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Showing posts with label volcanoes. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Over 7000 Earthquakes In Past 30 Days And 66 Volcanoes


Side Note: There are also 66 Volcanoes erupting at different stages right now.
7187 earthquakes in all events in the past 30 days. 309 earthquakes in the last 24 hours. Get the latest here: [link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

pakalert/Today’s earthquake fact: A powerful magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Alaska on November 3, 2002, rupturing the Earth’s surface for 209 miles along the Susitna Glacier, Denali, and Totschunda Faults. Striking a sparsely populated region, it caused thousands of landslides but little structural damage and no deaths. Although the Denali Fault shifted about 14 feet beneath the Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline, the pipeline did not break, averting a major economic and environmental disaster. This was largely the result of stringent design specifications based on geologic studies done by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and others 30 years earlier. Studies of the Denali Fault and the 2002 earthquake will provide information vital to reducing losses in future earthquakes in Alaska, California, and elsewhere.
Listed are all earthquakes over magnitude 5.
7.3 9km WNW of San Agustin, Colombia 2012-09-30 16:31:35 1.920°N 76.355°W 170.0
6.2 96km ENE of Miyako, Japan 2012-10-01 22:21:45 39.853°N 143.047°E 9.7
6.0 112km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands 2012-09-27 23:53:49 8.825°S 157.557°E 10.0
5.7 166km WNW of Sikabaluan, Indonesia 2012-10-03 13:32:34 0.451°S 97.648°E 10.0
5.5 12km SSE of Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico 2012-09-29 07:11:13 16.355°N 98.388°W 10.2
5.4 296km NNE of Farallon de Pajaros, Northern Mariana Islands 2012-09-30 15:35:53 22.992°N 146.050°E 35.0
5.4 102km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines 2012-10-03 18:28:33 5.860°N 126.955°E 144.5
5.4 39km E of Tarata, Peru 2012-09-29 17:48:57 17.480°S 69.660°W 126.0
5.3 281km NNW of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica 2012-10-02 19:41:29 65.008°S 177.926°E 16.6
5.3 91km WSW of Neiafu, Tonga 2012-10-02 03:33:30 18.820°S 174.836°W 96.7
5.3 212km SSW of Mohean, India 2012-09-29 11:24:33 6.115°N 92.810°E 28.5
5.3 202km S of Taron, PNG 2012-10-03 06:26:17 6.277°S 152.746°E 30.5
5.2 18km ESE of Iwaki, Japan 2012-10-01 18:40:52 36.959°N 141.059°E 6.7
5.2 93km NW of Curup, Indonesia 2012-10-02 17:37:24 2.876°S 101.931°E 116.6
5.2 115km SSE of Gizo, Solomon Islands 2012-09-28 23:22:31 8.976°S 157.426°E 10.0
5.1 14km ENE of Rangapara, India 2012-10-02 18:37:40 26.847°N 92.788°E 51.6
5.1 55km ENE of `Ohonua, Tonga 2012-10-02 11:35:51 21.109°S 174.474°W 34.7
5.1 14km NNW of Dumingag, Philippines 2012-10-02 06:25:31 8.293°N 123.314°E 41.1
5.1 107km E of Miyako, Japan 2012-10-01 22:55:51 39.776°N 143.189°E 37.9
5.1 241km SW of Tomatlan, Mexico 2012-10-01 17:32:31 18.713°N 107.151°W 21.3
5.0 South of the Fiji Islands 2012-10-01 17:24:42 24.588°S 179.380°W 461.8
5.0 111km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 2012-10-03 21:02:38 5.765°S 151.126°E 56.9
5.0 90km S of Pangai, Tonga 2012-10-02 18:39:08 20.607°S 174.229°W 3.1
5.0 South of the Fiji Islands 2012-09-27 16:54:44 24.893°S 179.256°W 515.1
5.0 16km SW of Tayaman, Philippines 2012-10-04 01:55:20 13.131°N 120.457°E 58.5
5.0 3km NE of Hukay, Philippines 2012-09-29 14:12:04 13.869°N 120.730°E 186.1
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Volcanic Activity on the Rise

