible for disseminating the news so that they could rectify the published information.
What is the current state of the Villarrica volcano?
The Villarrica volcano located in Chile and close to the south of the province of Neuquén, This Sunday, it registered an increase in the dynamics of its flows and registered a yellow alert.
On Saturday, in the run-up to Christmas, Chilean authorities monitored a “notable increase in background tremor” in the activitywhich is a direct impact of the activity of its flows.
For this reason, Sernageomin reported that The yellow technical alert is maintainedwhich applies to the communes of Lonquimay, Curacautín, Collipulli, Vilcún, Melipeuco, Cunco, Villarrica, Pucón and Curarrehue.
The volcano is located 775 kilometers from Santiago, near the Mamuil Malal pass, about 138 km from Villa la Angostura and about 100 from San Martín de los Andes. It is an open crater 200 meters in diameter, containing a lava lake between 100 and 150 meters deep.
This Tuesday, The authorities pointed out that the Villarrica volcano, which affects communities located in La Araucanía and Los Ríos, “remains on yellow alert and has a radius of potential impact of 500 meters with respect to the active crater.
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