Eruptions are easing at Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano the day after major blasts of rock and ash triggered evacuations and flight suspensions.

Mario Ruiz of the National Geophysics Institute says Tungurahua no longer is spewing material far beyond its crater.

President Rafael Correa is praising the efficiency of evacuations. About 2,500 people _ and 2,600 cattle _ have been moved to safety.

Local Emergency Committee President Francisco Mora said Saturday that roads in the area have been reopened even as officials remain prepared for a massive evacuation in the event strong eruptions.

Tungurahua is located 95 miles (150 kilometers) southeast of Quito. Eruptions in 2006 buried entire villages and killed at least four.