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Nishino-shima volcano (Volcano Islands, Japan) activity update Steam plume from Nishinoshima on 27 Nov 2014 (Landsat 8 image / NASA Earth Observatory) Comparison of Nishinoshima from shortly after the birth of the new island (image 21 Nov 2013, lt), the merging with the old island (25 Dec, rt), formation of extensive lava deltas (7 April 2014, lb), and the disappearance of the old island under new lava (13 Nov 2014, rb) (Source. Asahi.com) The eruption continues and has been going for more than a year now. It has enlarged the island to 1.89 square km (0.73 square miles). The highest point is now approx. 100 m above sea level. http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/nishino-shima/news.html

Copahue volcano (Chile / Argentina): spectacular eruption video Thursday Dec 04, 2014 20:01 PM | BY: T Screenshot of a video from 3 Dec looking at the erupting vent in Copahue's crater (Robin Campion, Univ. Mexico) A recent video by Robin Campion (Univ. Mexico) shows that the activity at the volcano is now magmatic in nature, i.e. fresh magma is being erupted as a small jet of mostly finely fragmented incandescent ash:

http://en.vedur.is/media/jar/Factsheet_Bardarbunga_20141205.pdf scientific advisory report update http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga/ http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/ cams are visible again for now and cam 1 seems to be gassing a lot from the left of the cam quakes over 3 today Friday 05.12.2014 14:17:10 64.678 -17.466 6.9 km 4.2 99.0 5.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga 05.12.2014 09:57:32 64.670 -17.397 7.6 km 3.8 99.0 7.0 km ENE of Bárðarbunga Friday 05.12.2014 09:50:53 64.679 -17.451 7.9 km 3.8 99.0 5.6 km NE of Bárðarbunga Friday 05.12.2014 07:14:15 64.681 -17.434 5.3 km 3.8 99.0 6.3 km NE of Bárðarbunga Friday 05.12.2014 05:33:50 64.674 -17.471 7.7 km 4.3 99.0 4.6 km NE of Bárðarbunga Friday 05.12.2014 03:03:51 64.666 -17.450 2.3 km 4.3 99.0 4.7 km NE of Bárðarbunga Friday 05.12.2014 02:36:50 64.684 -17.391 8.4 km 3.8 99.0 8.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga Friday 05.12.2014 00:16:38 64.667 -17.448 7.9 km 4.3 99.0 4.8 km NE of Bárðarbunga still got depth there so feed still ongoing all again in the NE of baroar

hi slater when you see a chart like the above its safer to work on shorter timeframes for now i know 120 is short but the models struggle with how strong the low will be and also how far north the high pressure to our south will end up i would not like to guess afterwards at present

hi all http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ rain and drizzle with cloud should stop a frost tonight ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomorrow a breezier north west flow note at 12 the cold front over us this will give some light drizzly stuff then clear soon after snag is that trough will drop down too which again will likely cause drizzly muck as well heres the cloudcover charts 9am 12 pm 3pm 6pm so some places will see some sun but the further south east you are may struggle temps around 5-6 degrees but these are max temps so some places will not get this high -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tomorrow night a weaker north-north west flow dry and cold :cold: a shade busy tonight but will update saturday later hopefully hope your well john :good:

Piton de la Fournaise volcano (La Réunion): alert level raised, eruption warning Thursday Dec 04, 2014 10:01 AM | BY: T A new eruption could be under way at the volcano. An increase in seismic activity, inflation of the volcanic edifice, and SO2 gas mixed into the degassing plume, typical for a fresh magma intrusion at shallow depth have been detected by the volcano observatory (OVPF). The prefecture raised the alert for the volcano again to "Vigilance", after it had been lowered on 1 Dec only. The changed status means that police, civil protection and other authorities are on standby to react quickly if an eruption occurs. Access to Enclos Fouque is not yet closed to public, but hikers must stay on marked trails. All news about: Piton de la Fournaise volcano Information about: Piton de la Fournaise volcano

Updated information 3 December 2014 17:00 - from the Scientific Advisory Board In a long meeting today, the Scientific Advisory Board of the Icelandic Civil Protection reviewed data about the development of events in Bárðarbunga and the volcanic eruption in Holuhraun, from the beginning of the unrest until the present day. Most of the data show a decline in the subsidence of the Bárðarbunga caldera and the volcanic eruption on Holuhraun. Earthquake activity is however still strong and the flow of lava great in comparison to volcanic eruptions in Iceland for more than a 100 years. If the unrest continues in a similar fashion, the subsidence of Bárðarbunga and the volcanic eruption on Holuhraun will continue for at least some months. The situation could, of course, change and scenarios such as a subglacial eruption remain a possibility. Notes from the meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board (pdf 0.4 Mb) Many more interesting points are listed in the notes from today's meeting. worth a read

