The monsters wakes up ! Katla Hekla Iceland Dead Zone and rift as uniform system ! A lot of others worldwide !

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The last day is not here

and interesting today seismic
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technical troubles or again eqs just under the volcano?

Last Tingurahua report, Google translation
[link to www.igepn.edu.ec]
Friday, December 21, 2012 20:20 Evaluation Tungurahua volcano activity
Tungurahua Volcano Special Report No. 14

...there was a considerable number of explosions (85 explosions, of which 40 are of moderate size). Two of these explosions, which were recorded at 03h08 and 03h10 today, threw incandescent blocks rolled down the flanks of the volcano and caused heavy gunfire. The same happened with the explosion of 5h00.
...inflation signal persists in Pondoa inclinometers, Chontal and Mazon ...
These parameters indicate that the new pulse remains eruptive activity at the volcano Tungurahua and should still be considered as probable the occurrence of pyroclastic flows that could be broken down by the volcano in the coming days...

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John Seach @johnseach
4 volcanoes on raised alert in Vanuatu. #Ambrym, #Ambae, #Gaua, and #Yasur

Hawaii yesterday report
[link to hvo.wr.usgs.gov]
...Recent Observations at the middle east rift zone vents: There were no significant changes on the coastal plain. An approximately 1 km-wide (0.6 mi wide) lava flows remained active on the coastal plain with scattered surface activity extending from near the pali to the coast east of the easternmost boundary of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park (see images); parts of the westernmost edge of the flow are within the National Park. An ocean entry marked by a weak and variable plume has been sporadically active near Kupapa`u but has not been reported or observed by Webcams as active since Monday, December 17...

Judging by the surveillance cameras Hawaiian observatory, today greatly enhanced activity: a strong glow in the output stream to the ocean
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Indonesia Mt. Rokatenda volcano
[link to hisz.rsoe.hu]
Thousands of residents of the Palue Islands in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, have reportedly fled from their homes after their roofs and windows were rattled by erupting of Mount Rokatenda. Residents were evacuated to Maumere, Sikka, Ropa and Ende as the volcano sent debris and volcanic material cascading down its slopes. Residents reportedly found it hard to get clean water as many water sources had been contaminated with volcanic ash. Officials have called on residents to protect themselves by wearing masks.

Kurilsky islands, 5 km from Shirinsky volcano
map
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Magnitude M 5.1
Region KURIL ISLANDS
Date time 2012-12-22 04:42:35.0 UTC
Location 49.93 N ; 155.05 E
Depth 100 km
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Stromboli. Notable lava flow from the crater
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Magnitude M 4.7
Region KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA
Date time 2012-12-22 10:58:30.0 UTC
Location 7.14 S ; 129.07 E
Depth 197 km
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it,s very close to Teol volcano
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also Nila and Serua
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Problems continues
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Strong storm?
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Volcano Eruption in Argentina on Saturday, 22 December, 2012 at 16:01 (04:01 PM) UTC.

Description
A Satellite image taken on 14:00 on 22 November shows a large ash plume drifting 110 KM SE from Copahue volcano. Ash fall has been reported in Loncopue village in Argentina, 50 KM SE of the volcano. The volcano's last confirmed eruption was in 2000, although one report stated eruptions in 2001 as well. It is apparently still a 'small' eruption, but the Alert Level for the volcano has been raised from GREEN to ORANGE.
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FVAG01 SABM 221400
VA ADVISORY

DTG: 20121222/1400Z
VAAC: BUENOS AIRES
VOLCANO: COPAHUE 1507-09
PSN: S3751 W07110
AREA: ARGENTINA-CHILE
SUMMIT ELEV: 2965M
ADVISORY NR: 2012/003
INFO SOURCE: GOES 13 – GFS MODEL
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION 20121222/1200Z
OBS VA DTG: 22/1310Z

OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL310 S3751 W07110 – S3806 W07033 – S3824 W07028 –
S3751 W07110 MOV SE 25KT

FCST VA CLD +06HR: 22/2000Z SFC/FL310 S3751 W07110 – S3836 W06434 – S4041 W06430 –
S3751 W07110
FCST VA CLD +12HR: 23/0200Z SFC/FL310 S3751 W07110 – S3831 W06159 – S4123 W06158 –
S3840 W06958 – S3751 W07110

FCST VA CLD +18HR: 23/0800Z SFC/FL310 S3751 W07110 – S3907 W06503 – S3904 W05749 –
S4128 W05753 – S4137 W06359 – S4000 W06902 – S3751 W07110

RMK: IMAGERY REVEALS A CONTINUOUS EMISSION WITH A WHITE AND GRAY VA PLUME
EXTENDING 110 KM TO THE SE OF THE VOLCANO.
GRAPHIC AT [link to www.smn.gov.ar]
Pretty impressive plume..

Eruption May Have Started at Copahue on the Chile/Argentina Border

By Erik Klemetti
12.22.12
9:48 AM
A potential eruption plume from Copahue on the Chile/Argentina border, spreading off to the ESE, spotted by GOES-East. Image: NOAA.


