Volcanic activity at Ambrym in Vanuatu is continuing at the level of major unrest.
New scientific analyses suggest that there is no imminent risk of increasing activity and the Volcanic Alert Level remains at Level 2.
The volcanic activity is likely to continue in this state.
Danger is restricted to visitors approaching the active craters.
The restricted area of risk is limited in the Permanent Exclusion Zone at Benbow which is about 1 km around Benbow crater and the Danger Zone A at Marum (including Maben-Mbwelesu, Niri-Mbwelesu and Mbwelesu) which is about 2.7 km around Marum crater.
Observation photos from December 2017 to January 2018 confirm that the activity is not changing.
Field observations show the activity consists of ongoing lava lake activity in Benbow and Marum craters inducing ongoing substantial degassing and emission of steam cloud.
Visitors approaching the volcanic area and craters can smell the volcanic gas.
These observations and the analysis of seismic data confirm that the volcano remains at the major unrest state and the volcano activity consist of ongoing emission cloud of gases.
Alert Level for Ambrym volcano was at the Level 2 since 7 December 2017.