Best El Hierro Thread On GLP - Canary Islands - ACTIVITY HAS RETURNED - AGAIN!

Yes I see it here also.

"About 300 people will be evacuated this evening cores Frontera, El Hierro, at the risk of landslides by seismic activity, according to Television Canaria. Se trata de algunos residentes en los siguientes núcleos: Las Puntas, Sabinosa, Pozo de la Salud y Pie de Risco."

"Although among the GPS measuring equipment is detected that the island "has swelled about four inches." With the rise of magma in the subsurface, the ground expands."


[link to www.canarias7.es]

Last Edited by IndigoGirl on 09/27/2011 05:02 PM

Ready to blow

MODS PLEASE PIN!

ah, now then.

erm, erm, AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

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look at it!

just fucking look at it!!

using the EMSC quake-site search I came up with 31 quakes today only (2.5+). Last 7-8 years there's been a maximum of 2 quakes/day. Doom on, mofos!!!!

[link to www.01.ign.es]

keep refreshing that link every half hour or so. it's moving all the time.

surfs up baby!

Webcam for El Hierro, it is a streaming cam but can be jittery.
[link to laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024]
Animation map of the quakes [link to www.avcan.org]
Seismo [link to www.avcan.org]

I didn't notice these links in the thread, thought they may interest some.

Last Edited by Upsy Daisy on 09/27/2011 05:34 PM

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look at those two pics.

notice where the magma is rising on the first one?

now look at the second one. notice the fractures?

it also seems to suggest that the volcano is being displaced horizontally by the rising magma?

now, what IF the magma causes those fractures to get to the outside of the volcano, and it pushes that entire edifice off the volcano?

if the scales are correct, you'd be looking at a chunk of rock around 6km cubed being pushed off to the bottom of the ocean, heading east mainly, but the wave would affect the entire atlantic basin, wouldn't it?

also of course, you'd have a massive steam/volcanic eruption as well, as the pressurised magma contacts the sea water.

isn't doom fun?

any opinions?

any opinions?

. . . uff i life on the coast of cadiz and this story makes me nervious . . i hope it will be a little wave "when" its happen

AC717 try more like 100-400 quakes a day. it is definitely active. as far as the evacuations...thats amazing. we're seeing this giant come to life. what is amazing is that the island tends to become more unstable as the quakes hit the south side of the island. however...theyve been goin back and forth south to north...over and over. what Im waiting to see is what will happen when the north side starts shaking again.

'Update September 25, 2011: El Cabildo de El Hierro sends a
message of calm and security to the population.
The president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, and the
Minister of Security and Emergency Area, Maria del Carmen
Morales, have appeared before the media on Sunday, September
25, to convey a message of calm and security to the population.
Main reason, the strongest earthquake so far (Magnitude 3.4 at a
depth of 15 km).' [link to www.earthquake-report.com] I wonder if they're feeling a bit foolish now???

I don't have any formal training, so if there is a textbook answer, which I would doubt that there is (imho), I would not know. I would say that wherever the most pressure accumulates against the most unstable part of the structure of the volcano, would be the breaking point. I don't know what the strata of that area is so I can only speculate. My hunch says the 29th though...just a feeling about it.

I think the answer is relative to what sort of earth lies above the volcano and the depth. To help narrow it down this is a basaltic volcano and Hierro is doubled enery accumulation in just 5 days. The radiation absorption of the sun was spiked for some time too as pointed out by IWTB76

OP, have you seen this article? Another source reporting on the most up-to-date activity.

[link to english.cri.cn]

Island of El Hierro Prepares for Volcanic Eruption

This definitely sounds more serious today.

Last Edited by Geos on 09/27/2011 09:02 PM

Bump!

Let's keep this thread active. It's falling behind and new ones forming. Good to have the reports, especially all the news reports, all on one.

Geos...thanks for that link. Yes Ive seen that article. One thing that stands out...everybody is just now starting to look at El Hierro. We've had this thread running for 5 weeks. GLP rocks!

theres a chance that the geomagnetic storm we had caused these quakes to amp up.

If I understand this correctly...there's been 1250% increase in energy accumulation since July 19th. AND there's been a 230% increase in energy accumulation in the PAST 4 DAYS!!! That's how much energy is waiting to escape. These are measured in jules. I have no idea how much power this actually equals out too.

Thank for for this continuous info. - This thread should be pinned!

Can we get any updates on this?

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Was wondering if there was an active GLP thread on this topic. Thank God, I was starting to lose faith!

Here's my related blog:

U.S. East Coast Megatsunami? - Possible Volcanic Eruption On El Hierro In Canary Islands

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This volcano is awake, no doubt!

Here's a bit of info on the volcano from a book I have:

Prevalent activity: avalanches and fumaroles.

- Thought to be the top of a shield volcano that stands on the ocean floor at a depth of 12,140 to 13,125 feet!

- Located right above a "hot spot".
- Several rifts and fractures riddle the volcano.
- El Hierro has the largest concentration of eruptable vents.

"The very wide depressions of El Julan to the southwest, Las Playas to the southeast and El Golfo to the north, continue onward several miles into the open sea. These depressions are composed of basins bordered by slopes in large part underwater and are believed to be the result of enormous avalanches from the volcanic structure."

Then it goes onto mention there is water trapped inside the volcano,... like La Palma!

Last Edited by Geos on 09/27/2011 11:11 PM

she's gonna blow!

I was just looking around for more info...glad to see GLP is still on top of this...This thread needs to be pinned again. Thanks OP and everyone else contributing for the info.

So here is some of the advice that they are giving the folks on the Island:

"In a public building, the advice is not running in terror toward the exit..."

"The Government adds that if the shock is surprising on the outside should remain calm, go to an open area, do not enter a damaged building and if you are driving, stop the car and avoid blocking the road."

More here:

[link to www.canarias7.es]

IMHO I would not really give a flying F where I parked my car in a situation like this.

PIN THIS!!!!

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Can anyone confirm this TwitPic coming from El Hierro?

I saw that photo on another thread here...