Santorini (nea kameni volcano) unrest. Water tempature in caldera rising! Magma spot also detected 4km depth.

Yes it is quite upseting but thanks for posting it!


ps. I still have to search on the quake swarm data.

But use translation and read this about tsunamis (general information but very informative)
[link to www.e-telescope.gr]

from the article about the med/agean region historic data

However, the first historically recorded tsunami occurred in coastal Syria in 2000 BC
In Greece, the oldest is that which destroyed the Persian fleet at Potidaea in Halkidiki in 479 BC
Also very important is the tsunami that hit Alexandria in July 365 AD caused by an earthquake of magnitude 8.2 on the Richter scale. The number of victims rose to 50,000.

Last Edited by Ostria1 on 10/19/2011 03:39 AM

I post again the live data links from the seismographs on the Santorini island

Akrotiri
[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

Karterados
[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

Thirasia
[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

Oia
[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

Profitis Ilias (Saint Elia)
[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]
this one looks a bit different than the rest

The map of the seismograph locations here
[link to www.zougla.gr]

Whoooooooo! Thank you Ostria1. I though that you will find those somewhere. Good find really.

Good link also ostria1 that one about those tsunamis. I had to look it closer later (lot of work to do here in home).

That saint elia seismograph looks quite interesting. Looks like harmonic tremors. I dont think that it could be sea waves because it is in middle of island right? But nothing to worry yet because another seismographs looks pretty quiet yet.

That looks like volcanic tremor to me. The other two look like wind. Unless Santorini has just had a huge storm.

Check out this page which shows what images look like when there is activity on the seismos.

[link to www.geonet.org.nz]

The eruption that collapsed the caldera and gave the island its modern day crescent shape is much older than the eruption that is blamed for the decline go the Minoan civilisation. The big one was prehistoric.

1.7magnitude now to the south from island.


Yes KS i think that New Zeland geonet site i best in the world. That quide how to read seismographs is really good and it is good to read all peoples who is interesting about to look seismographs.

0.5 earhquake in the caldera.

But i had to check what kind of weather is in santorini because this one looks really scary now. It is like el hierro seismo:

[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

Well wind is 11kmh speed in there. Some kind of construction work can cause that also.

[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

This dont look good. Have you Ostria1 or Foveras any idea what is going on there?

[link to geophysics.geo.auth.gr]

1.4magnitude hits in the caldera

Now 0.7 magnitude earthquake

last 48 hours.. it looks bad
[link to geophysics.geo.auth.gr]

Well, its pretty easy spotting which island is Santorini on that map.

About that nasty looking seismo. If it was volcanic tremor it isn't continuous which I would normally put down to 'something else', but with all those quakes going on maybe it was a volcanic burp (I just made that up as I have no idea what that graph and this swarm means).

Watching....

How close are those other seismos to Santorini? Am having trouble with the locations. Would any of those other seismos be close enough to give another picture of what might be happening?

Last month i visited Santorini, nea kameni, palea kameni, and thirasia, i'd like to share with you some of the pictures i took while vacationing there.

In this picture you can see Nea kameni, is taken from Imerovigli, Santorini.
[link to oi55.tinypic.com]
[liveleak] [link to oi55.tinypic.com]

This picture is taken from Nea kameni volcano, looking at Imerovigli.
[link to oi54.tinypic.com]
[liveleak] [link to oi54.tinypic.com]

In this picture you can see a team of scientists, Nea Kameni is monitored closely by scientists from the Institute for the Study and Monitoring of the Santorini Volcano (ISMOSAV).
[link to oi56.tinypic.com]
[liveleak] [link to oi56.tinypic.com]

In this picture you can see Palia Kameni.
[link to oi54.tinypic.com]
[liveleak] [link to oi54.tinypic.com]

Visitors walk by the edge of the crater, top right your can see some active sulfur vents.
[link to oi52.tinypic.com]
[liveleak] [link to oi52.tinypic.com]


Santorini Volcano
The Volcano of Santorini Palea (old) Kameni and Nea (new) Kameni (an adjective that means burned in Greek) are two small islands of black lava positioned in the centre of the basin of Santorini and are, geographically, the youngest islets in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Palea Kameni is about 2000 years old while Nea Kameni’s “life” does not exceed 500 years.Caldera, as the volcano is called, is one of the main attractions of Santorini and the setting of many villages.

