World Volcano Activity UPDATE !!! MARAPI AGAIN!!! KATLA AGAIN!!! SWARM STARTING IN ICELAND DORMANT VOLCANO Bláfjoll!!!

Wednesday 24th October 2012
Vanuatu Earthquake
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit between two remote oceanic volcanoes in southern Vanuatu of 23rd October 2012. The epicentre was located 34 kilometres east of Matthew Island volcano, and 40 kilometres northwest of Hunter Island volcano. The earthquake focus was at a depth of 127 kilometres. The two volcanoes are located halfway between an intraoceanic collision zone (Loyalty Islands Ridge/ New Hebrides arc) and an active expanding ridge (North Fiji Basin Ridge) in a zone of high seismicity.
Volcanoes of Vanuatu... [link to www.volcanolive.com]

[link to www.jonfr.com]

'Earthquake activity has moved a bit to the south. In the area what is called Flatey-Húsavíkur fault. This fault is known for making up to Mw7.0 earthquakes. If that is going to happen now is impossible to know at current time. But IMO has told of this risk in an news bit from yesterday (see yesterday blog post).'

wonder if the uk would feel that?

strange. if they are warning of the possibility of a mag 7, doesn't that mean they KNOW exactly what is going on here?

I doubt it haven't felt anything so far, but there again i think its only scotland and blackpool that has ever had any over here , but i did hear that the old super volcano in scotland has been rumbling a bit lately .Maybe all this activity has started things .

M 3.8 - ICELAND REGION - 2012-10-25 03:42:02 UTC [link to www.emsc-csem.org]

Volcano Activity in Heard Island and McDonald Islands on Thursday, 25 October, 2012 at 03:12 (03:12 AM) UTC.

Description
One of Australia's two active volcanoes seems to be erupting. We say seems because the volcano in question, on Heard Island, is located in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, 2000km north of Antarctica and closer to Africa than to Australia. That's about as close to the middle of nowhere as it is possible to be. Heard Island and its neighbour MacDonald Island are Australian territories and are uninhabited, but each possesses an active volcano. Scientific expeditions venture there infrequently, due to conservation issues and the fact the islands have a wretched climate, are thousands of miles from anywhere nice and can only be accessed or supplied by ship. That means little attention is paid to the islands, with the satellite images such as the one below seldom acquired. But NASA's Earth Observatory says the image and other analysis detected heat signatures on Heard Island's 2475m Mawson Peak that suggest recent volcanic activity. “Although not definitive, this natural-color satellite image also suggests an ongoing eruption,” NASA writes. “The dark summit crater (much darker than Mawson’s shaded southwestern face) is at least partially snow-free, and there’s a faint hint of an even darker area—perhaps a lava flow—within. Shortwave infrared data (collected along with the visible imagery) shows hot surfaces within the crater, indicating the presence of lava in, or just beneath, the crater.” The Australian Government's official Heard and McDonald Island website, which has a nifty .aq domain, reports eruptions on McDonald Island. In 1992. Heard Island's remote location means any eruptions are unlikely to bother anyone, as the region has no history of colossal, world-shaking, events. Penguins and expeditions that plan to visit the islands are, however, in jeopardy. Two of the latter are scheduled for the near future. In 2013 a solo adventurer plans to sail to the islands and then kayak ashore.
[link to hisz.rsoe.hu]

Hawaii’s big Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes may share underground magma chamber