Wednesday 03.12.2014 22:01:26 64.680 -17.430 1.1 km 3.8 50.5 6.4 km NE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 21:15:44 64.669 -17.463 7.9 km 4.0 99.0 4.4 km NE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 13:29:51 64.677 -17.507 4.3 km 3.9 99.0 4.2 km NNE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 11:15:20 64.674 -17.443 8.3 km 3.9 99.0 5.5 km NE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 06:26:54 64.678 -17.476 8.4 km 4.1 99.0 4.8 km NNE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 05:09:37 64.683 -17.455 8.0 km 3.9 99.0 5.9 km NE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 03:48:42 64.659 -17.383 4.1 km 4.2 99.0 7.2 km ENE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 03:30:33 64.673 -17.502 6.3 km 3.9 99.0 3.8 km NNE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 00:43:49 64.677 -17.464 2.3 km 4.0 99.0 5.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga Wednesday 03.12.2014 00:02:20 64.667 -17.381 3.1 km 3.8 99.0 7.6 km ENE of Bárðarbunga http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/#view=table top quake not reviewed yet all around NE and mainly deep so source is still strong no cam view at present but seeing earlier showed no difference to yesterday basically as we were

Volcanoes Today, 3 Dec 2014: Fuego volcano, Santiaguito, Reventador, Copahue Wednesday Dec 03, 2014 17:00 PM | Strong eruption at Fuego volcano in Guatemala last night Glow from Reventador's summit this morning Ash emission from Copahue this morning Santiaguito (Guatemala): INSIVUMEH reports that the lava flow on the southeastern side remains active, and has been advancing at approx. 3 meters per day. Weak explosions continue to occur from the Caliente lava dome, with ash plumes rising up to 5-600 m. Fuego (Guatemala): Explosive activity has been relatively high recently with up to 6-8 explosions per hour. Some of them covered the whole upper cone with incandescent bombs and their shock waves are reported to be felt or heard in up to 30 km distance. Ash plumes rose to up to 5 km altitude, i.e. 1,400 m above the crater. Reventador (Ecuador): Activity remains similar to the past months at moderate, but fluctuating levels. A more intense phase seems to be going on at the moment, as bright glow has been visible at the summit since yesterday night. A cake-like viscous lava dome is slowly growing at the summit crater and produces occasional incandescent avalanches and rockfalls. During phases of more intense activity such as around mid-late November, regular small to moderate explosions, occasional pyroclastic flows and short-lived lava flows occur (last on 20 Nov). Copahue (Chile/Argentina): The volcano continues to produce steam and ash emissions of varying intensity. Phases of hour-long continuous ash emissions have become more frequent recently and incandescence is often visible from the El Agrio crater at night: SERNAGEOMIN keeps the alert level at yellow.

Tuesday 02.12.2014 17:19:26 64.666 -17.394 1.9 km 4.5 99.0 7.0 km ENE of Bárðarbunga http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/#view=table

http://www.weathercharts.org/ukmomslp.htm hi all not doing much updating for now as weather is stuck in this cloudy drizzly muck at present cold day but holding temps at night due to cloud and mist nights where frost might happen are friday and saturday and sunday sunday will be a shock if correct a strong north west wind temps cold around 4-5 degrees showers early but clearing quite quick but likely to be sunny after morning so all in all pretty boring for now i will update from tomorrow to see how the weekend looks and possible frost friday night

Pushing for space Thermal image from 1 Dec. shows considerable magmatic activity in the lava and in just over 24 hours it has stretched about 450 m to NNA in the new extrusion at the northeastern margin. West of the lava lake, the lava river now branches towards north. The southern margin is also active; a new extrusion seems to be forming due south from the lava lake and something similar is taking place just east of that. On this image, the plume appears like a brownish cloud over the middle part of the lava field and pillows of steam still seem to hover over the eastern part. Contrarily, the green effects are simply artefacts and tricks of light. Enlarge thermal image. Institute of Earth Sciences. http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947

