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Potential Volcanic Erruption in Costa Rica
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 512476:MV85NzE0OTdfMTUxOTM2OTZfMkY4ODNDRTQ=] http://home.att.net/~thehessians/disasterwatch.html COSTA RICA Turrialbla Volcano Spews Out Helium, Forces Closure Of Two Schools. Experts are keeping a very close eye on the Turrialba volcano activity with the increase in the emanation of gases such as helium, sulphur and carbon dioxide. There have been important changes in the behaviour of the colossus and as such they have decided to maintain the yellow alert indefinitely. The experts haven't ruled out the presence of lava in the volcano, but prefer not to alarm the population by speaking on the subject. The Cicanum helium measurement is reported to be a concentration of 20 parts per million, short of the highest ever measured at the volcano in the past of 30 ppm. The measurements suggest the possibility of a "magmatic intrusion", the rise of molten rock into the earth's crust. For the time being, experts continue measuring gas emanations from the volcano and are reluctant to speculate on the possibility of an eruption despite the increased concentrations of helium in the recent days [/quote]
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We were just on a conference call with some of our Costa Rican business partners and they have been having earthquake tremors all day. There are fears that the volcano there may be ready to erupt and emergency crews are already showing up...
The latitude of Haiti and Costa Rica are very close...Haiti is 10 degrees and Costa Rica is 19 degrees.
I don't have a verifiable source right now but I'll investigate.
***UPDATE***
Magnitude M 4.4
Region COSTA RICA
Date time 2010-01-22 at 15:4 9:23.2 UTC
Location 9.55 N ; 84.13 W
Depth 46 km
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