General Volcanic Activity Thread!

[yamkin]

Sakurajima Volcano In Japan Erupting On 9th September 2011

[yamkin]

Papandayan Volcano Activity Continues to Increase

Since its status was raised to alert level III of the alert level II, the activity of Mount Papandayan never decrease. In fact, volcanic activity in the District Cisurupan, Kab. Garut is graphed on the rise.........http://www.klik-galamedia.com/indexnews.php?wartakode=20110909022311&idkolom=nasionaldaerah

Edited September 9, 2011 by yamkin

[yamkin]

Mount Etna Erupts Again

Italy's Mount Etna came back to life again early on Thursday with an eruption that sent lava down its slopes and a cloud of ash into the sky, forcing the nearby Catania airport to reduce flights.

According to Italian news agency ANSA, it's the 13th eruption since the beginning of the year.

The volcano also spewed out ash, which rained down and forced Catania's Fontanarossa airport to cancel or divert some flights.

No injuries have been reported and people have turned out to watch the lava flowing from the volcano.

Etna has several inhabited villages on its slopes.

The volcanology institute in Catania, eastern Sicily, is constantly monitoring Etna which is considered to be Europe's most active volcano. Its last major eruption was in 1992.

[Argyllcraig]

Quite a harmonic tremor in Katla overnight

http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/Katla/oroi_esk.html

Seems to be the current run of things... a lot of waiting and watching between each spike

[john pike]

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/

seems to be a lot of activity at iceland today

quake also near our old friend nabro in ethiopia

mag 3 only 5km deep and 1.54km away

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=210250

might not mean anything ,but worth watching.

[The PIT]

More on the latest eruption at Etna. Also interesting is the spine that has been formed. How so they don't seem to know. http://www.ct.ingv.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=452

[Argyllcraig]

http://en.vedur.is/e...sm/earthquakes/

seems to be a lot of activity at iceland today

quake also near our old friend nabro in ethiopia

mag 3 only 5km deep and 1.54km away

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/...read&rid=210250

might not mean anything ,but worth watching.

Yeah they are pumping cold water down into the bedrock again at Hengill which is triggering all the quakes there.... amazing how they run most things off geothermal over there.

[yamkin]

Russian Volcano Rumbles - Upgrade To a Red Threat Level

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1662646.php/Russian-volcano-rumbles-spews-ash

[cyclonic happiness]

Yeah they are pumping cold water down into the bedrock again at Hengill which is triggering all the quakes there.... amazing how they run most things off geothermal over there.

I'd have thought that would be rather a dangerous thing to do, given that if they pump water into a very hot area of rock, that could set off an very bad explosion?

Or is that what the earthquakes represent?

Humans will never learn will they, (i'm glad i'm a fish )

Edited September 13, 2011 by cyclonic happiness

[GulberwickWeather]

Interesting. Mag 2.4 earthquake just under the summit of Mt. Rainier

http://www.pnsn.org/RAINIER/rainrec_eqs.html

Heres the webicorder

http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/RCM_SHZ_UW_--.2011091312.html

[yamkin]

Canary Islands Update - El Hierro Population To Be Relocated

El Hierro Earthquake Count Exceeds 4200 tremors. The Instituto Volcanologico de Canarias has also reported a 1cm inflation over part of the island’s volcano following on from GPS analysis.........http://apparitionsou...-el-hierro.html

Edited September 13, 2011 by yamkin

[bobbydog]

Canary Islands Update - El Hierro Population To Be Relocated

El Hierro Earthquake Count Exceeds 4200 tremors. The Instituto Volcanologico de Canarias has also reported a 1cm inflation over part of the island’s volcano following on from GPS analysis.........http://apparitionsou...-el-hierro.html

oh no, yamkin earthquake spamming again!........

only joking! good spot mate!

this is one to watch, if they are evacuating people, they obviously have serious concerns!

[BornFromTheVoid]

It's not being evacuated, it's a mistranslation originating from this page or something like it http://www.avcan.org/?m=Noticias&a=noticia&N=894

The line "trasladar la informacion a la poblacion de EL Hierro" has been interpreted as meaning "relocate the population of El Hierro ", when it just saying the information will be passed on to the public.

Essentially there was a meeting of scientists and local officials so they could gather info to better inform the local population.

[bobbydog]

It's not being evacuated, it's a mistranslation originating from this page or something like it http://www.avcan.org...a=noticia&N=894

The line "trasladar la informacion a la poblacion de EL Hierro" has been interpreted as meaning "relocate the population of El Hierro ", when it just saying the information will be passed on to the public.