extinctionprotocol/ Klyuchevskoy volcano erupts in Kamchatka

KAMCHATKA – The Klyuchevskoy volcano, the highest active volcano in Eurasia, has started erupting in Kamchatka, in the Russian Far East. The luminescence over the volcano summit is evidence that glowing lava is flowing in the crater. The volcano may start blowing out ash any moment now. The Level of Concern Colour Code has been raised to Yellow, which is a potential danger warning for aircraft. The giant volcano last erupted from September 2009 to December 2010, and it began to again wake up in June this year. Klyuchevskoy volcano is 4,750 meters above sea. –VOR
COLOMBIA - According to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Manizales, an earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred yesterday at 11:54 am. The statement also notes that the incident “is associated with rock fracturing within the volcanic edifice.” The volcano-tectonic earthquake was presented to the southeast of the main dome at a depth of 12.33 miles. Although the movement was felt in the district Tapias, rural Ibagué, Eduardo Rodríguez, director of the Departmental Committee for Risk Management, confirmed that no emergencies have been reported so far. The Cerro Machin volcano alert remains yellow. There have been three earthquakes reported in the vicinity of the volcano within a week. On Sunday two movements were recorded at 9:32 and 9:35 pm with a magnitude of 4.6 and 3.9 on the Richter scale, respectively, located 12 kilometers southeast of depth to the main dome. The two municipalities where the tremors were felt are Cajamarca and Ibague. Cerro Machin last erupted 800 years ago. –Elnuevodia (translated)
El Hierro: It seems a new earthquake swarm has started at El Hierro volcano yesterday, when the number of quakes rose from an average of about 8-10 to 23 quakes per day. Today, so far there have been 14 events recorded, and their number is likely to rise further. The quakes are very small (mostly under M1, largest M2.0) and are concentrated at about 10 km depth in the western El Golfo and scattered in the SW part of the island at greater depths.
Iceland: A new earthquake swarm occurred over the weekend on the Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, on the volcanic rift zone about 12 km SW of Brenisteinsfjöll volcano. The largest quake was a M3.8 event at 5 km depth on Friday at 19:42 UTC.
Yellowstone: A minor seismic swarm occurred at Yellowstone, but falls into what is normal activity at a large active caldera. -Volcano Discovery
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Two Indonesian Volcanoes Awaken, Rattling Nerves

jakartaglobe/Two of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes erupted on Saturday, prompting the government to issue warnings to populations living near the affected mountains.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday that new eruption started at Lokon in North Sulawesi and Gamalama at Ternate in North Maluku.

Lokon generated a 1,500-meter high ash plume and violent strombolian (low-level) activity with some lava flow, while Gamalama produced a shower of ashes that covered the nearby city.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for BNPB, said on Sunday that Lokon, located in North Sulawesi’s Tomohon area, erupted at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

The explosion from the eruption shattered windows of the command post built to monitor the activities of the volcano, he said.

The agency, Sutopo said, had issued warnings to local administrations to prepare precautionary measures, and called on people to remain alert.

“The residents don’t have to be evacuated but they must not do any activities within the range of five kilometers from the volcano,” Sutopo said.

He said that the BNPB had asked the Tomohon administration to raise the awareness of residents.

Meanwhile, the Gamalama spurt sent ashes into the air for about 15 minutes at 11 p.m., before the wind carried the ashes toward the North Maluku capital of Ternate. “The ashes came down on the city, decreasing visibility to only 50 meters,” Sutopo said.

He said BNPB’s local branch went to the affected area and set up four stations to help people in the event of a larger eruption. “Here also, we don’t see any need to evacuate people. But we will stay on high alert,” the official said.

Lokon has erupted several times previously, with an explosion in July 2011 forcing more than 5,200 people to be evacuated.

The eruption created huge clouds of ash as high as 3,500 meters.

Lokon’s last deadly eruption was in 1991, when a Swiss tourist was killed.

Last December, Gamalama erupted, resulting in four villagers being killed and dozens others being hospitalized. About 1,000 residents were forced to evacuate.

The Indonesian archipelago has dozens of active volcanoes and straddles major tectonic fault lines known as the “Ring of Fire” between the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Earlier this month, there was volcanic activity at Lampung’s Anak Krakatau.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Volcanoes Erupting All Over The World

Beforeitsnews/Source for map and chart below: http://mobile.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html


Key:  Dark Red=major eruption Light Red=erupting Orange=minor activity / eruption warning Yellow=unrest


Europe and Atlantic Ocean:
Iceland:
Africa and Indian Ocean:
Indonesia:
Aleutians, Alaska and North America:
Central America and Carribean:
South America:
Other regions:
  • Erebus (Antarctica)
  • Siple (Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica)
Pacific Ocean:
Ring of Fire (Kurile Islands to Philippines):

Sure! Volcanoes erupting! Let’s roast some marshmallows!


We may even soon have a volcanic eruption in our own back yard in California…. let’s all hope that Yellowstone doesn’t feel like jumping into the mix…

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