Posted on October 25, 2012




October 25, 2012 – HAWAII – The past decade of eruptions of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano may have acted as a pressure-relief valve for neighboring Mauna Loa, according to a new model suggesting two of the planet’s biggest volcanoes connect deep underground. Scientists know each of the two Hawaiian volcanoes has its own plumbing —separate, shallow magma chambers. Such chambers are the source of Kilauea’s rising lava lake, which is threatening to spill over. But 50 miles (80 kilometers) down, in a part of the Earth’s mantle layer called the asthenosphere, Mauna Loa and Kilauea are dynamically coupled, said Helge Gonnermann, a professor at Rice University in Houston, who is the lead author of a new study showing the link. “It’s like groundwater in an aquifer or oil in an oil reservoir,” Gonnermann told OurAmazingPlanet. “We know that there is melt that extends beneath both volcanoes. Changes in pressure can be transmitted to both volcanoes.” The Hawaiian Islands are hotspot volcanoes, formed as the Pacific plate moves over a plume of hot magma in the mantle. Pressure changes in the pooled magma in the mantle could rapidly affect both volcanoes, the model indicates. The model helps explains some intriguing observations: When one volcano inflates, the other starts to bulge about six months later. At times, such as in 2005, both volcanoes inflate at the same, GPS data show. The study suggests that Mauna Loa’s and Kilauea’s opposing pattern — when one is active, the other is quiet — occurs because eruptions at one volcano release pressure in the other. The model suggests Mauna Loa, which produced its most recent blast in 1984, had accumulated enough magma for another eruption, but its pressure was relieved by Kilauea’s heightened activity. “The hypothesis coming out of this model is that if we hadn’t seen this increased activity at Kilauea, then we would not have seen this pressure relief,” Gonnermann said. The summit of Kilauea has recently started inflating, giving the researchers a real-world test. “If Kilauea continues to inflate like it is right now, and if our model holds water, we should also see another period of inflation at Mauna Loa in about half a year,” Gonnermann said. The scientists also hope to test the model in other hotspot volcanoes, such as those of the Galapagos. -MSNBC
[link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com]

Uncertainty level is declared in north Iceland due to risk of large earthquake from TFZ
Posted on October 24, 2012 by Jón Frímann
Uncertainty level has been declared in north Iceland due to risk of large earthquake taking place in TFZ. This is done after consulting scientists that have been monitoring this area for the past few days since the earthquake swarm started in TFZ. It is still impossible to know when a large earthquake might take place in TFZ. But the earthquake swarm is still ongoing with little change.

The Civil Protection of Iceland announcement

[link to www.jonfr.com]

what's going on in Godabunga and other stations??? [link to hraun.vedur.is]

godabunga's near katla, right?
yeh, any predictions plse?

Diana give me this reply:



Diana Barnes says:

October 25, 2012 at 11:13


I think they are reacting to the shake-up on the TFZ. There was certainly a hiccup this morning shown by the higher frequency readings. It’s a “wait and see” situation!

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Diana Barnes says:

October 25, 2012 at 13:56


A report from the IMO today is as Follows. Copied and Pasted from the link below. With hanks to The Iceland Met office.

Specialist remark
The seismisity in northern Iceland continues. The seismisitiy during the night (Oct. 24-25) was somewhat more intense then yesterday. At 22:19 yesterday evening an earthquake of magnitude 3.2 was observed 4.6 km NNW of Gjogurta (just east of Eyjafjordur) and at 3:42 this morning an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 was observed 20.6 km North-East of Siglufjordur. The seismisity during the night was mostly confined around the epicentres of these two earthquakes.
The earthquake at 3:42 was felt both in Siglufjordur and Dalvik

At 07:47 a magnitude 3.2 event was observed 24.3 km NN-East of Siglufjordur. the seismisity is ongoing an no signs of it decreasing yeat
Written by a specialist at 25 Oct 10:13 GMT

[link to en.vedur.is] Click on this link then Click on blue Tab / Earthquakes /
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69: Kuril’s Alaid volcano wakes up from 16 year slumber with eruption

Posted on October 26, 2012
October 26, 2012 – KURIL ISLANDS - The Kuril Island volcano named Alaid, in Russia’s Far East has begun spewing ash with the giant ash cloud rising to an altitude of up to 700 meters. The Alaid Volcano is the tallest and northernmost volcano in the islands, with a crater which is approximately 1.5-km-wide. The first signs of activity were recorded on October 7th when thermal anomalies were observed a cloud of steam appeared. Volcanologists are issuing warnings regarding the likelihood of an eruption of ash emissions which may reach a height of 10-15 kilometers above sea level. The volcano last erupted in 1996. –Voice of Russia [link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com]

Authorities warn residents in northern Iceland of threat of large quake, as tremors continue