Volcanoes Today, 2 Dec 2014: Raung volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, Santiaguito, Medvezhia, Chirpoi Tuesday Dec 02, 2014 11:00 AM | Recent saltellite images showing the currently 4 active volcanoes in the Kuriles (credit: Culture Volcan / @CultureVolcan / Twitter) Raung volcano with a steam plume on 17 Nov 2014 Thermal image, Landsat 8 satellite, 29 Nov 2014 (credit: Rudiger Escobar Wolf @rudigerescobar / twitter) Aerial image of Nevado del Ruiz on 24 Nov 2014 (INGEOMINAS) Chirpoi (Kurile Islands, Russia): Thermal hot spots continue to be detected at the summit of Snow volcano. SVERT thinks that a new phase of effusive activity could have been going on since September. Medvezhia (Kurile Islands, Russia): The Moyorodake-Kudryavy and Chirinkotan volcanoes were placed on yellow alert by SVERT on 27 Nov, as an increase in degassing was observed at both. Recent satellite image shows steam plumes drifting from the volcanoes. At the moment, 4 of the Kuriles volcanoes are on yellow alert. The other two are Chirpoi since September, Sinarka since 12 Nov. #volcan #volcano #Moyorodake - #Kudryavy #Chirpoi #Chirinkotan #Sinarka en images/with pict pic.twitter.com/neK78eh8sH — CultureVolcan (@CultureVolcan) November 29, 2014 Raung (East Java): Mild, probably strombolian activity seems to be in progress at the volcano. Since mid November, local observers reported steam plumes and the volcano observatory reported increased seismic activity, typical of mild strombolian activity in the crater. A hot spot visible on MODIS satellite data fits well into this picture. Santiaguito (Guatemala): The recently active, viscous lava flow on the southeastern side of the dome might have stopped being alimented, a recent satellite image suggests, showing that the lava flow has not advanced recently, although is still hot. INSIVUMEH no longer reports observed movements at the flow fronts. Degassing and occasional small explosions continue to occur from the Caliente lava dome. Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia): According to the latest report of the Manizales observatory, the volcano's activity recently changed and is showing increased signs of unrest, which could announce a new eruption to come. A recent aerial survey by the Colombian air force revealed a deposit of fresh ash on the southern flank, indicating that at least sporadic explosions or ash emissions - presumably phreatic in nature - do indeed occur. In addition, since about 2 weeks ago, seismic activity has been significantly higher than previously. Phases of tremor and more frequent shallow volcano-tectonic earthquakes suggest increased movements of fluids (magma, gas, water) inside the volcano. Most of the events are concentrated in an area southeast under Arenas crater. According to a press article, the volcano observatory considers raising the alert level to orange if activity continues to pick up and the risk of a new eruption increases. Authorities have been advised to prepare for possible evacuation scenarios.

hi mokid http://geology.about.com/od/earthquakes/a/aa_deeEQs.htm have a read of that unfortuanately its one of the great unknowns but magma on the move could be possible too

M 6.6 - MORO GULF, MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES - 2014-12-02 05:11:32 UTC633 km so very very deep http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=411297 no reports of any damage however we have had today M 5.0 - OFF W. COAST OF N. ISLAND, N.Z. - 2014-12-02 05:19:49 UTCshows as 750 km http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=411300 this would be the deepest i have ever seen read the links below for info on other deep ones http://www.livescience.com/34671-russian-earthquake-deepest-ever.html http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/4072/20130920/earths-biggest-deep-earthquake-puzzles-researchers.htm

update after the 5,4 earlier Tuesday 02.12.2014 13:24:01 64.675 -17.398 8.0 km 3.6 99.0 7.3 km ENE of Bárðarbunga Tuesday 02.12.2014 12:16:26 64.678 -17.462 8.2 km 3.8 99.0 5.2 km NE of Bárðarbunga Tuesday 02.12.2014 10:23:46 64.676 -17.444 8.4 km 3.9 99.0 5.6 km NE of Bárðarbunga Tuesday 02.12.2014 10:08:35 64.675 -17.422 8.3 km 3.6 99.0 6.3 km NE of Bárðarbunga Tuesday 02.12.2014 02:29:31 64.666 -17.491 6.2 km 4.0 99.0 3.3 km NNE of Bárðarbunga note again these are from depth so the feed looks to be quite strong again Updated information 2 December 2014 10:00 - from geoscientist on dutyThe last 24 hours two earthquakes, more than M5.0 have been detected at Bárðarbunga. The first, M5.2 at 12:52 occurred in the southeastern part of the caldera rim and the second, M5.4 at 02:18 in the northeastern part of the rim. Some earthquakes between 4 and 5 have also been detected. Ca 70 earthquakes (30 more than at the same time yesterday) have occurred at Bárðarbunga the last 24 hours. A few small earthquakes have been detected in the dyke intrusion. View to the eruption site has been good via webcams this morning and no changes have been observed. http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947 http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/%C2'> cams at present are viewable looks like a case of as we were for now

