The Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador is spewing out red-hot rocks and billowing coarse ash. The South American country's Geophysical Institute says the increased activity began Sunday afternoon. It says the volcano has thrown pyroclastic boulders up to a mile from the crater, and there have been at least four earthquakes in the area. The 16,480-foot (5,023-meter) volcano is in a sparsely populated area about 84 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Ecuador's capital, Quito. It has been active since 1999.
Tungurahua volcano is at map pointer A below...
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