Essentially there was a meeting of scientists and local officials so they could gather info to better inform the local population.

ah ok, still, they do seem concerned.

mind you, after over 4000 quakes, you cant blame them for being a bit nervous!

[yamkin]

Five Indonesian Volcanoes to Keep Eye On

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has the data that there are 21 volcanoes whose status is above normal-active. “The five volcanoes of alert status (level III) are Mt Tambora, Mt Anak Ranakah, Mt Papandayan, Mt Karangetang and Mt Lokon,” said BNPB Head of Data Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Tuesday..................http://us.en.vivanew...-to-keep-eye-on

Edited September 14, 2011 by yamkin

[yamkin]

oh no, yamkin earthquake spamming again!........

only joking! good spot mate!

this is one to watch, if they are evacuating people, they obviously have serious concerns!

Only relocating according to the reports. Here's an update http://www.earth-issues.com/2011/09/canary-islands-government-relocate-entire-population-of-island-close-to-cumbre-vieja/

[bobbydog]

i think Tambora is the main concern there

http://www.volcanolive.com/tambora.html

[john pike]

Five Indonesian Volcanoes to Keep Eye On

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has the data that there are 21 volcanoes whose status is above normal-active. “The five volcanoes of alert status (level III) are Mt Tambora, Mt Anak Ranakah, Mt Papandayan, Mt Karangetang and Mt Lokon,†said BNPB Head of Data Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Tuesday.

http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/246996-five-indonesian-volcanoes-to-keep-eye-on

relating to bobbydogs post

[yamkin]

Dust Drifts Across Iceland As Earthquake Swarms Rattle The Reykjanes Ridge

Parts of southern Iceland have been shrouded in a thick haze of dust in recent days as a result of soil erosion and airborne ash particles from recent volcanic eruptions.....................

http://www.irishweat...idge/37520.html

[bobbydog]

Five Indonesian Volcanoes to Keep Eye On

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has the data that there are 21 volcanoes whose status is above normal-active. “The five volcanoes of alert status (level III) are Mt Tambora, Mt Anak Ranakah, Mt Papandayan, Mt Karangetang and Mt Lokon,” said BNPB Head of Data Center Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Tuesday.

http://us.en.vivanew...-to-keep-eye-on

relating to bobbydogs post

further to this, they are preparing evacuation plans

http://us.en.vivanews.com/news/read/247286-volcano-in-alert--air-evacuation-prepared

[karyo]

further to this, they are preparing evacuation plans

http://us.en.vivanew...uation-prepared

I am glad they are taking it seriously and prepare for the eruption. I wonder what eruption (VEI wise) we can expect from Tambora! There have been some massive ones in the past but it sometimes gives moderate eruptions.

Karyo

[john pike]

Thursday

15.09.2011 21:59:01 63.623 -19.069 2.6 km 3.1 90.02 5.0 km NNE of Hábunga

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/myrdalsjokull/

in or very near katla

Thursday

15.09.2011 21:59:00 63.627 -19.072 0.1 km 2.3 99.0 5.4 km NNE of Hábunga

quickly amended to 2.3

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/?p=1482#comments

lots of talk on this blog about katla and recent

new tremor spikes

[yamkin]

Perched lava ponds have developed outside of Pu‘u ‘ÅŒ‘Å crater

Since overflows to the west began yesterday morning (9/14), perched lava ponds have developed outside of Pu‘u ‘ÅŒ‘Å crater on the cone’s upper west flank. Unless something else gives, these ponds will likely continue to grow taller, impounded by chilled lava from the ponds themselves. Overflows from the ponds will continue to mantle the west flank of Pu‘u ‘ÅŒ‘Å. .....http://hvo.wr.usgs.g...ate/images.html

[Argyllcraig]

Very strong harmonic tremor in Katla being picked up on several of the monitoring stations... been running for the last 2 hours or so seeing some earthquake activity now too.

These spikes have been a characteristic of the last couple of months... the depth also suggests that it could be magma on the move again.

[karyo]

Very strong harmonic tremor in Katla being picked up on several of the monitoring stations... been running for the last 2 hours or so seeing some earthquake activity now too.

These spikes have been a characteristic of the last couple of months... the depth also suggests that it could be magma on the move again.

What are the weather conditions in Iceland today? Could wind be interfering?

Karyo