QUITO, Ecuador – A second volcano is once again spewing plumes of ash in the mountain chain near Ecuador’s capital.
The country’s Geophysics Institute says the Tungurahua volcano shot out several bursts of gas and ash over the weekend, with one reaching about 2 kilometres above the 16,475-foot summit. It also hurled incandescent rock onto its slope.
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The Cotopaxi volcano closer to the capital was relatively calm Monday after several outbursts in recent days. It shot ash and gas about 2.5 kilometres above its crater on Sunday.
It poses a greater threat to populated areas, standing about 50 kilometres southeast of Quito. Tungurahua is 140 kilometres south of the capital.
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