Posted on October 26, 2012
October 26, 2012 – ICELAND - Icelandic authorities warned people in the north of the island on Thursday to prepare for a possible big earthquake after the biggest tremors in the area for 20 years. The north Atlantic island, where almost 320,000 people live, is a hotspot of volcanic and seismic activity as it straddles a fault in the earth’s surface. The Civil Protection Department said in a statement that recent small quakes in an area under the sea about 20 km (12 miles) off the north of Iceland had prompted it to issue a warning to local people. It said such shocks, one of which was a magnitude 5.6, often led to stronger quakes. Warnings were issued when there were grounds to expect a natural or manmade event that could threaten health and human safety, it added. “People are anxious because they don’t know what might happen,” said Amundi Gunnarsson, chief of the fire brigade in Fjallabyggd, one of the small towns in the area, and a member of the Civil Protection Department. “At the same time, life goes on as usual. People are going to work and children are going to school, but everyone is on alert,” he told Reuters by telephone. The coastal area in the north is home to several small towns and a population of several thousand people. The biggest town in the north of Iceland, Akureyri, has a population of about 17,000 people, and lies roughly 100 km south of the seismic activity. Geologist Benedikt Ofeigsson said houses in Iceland could typically withstand quakes of a magnitude about 7. “Of course there could be some damage to in walls and concrete in such strong earthquakes, but what is important that houses have stood firm,” he told Reuters. -Yahoo [link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com]

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gif comparing today to a similar snowy day on 11/11/2010.

interesting darker patch of snow melt shows clearly

wheres that?

thanks man,
...wait and see situation -from safe distance (fixed it)
north atlantic jet stream forecast-
[link to www.netweather.tv]

3 quakes in Dreki? [link to en.vedur.is]

Unusual geological event in USA on Friday, 26 October, 2012 at 03:19 (03:19 AM) UTC.

Description
Earthquake swarms and a region-wide rotten egg smell recently reminded Southern California residents they live next to an active volcano field, tiny though it may be. At the time, scientists said the phenomena did not reflect changes in the magma chamber below the Salton Sea. But now, researchers may need to revise estimates of the potential hazard posed by the Salton Buttes - five volcanoes at the lake's southern tip. The buttes last erupted between 940 and 0 B.C., not 30,000 years ago, as previously thought, a new study detailed online Oct. 15 in the journal Geology reports. The new age - which makes these some of California's youngest volcanoes - pushes the volcanic quintuplets into active status. The California Volcano Observatory, launched in February by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), already lists the area as a high threat for future blasts. "The USGS is starting to monitor all potentially active volcanoes in California, which includes the Salton Buttes," said study author Axel Schmitt, a geochronologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. "With our results, I think this will further enhance the need to look into the system," Schmitt told OurAmazingPlanet. Schmitt and his colleagues dated zircon crystals in the hardened lava of the buttes with a relatively new technique, a "helium clock" that starts ticking once the minerals begin cooling at the surface.

The National Science Foundation's EarthScope project funds an extensive seismic imaging project in the Salton Sea that may soon reveal more information about what's happening deep underground. "We'll be looking with great interest to see what we can tell from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project," said Joann Stock, a Caltech professor and an expert on the region's volcanic hazards who was not involved in the new study. "I think (Schmitt's study) is a great contribution," she said. "It's an area where we should be concerned. We know that there's a lot of hot stuff down there," she told OurAmazingPlanet. In August, an earthquake swarm shook the nearby town of Brawley. The USGS attributed the temblors to faults in the Brawley Seismic Zone. In September, a sulfurous stench emanated from the Salton Sea and wafted across the Inland Empire. The odor was tentatively linked to a fish die-off, but could also have been caused by volcanic gases, Stock said.
[link to hisz.rsoe.hu]

Katla.

on this cam yesterday, and 11/11/2010

[link to www.ruv.is]

[link to hraun.vedur.is]

similar rise in the green and red signals at katla as what happened last week 24 hours before that swarm started, and now the blue signal is following as well. might be worth watching.

nice one, thanks.
dont feel so great being down wind here

It ain't so bad ,its far enough away for us not to worry about ,could be a lot worse yah know.

minor eruptions, yeh, but you seen the jet stream motion, and whats happened in past? i live in hope but...

all depends what part of the UK you live i suppose

not really it looks now
jet stream forecast
[link to www.netweather.tv]

I think Katla is starting i just put hte cam on and there is a really bright light flickering on and off

its getting bigger and bigger its gonna blow

it's a 4x4

it was a car lol