Quick post, but I said if something interesting happened…

I was sent a GOES image showing a fairly strong plume from Copahue on the Chile/Argentina border – a plume that sure looks like an eruption from the volcano. Sure enough, reports out of Chile and Argentina show that the volcano is producing a pretty impressive plume. Sounds like geologists will conduct a flyover to see what is going on sometime today. I’ll try to dig up more information as I can find it, but feel free to add any info here as well, but there wasn’t much on yesterday’s Terra pass.

UPDATES: Supposedly this is a shot of the plume seen from close to the volcano. I can’t confirm its authenticity. Also, not surprisingly, the volcano has been moved up to Orange Alert. Ash is also apparently falling 50 km from the volcano.

According to a tweet from John Seach based on VAAC information, the plume might be as tall as 9.5 km / 31,000 feet.

Copahue last had an eruption in 2000 and has a history of VEI 2+ explosive eruptions.
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simoncarn Small SO2 plume from the eruption of #Copahue volcano detected by GOME-2 [link to sacs.aeronomie.be]

Updated: Saturday, 22 December, 2012 at 17:40 UTC
Description
Copahue volcano began an eruption process this morning in Neuquen province and prompting the Chilean Emergency network to issue a yellow alert. Despite the volcano is in constant activity, a large cloud of ashes spweed by Copahue this morning alarmed locals and authorities. First reports indicated that a rutinary emergency operation in the localities of Copahue and Caviahue, which are close the volcano. Nevertheless, the possibility of evacuating locals was dismissed.
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volcano summary
[link to www.volcano.si.edu]

Copahue volcano erupts along Chile-Argentine border, alert level raised

Posted on December 22, 2012by The Extinction Protocol

December 22, 2012 – CHILE - Increased activity at a volcano on the border of Chile and Argentina has authorities in both countries on alert. The Copahue volcano in Argentina’s Neuquen province and Chile’s Biobio region began spewing ash and gas early on Saturday, but officials say it’s still in an early eruption stage. Chile’s Mining Minister Hernan de Solminihac says the volcano’s smoke plume led Argentine emergency officials to issue a yellow alert and constantly monitor its activity in case of a full eruption. Flights expected to pass by the area around the volcano have been warned. Officials say there’s no need yet to evacuate people near the volcano, which is part of the Andes mountain chain. A volcano in southern Chile erupted last year, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the evacuation of more than 600 people. –News [link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com]

WEBCAM!!! [link to www.sernageomin.cl]

One more quick update – I grabbed the brand new Terra/MODIS imagery for South America and the plume from the Copahue was glorious – stretching over 350 km across Argentina to the east of the volcano. For a sense of scale on the image, the distance between Copahue and the Embalse los Barreales is ~225 km. The plume itself has been reported to be over 9.5 km / 30,000 feet tall.

UPDATE 12/22 5 PM EST: Eruptions reader Kirby pointed me to the SERNAGEOMIN webcam pointed at Copahue — check out the eruption live!
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vid

As you can see from vid above, also very clear cloud herolds as before strong eq over central part of SA

aw, now you've gone and done it. i'll be saving images now, for ages and making gifs.

First official report by Chilean National geologic service
Google translation
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The National Service of Geology and Mining (SERNAGEOMIN) - Volcano Observatory of the Southern Andes (OVDAS), announces that

• From 10:45 local time, the seismic signal recorded at stations installed around the volcano Copahue, showed a marked increase and untimely, characterized by a dominance tremor signal with low frequency (of the order of 0.35 and 1.9 Hz ), which at its peak reached values of 49 cm2 calculated surface waves, which is considered high. At the time of issuance of this report the signal level is of the order of 25 to 30 cm2, equally considered high.
• The tremor signal correlated with an increase in the gas column, which was observed in black, full of ashes, with a height of 1.5 km to the southeast and directed was a pen of 13 km approximately.
• Due to the nature of the starting signal with a signal upward tremor, without the prior occurrence of clusters and the low height of the column, implying a low temperature associated with the presence of extensive hydrothermal system volcano, indicate that phenomenon that continues to the time of issuance of this report, is a minor phreatic eruption, primarily affecting areas near the crater and ash fall proximal surrounding areas.
• It is possible that the current activity evolve into a major event

first one..

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No new official reports at this time, but we have other reliable sources
[link to www.volcanodiscovery.com]
Copahue volcano raised to red alert - more explosions and incandescence evidence presence of fresh magma
Sunday Dec 23, 2012 07:55 AM | Age: 3 hrs

At 21:43 local time Saturday, a strong harmonic tremor signal occurred with the same dominant frequency 1.36 Hz and an intermediate intensity (2x stronger than the one during earlier records). Immediately after this episode that lasted about 5 minutes there were 2 explosions with loud noises heard.
The camera installed around the volcano, allowed to observe glow reflected in the clouds, and an area of it in the active crater. The raise in tremor and the explosions also correlated with an increase of the gas column.

and impressive vid

as result of short time weak "exhalation" at the top snow melted
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