Sorry, been off socials. Have been in touch with geos surveying the Trinidad coast. It’s still unsure if this was mud volcano triggered or landslide triggered, as well as the relationship with the quake. Similar things have happened to to mud volcanism nearby in recent years.
July 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Sorry, been off socials. Have been in touch with geos surveying the Trinidad coast. It’s still unsure if this was mud volcano triggered or landslide triggered, as well as the relationship with the quake. Similar things have happened to to mud volcanism nearby in recent years.
No idea! Could be gas, fire or mud really.
February 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM
No idea! Could be gas, fire or mud really.
For official information please see online updates in the thread from the Colombian Geological Service.
That’s all for now. I’ll post more info as it comes in.
That’s all for now. I’ll post more info as it comes in.
February 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
For official information please see online updates in the thread from the Colombian Geological Service.
That’s all for now. I’ll post more info as it comes in.
That’s all for now. I’ll post more info as it comes in.
No one was hurt, but reports indicate some livestock was killed and large cracks formed in the adjacent San Juan de Urabá and San Juancito road.
February 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
No one was hurt, but reports indicate some livestock was killed and large cracks formed in the adjacent San Juan de Urabá and San Juancito road.
I had this marked on my personal map of Colombian mud volcanoes already (red circle), but have no information on it - not even a name!
For now I will call it the San Juan de Urabá mud volcano, but people on Google Maps have today labelled it as the San Juancito mud volcano.
For now I will call it the San Juan de Urabá mud volcano, but people on Google Maps have today labelled it as the San Juancito mud volcano.
February 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I had this marked on my personal map of Colombian mud volcanoes already (red circle), but have no information on it - not even a name!
For now I will call it the San Juan de Urabá mud volcano, but people on Google Maps have today labelled it as the San Juancito mud volcano.
For now I will call it the San Juan de Urabá mud volcano, but people on Google Maps have today labelled it as the San Juancito mud volcano.
The mud volcano is located ~2km south of the town of San Juan de Urabá (8.7288, -76.5141). Pre-eruption satellite images show that it’s a fairly small and usually low activity mud volcano.
February 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The mud volcano is located ~2km south of the town of San Juan de Urabá (8.7288, -76.5141). Pre-eruption satellite images show that it’s a fairly small and usually low activity mud volcano.
Yes. Or just violently erupted rocks banging together and creating a spark.
January 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Yes. Or just violently erupted rocks banging together and creating a spark.
No. Not molten at all. Just mud and gas.
January 31, 2026 at 9:52 PM
No. Not molten at all. Just mud and gas.
A friend from the Geological Institute of Azerbaijan, Dr Orhan Abbasov, climbed up Daşmərdan to survey the eruption. You can see the thick dark fresh mud flows and that the main vent was still alight from methane seeping out.
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
A friend from the Geological Institute of Azerbaijan, Dr Orhan Abbasov, climbed up Daşmərdan to survey the eruption. You can see the thick dark fresh mud flows and that the main vent was still alight from methane seeping out.
It’s not. I know folks from the geophysical agency that went up the next day to survey it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It’s not. I know folks from the geophysical agency that went up the next day to survey it.
If any bright folks out there can access pre- and post- quake satellite images, I’d love to please collaborate and look for any mud volcano triggering!
Some of the most incredible mud volcano eruptions ever have happened in that part of Timor without ever being reported!
Some of the most incredible mud volcano eruptions ever have happened in that part of Timor without ever being reported!
October 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If any bright folks out there can access pre- and post- quake satellite images, I’d love to please collaborate and look for any mud volcano triggering!
Some of the most incredible mud volcano eruptions ever have happened in that part of Timor without ever being reported!
Some of the most incredible mud volcano eruptions ever have happened in that part of Timor without ever being reported!
It basically is a natural one! It’s bringing up highly pressured mud, oil and natural gas from deep underground.
October 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It basically is a natural one! It’s bringing up highly pressured mud, oil and natural gas from deep underground.
Some mud volcanoes, including those in Azerbaijan, are also plumbed into an active hydrocarbon system. So a huge amount of methane is also released during the eruptions. That gas just needs a spark to ignite into a fireball. The ignition occurs naturally and there are several possible mechanisms.
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Some mud volcanoes, including those in Azerbaijan, are also plumbed into an active hydrocarbon system. So a huge amount of methane is also released during the eruptions. That gas just needs a spark to ignite into a fireball. The ignition occurs naturally and there are several possible mechanisms.
More information on Otman-Bozdagh, and its last fiery eruptions in 2017 and 2018, can be found in my old thread here.
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🧪 The mud volcano of the day is Otman Bozdagh in Azerbaijan.
Otman Bozdagh had a spectacular big fiery eruption on the 23rd September 2018 - and one of my Azeri mud volcano loving friends, Uzeyir Mikayil, was there to capture it!
Location - Lat: 40.24, Long: 49.51
Otman Bozdagh had a spectacular big fiery eruption on the 23rd September 2018 - and one of my Azeri mud volcano loving friends, Uzeyir Mikayil, was there to capture it!
Location - Lat: 40.24, Long: 49.51
October 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
More information on Otman-Bozdagh, and its last fiery eruptions in 2017 and 2018, can be found in my old thread here.
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