Quito, 24 of August of 2015 07:00
COTOPAXI VOLCANO PRESS RELEASE 19 The report of the last 12 hours submitted by the Institute of Geophysics of the Polytechnic University indicated that the volcanic activity has slightly increased with the presence of gases and ashes. The atmospheric conditions have no permitted the experts to observed the superficial activity, notwithstanding, instrumentally, through satellite imagines, it was noted that the gas and ash emissions have reached a height of 1.5 km and are headed towards the West and Southwest sector of the volcano— denoting light ash falls over the parish of Mulaló in the sectors of Caspi, San Agustín de Callo, San Ramón y Patocalle. The yellow alert continues to be in place and we remind you to keep up with up-to-date information by accessing the website www.volcanocotopaxi.com as well as through the other official channels of the Ministry of Security Coordination:www.seguridad.gob.ec, @Seguridad_Ec, and https://www.facebook.com/SeguridadEcuador.
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