Volcano spews ash on Chile-Argentina border
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Smoke and ash rising from the Copahue volcano, which is located in the border Andean region between Argentina and Chile, are seen from Caviahue in the Argentina patagonian province of Neuquen, Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Smoke and ash rising from the Copahue volcano are seen from "Alto Biobio" place some 770km south-west of Santiago, Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Local residents walk past as a sign that reads "Surgical masks are sold out" in Caviahue in the Argentina Patagonian province of Neuquen, Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires, of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Sheep walk with the Copahue volcano spewing ash in the background in Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
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View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. The authorities of Chile and Argentina issued yellow alerts due to the eruption of the Copahue volcano, placed in the border between both countries. -- PHOTO: AFP
Smoke and ash rising from the Copahue volcano, which is located in the border Andean region between Argentina and Chile, are seen from Caviahue in the Argentina patagonian province of Neuquen, Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Smoke and ash rising from the Copahue volcano are seen from "Alto Biobio" place some 770km south-west of Santiago, Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Local residents walk past as a sign that reads "Surgical masks are sold out" in Caviahue in the Argentina Patagonian province of Neuquen, Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires, of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
Sheep walk with the Copahue volcano spewing ash in the background in Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. -- PHOTO: AFP
View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500km south-west of Buenos Aires on Dec 22, 2012. The authorities of Chile and Argentina issued yellow alerts due to the eruption of the Copahue volcano, placed in the border between both countries. -- PHOTO: AFP
SANTIAGO (AFP) - Southern Chile's Copahue Volcano belched plumes of ash skyward on Saturday, prompting authorities there and in neighbouring Argentina to issue a low-level alert.
While the 2,965m volcano straddles the two countries' border, its crater, where most of the activity was under way, leans toward the Argentine side, experts told AFP.
Authorities alerted residents in a small nearby community, Biobio, and were monitoring the activity closely, they said.
Mayor Victor Lobos said locals were concerned but said no lava or rocks have been expelled from the crater.