Monday 01.12.2014 19:55:26 64.667 -17.446 4.1 km 4.5 99.0 4.9 km NE of Bárðarbunga http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/#view=table The eruption that changed Iceland forever (laki) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8624791.stmfascinating read but in a different league to how things stand at present Back in 1783 it was ripped open with such force that a huge fissure produced scores of boiling craters. Over the next eight months the Lakagigar - literally "craters of Laki" - spewed lava that spread to cover 600 square kilometres in the surrounding countryside and belched more toxic gases than any eruption in the last 150 years. The effects were felt all over the northern hemisphere. It is the second greatest eruption of the last 1,000 years, behind only the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, says Stephen Self, visiting professor of volcanology at the Open University. Laki's output of sulphur dioxide dwarfs the 1990 eruption of Pinatubo in the Philippines, which is famous for halting global warming for several years. While that eruption produced 17 mega tonnes of sulphur dioxide, Laki was pumping the same amount out every three days at its peak, says Self. He estimates Laki's power was over 100 times greater than the current eruption. "The 1783 eruption pumped out so much sulphur gas, creating a huge cloud of sulphuric acid droplets which began to drift over Europe travelling eastwards over the whole world," he says

hi jon anythings possible with this thing Monday 01.12.2014 14:29:20 64.612 -17.483 7.3 km 4.3 99.0 3.8 km SSE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 13:52:29 64.615 -17.449 8.2 km 4.0 99.0 4.7 km SE of Bárðarbunga http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/#view=table but now these go deeper again :rolleyes:

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/ Monday 01.12.2014 12:52:30 64.600 -17.420 1.1 km 5.2 50.5 6.8 km SE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 10:37:38 64.678 -17.453 2.1 km 4.0 99.0 5.5 km NE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 08:55:17 64.669 -17.472 4.0 km 4.1 99.0 4.1 km NE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 07:25:34 64.674 -17.442 4.4 km 3.9 99.0 5.5 km NE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 05:56:18 64.675 -17.448 2.2 km 4.1 99.0 5.4 km NE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 05:25:12 64.664 -17.380 1.0 km 4.3 99.0 7.5 km ENE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 05:09:31 64.619 -17.361 6.2 km 4.4 99.0 8.3 km ESE of Bárðarbunga Monday 01.12.2014 02:15:22 64.672 -17.466 1.9 km 3.1 99.0 4.6 km NE of Bárðarbunga has now Monday 01.12.2014 12:52:30 64.617 -17.428 4.0 km 5.2 99.0 5.4 km ESE of Bárðarbunga

http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga/ cam 1 is back again

Fogo volcano (Cape Verde) eruption update: lava flows pick up, threaten Portela village Sunday Nov 30, 2014 15:22 PM | BY: T The eruptive vents at Fogo this morning (MuzikaTV) Advancing lava flow at Portela village (MuzikaTV) Although explosive activity has decreased at the vents, it seems that lava effusion picked up. The advance of some of the lava flow fronts in Portela village picked up again this morning, reaching 20 meters per hour. Local sources mention that seismic activity also increased. If no changes occur, it seems that within a few days, the whole village of Portela could become a victim of the lava flows. Evacuation of remaining goods from the still standing, threatened buildings continue. Most of the Nature Park has by now been covered by lava. The Park's Headquarters building, already damaged by lava flows and looting earlier on in the eruption, has now been completely destroyed. All news about: Fogo volcano Information about: Fogo volcano

30 November 2014 13:00 - from geoscientist on duty Since 12:00 yesterday, 29 November, around 90 earthquakes have been detected within Bárðarbunga. Most of the recorded seismicity occurred on the northern side of the volcano's caldera. Similar to yesterday, hardly any earthquake activity was detected along the dyke intrusion. Since yesterday's report, two earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 have been recorded. The first one at 04:16 today, followed by a second magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 08:11. Both earthquakes were sourced from the caldera of Bárðarbunga. An additional twenty earthquakes equal to or greater than magnitude 3 have been registered. In comparison to the last 48 hours, the level of earthquake activity from the caldera is HIGHER. Similar changes in earthquake rate have been observed several times since the unrest began at Bárðarbunga in mid August. At the time of writing, there is a clear view of the eruption site from the Míla camera on Vaðalda. The last 24 hours of images show no obvious changes in the size or intensity of the eruption http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947 due to the weather expect problems with readings tonight lost the cam view now although thats not unexpected

High and dangerous winds forecast after 12 o'clock today. No weather for traveling. Fasten loose things. Heavy rain with rising stream and river levels in the south and the west. Fording rivers is dangerous. Becoming SE 18-25 m/s after 12 o'clock with heavy rain in the southern half of Iceland. Turning to southwest 20-30 m/s (Beaufort force 9 to 11) with sleet- and later snowshoers in the western half. Also in the NE tonight. http://www.ruv.is/frett/weather-warning-0 more in link

M 4.4 - ICELAND - 2014-11-30 03:58:32 UTC M 4.5 - ICELAND - 2014-11-30 04:16:42 UTC M 4.5 - ICELAND - 2014-11-30 08:11:35 UTChttp://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/ not on imo site yet http://www.livefromiceland.is/webcams/bardarbunga-2/ still viewable