Tourists can visit the volcano by taking one of the daily cruises advertised in any village. One can walk upon the solid black lava sides of the steaming volcano.Nea Kameni is the central one, and once on its shore, after a walk of 20 minutes in the “lunar” scenery, visitors will discover the volcano’s crater and other openings bursting with sulphur steam.

Thanks for those photos Elektron. Santorini is such a beautiful part of the world. As corny as it sounds - I remember Santorini as where I had one of the most romantic days of my life.

Did you get to Knossos on Crete? A fascinating place.

Have to say the volcanoes look settled and quiet with those photos.

thanks for the post!

You're welcome.

Thank you about photos Elektron.


About that scary seismograph i hope it is drilling or something like that. I think so because it ends in the night. Let see how it goes.

All seismographs are in caldera rim. Santorini island is only caldera rim where peoples live in the world. Maybe Lake toba is another. Whole santorini is volcano island.

It is good thing that scientist are serious about santorini threat. That earthquake map shows santorini is waking up now and this place can become really active really fast.

Here is that kind of video clip that i had to find whole film somewhere today.

here that clip.

0.7 magnitude in the caldera now.

[link to geophysics.geo.auth.gr]

Now 1.4 magnitude earthquake in the caldera

a thread for hotSpotards?


Hotspot (geology):
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Great Meteor hotspot track:
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Example of research:
[link to www.google.com]

Geologists TPTB are a little shy..
They dare not draw lines to join a hot spot to another.

Canary> Madeira >...> all volcanoes in North Africa> Egypt >...>
Madeira> Portugal> Spain>...(Mounted to the north - Cantal/ Eifel)...> Baleares >...> >...> >...> Sardignia> Italy>>>Greece>Crete>Cyprus>Turkey/..Andana>>>>>>...etc...

Osez!
Go for it!

Well santorini is not hotspot. It takes it energy when africa plate push european plate and also it takes energy when many microplates moving in mediterraen sea.

Here is good information about that:

[link to www.explorevolcanoes.com]


And this seismograph dont look good

[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

Informative links about Nea Kameni.

Magma Chambers under Nea Kameni.
[link to ismosav.santorini.net]
[liveleak] [link to ismosav.santorini.net]

Monitoring Networks in Santorini.
[link to ismosav.santorini.net]
[liveleak] [link to ismosav.santorini.net]

Santorini 3D Topo Bath.
[link to ismosav.santorini.net]
[liveleak] [link to ismosav.santorini.net]

Creation of Palea and Nea Kameni.
[link to ismosav.santorini.net]
[liveleak] [link to ismosav.santorini.net]

Geological map of Santorini.
[link to ismosav.santorini.net]
[liveleak] [link to ismosav.santorini.net]

Thank you really much Elektron! Really great links. They are really informative.

One comment about that picture which one shows how nea and paleo cameni created really short period. It means that santorini volcano magma chamber is refilling really fast, it have been erupted many times little by little growing those islands and those islands grow up because magma and pressure grows.

I'm not sure how fast those island grow but looks really fast to me.

Number one about that thing is by the way anak krakatau.

You're welcome.

0.9 magnitude earthquake now.

[link to geophysics.geo.auth.gr]

Let see how the huge turkey earthquake in same fault line will effect this spot.

[link to bbnet.gein.noa.gr]

this seismograph is quite strange.

Santorini Volcano
The Volcano of Santorini Palea (old) Kameni and Nea (new) Kameni (an adjective that means burned in Greek) are two small islands of black lava positioned in the centre of the basin of Santorini and are, geographically, the youngest islets in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Palea Kameni is about 2000 years old while Nea Kameni’s “life” does not exceed 500 years.Caldera, as the volcano is called, is one of the main attractions of Santorini and the setting of many villages.

Tourists can visit the volcano by taking one of the daily cruises advertised in any village. One can walk upon the solid black lava sides of the steaming volcano.Nea Kameni is the central one, and once on its shore, after a walk of 20 minutes in the “lunar” scenery, visitors will discover the volcano’s crater and other openings bursting with sulphur steam.


THOSE ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!

I have been looking into tsunami patterns in the Med too, trying to see where it will destroy should Santorini go off pop again.