General Volcanic Activity Thread!

[Mokidugway]

Concerns on la Palma over upwelling magma following earthquake swarm , island in parts has lifted by over an inch in last 12 months .

[karyo]

Informative article about giant volcano collapses and what happens afterwards with the magma finding a new path.

They have used the stunning Fogo volcano in Cabo Verde as an example. I visited the volcano in 2015 when the latest eruption was in its finishing stages.

I’d love to go back one day.

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-magma-pathways-giant-lateral-volcano.html

[Allseasons-Si]

Wow,that was a biggy earlier

https://magma.vsi.esdm.go.id/live/seismogram/

[karyo]

17 hours ago, Allseasons-si said:

Wow,that was a biggy earlier

https://magma.vsi.esdm.go.id/live/seismogram/

Yes, it was a 6.7 that affected Indonesia. Not related to Mount Agung although Bali probably also felt it.

[Mokidugway]

On from la Palma , Tenerife is in the spotlight with recent swarm and the tabloids are all over it scaremongering as usual 

[karyo]

13 hours ago, Mokidugway said:

On from la Palma , Tenerife is in the spotlight with recent swarm and the tabloids are all over it scaremongering as usual 

The British tabloids are good for the UK tourism industry. They try to prevent Brits from going to: the Canaries, Iceland, Indonesia, US etc so they will hopefully stay here and holiday in Skegness or Rhyl.

It is funny when they say the island was rocked by X number of earthquakes. The largest one had a magnitude of 1.3! 

[Weather-history]

 

[karyo]

2 hours ago, Weather-history said:

 

I am surprised that the Krakatoa eruption had the same index with Pinatumbo.

[The PIT]

Missed Tambora off vei 7 in 1815

[Snipper]

Interesting. https://phys.org/news/2017-07-mud-volcano-erupting-years-scientists.html. Anyone seen one?

[Styx]

BREAKING : Mt Agung, Bali erupting 

[karyo]

32 minutes ago, Styx said:

BREAKING : Mt Agung, Bali erupting 

Oh yes, it is a low level phreatic eruption. Let's see if it evolves to anything more serious.

Seismicity is low at the moment as often happens with phreatic eruptions.

[Allseasons-Si]

Mount Agung reaches red alert as of last night.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/Balivolcano?src=hash

https://thewest.com.au/news/bali/bali-flight-chaos-more-dramas-for-travellers-as-mount-agung-reachers-red-alert-ng-b88671693z

[swebby]

Agung looks to have entered into an eruptive phase proper (i.e magmatic based on the summit glow now being observed).  Hopefully a full evac will be executed before it has the chance to turn violent.

[karyo]

4 hours ago, swebby said:

Agung looks to have entered into an eruptive phase proper (i.e magmatic based on the summit glow now being observed).  Hopefully a full evac will be executed before it has the chance to turn violent.

Quite a plume is showing on the webcam!

 

[Mokidugway]

Fortunately less chance of loss of life as its magmatic  pyroclastic flows aside 

[karyo]

9 minutes ago, Mokidugway said:

Fortunately less chance of loss of life as its magmatic  pyroclastic flows aside 

It has given plenty of warning so hopefully there won't be any loss of life.

[Mokidugway]

1 minute ago, karyo said:

It has given plenty of warning so hopefully there won't be any loss of life.

Can only be good news 

[karyo]

This looks epic!

 

Edited November 25, 2017 by karyo

[Mokidugway]

29 minutes ago, karyo said:

This looks epic!

 

Good quality feed .

 

[Daniel*]

Plume of ash reaching 3,000m above the crater code Red issued for aviation. 

 

Edited November 26, 2017 by Daniel*

[karyo]

New webcam. Looking awesome!

 

 

[ScottishSnowStorm]

2 hours ago, karyo said:

New webcam. Looking awesome!

 

 

Hard to see for the cloud but has the eruption got stronger as that plume looks to be going quite high?

 

[Daniel*]

7 minutes ago, ScottishSnowStorm said:

Hard to see for the cloud but has the eruption got stronger as that plume looks to be going quite high?

 

Yes, scientists have warned a stronger and more explosive eruption could be imminent it already looks astounding. 

[karyo]

Oh yes, it is awfully cloudy now.

I saw reports that the ash column was reaching 30,000 feet so far.