Magnitude 5.0 - ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION.... ..UPDATE: GLP has Confirmed Volcanic Eruption!! Pg 13

Big one!

holy shit......one more, 5.4 of mag....the biggest, so far

this thing is getting interesting

Getting a woody here!!! bring it on!

Unusual series of moderate (volcanic ?) earthquakes in Eritrea and Ethiopia
Last update: June 12, 2011 at 8:34 pm by By Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell Leave a Comment



May we ask our Eritrean and/or Ethiopian readers to tell us what exactly is going on here by filling in the form below.


UPDATE 20:33 UTC : We are more and more convinced that one of the nearby volcanoes went into an active status as the distance to the ridge fault is to big to create this kind of earthquakes. Additionally almost all the earthquakes are occurring near the volcano complex on the picture (courtesy Google Earth)

UPDATE 19:37 UTC : This unusual series of moderate earthquakes have also occurred a couple of months ago in the Gulf of Aden. The earthquakes are typical for separating irregular tectonic plates. The series in the Gulf of Aden had their epicenter in the immediate area of the ridge fault.
Due to the close-by volcanoes, an eruption pattern of the Dubbi volcano is still possible. The pre-eruption pattern of both the Icelandic and Chilean volcanoes from the last few weeks is also present here. Compared to Iceland and Chile, Eritrea has other concerns than looking to beautiful eruptions. We will follow up these events and will come back to you as soon as we can get more data ?
UPDATE 16:11 UTC : Other agencies are reporting totally different and less dangerous numbers : GFZ: 4.9 é 43 km and EMSC 4.7 @ 200 km
Moderate shallow earthquake with an epicenter almost below Afambo.
Approx. 15 km from the Dubbi volcano. The peak of the Dubbi volcano is 1625 m. There have been four known eruptions. In 1400 lava was determined to have reached the Red Sea while in 1861 ash was thrown over 250 km from the volcano. Two further events were suspected between 1861 and the 20th century.

During the late afternoon and evening of June 12 2011 a series of moderate earthquake struck at first near Afambo in Eritrea and later 100 km more to the south in Ethiopia. At the moment of writing, we do not know whether these earthquake have a tectonic or a volcanic origin.

Other moderate earthquakes which occurred after the first earthquake which is described in detail

M 4.5 2011/06/12 18:01 Depth 10.1 km ETHIOPIA
M 5.0 2011/06/12 19:21 Depth 10.0 km ETHIOPIA
M 4.7 2011/06/12 17:47:21 13.538 41.588 Depth 10.0 km ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
M 4.8 2011/06/12 17:18:10 13.381 41.764 Depth 9.9 km ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
M 4.3 2011/06/12 16:33:12 13.507 41.722 Depth 10.0 km ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
M 4.8 2011/06/12 16:24:44 13.436 41.682 Depth 10.0 km ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
M 4.7 2011/06/12 16:12:03 13.397 41.734 Depth 10.0 km ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
M 4.5 2011/06/12 16:09:30 13.443 41.696 Depth 2.9 km ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION

Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 5.1
UTC Time : Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 15:37:05 UTC
Local time at epicenter : Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 06:37:05 PM at epicenter
Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km
Geo-location(s) :
Almost below Afambo, Eritrea
128 km (79 miles) WNW of Assab, Eritrea

[link to earthquake-report.com]

Hello
im a little confused, is this uncommon for that area to be getting earthquakes?

That many earthquakes, of that size, in that short a period of time - that's uncommon for ANY area.

A swarm like that is pretty uncommon anywhere...

Magnitude mb 5.2
Region ERITREA - ETHIOPIA REGION
Date time 2011-06-12 20:32:43.0 UTC
Location 13.35 N ; 41.62 E
Depth 33 km
Distances 216 km SW Al-h'udaydah (pop 617,871 ; local time 23:32:43.6 2011-06-12)
65 km S Edd (pop 11,259 ; local time 23:32:43.6 2011-06-12)

this last one is one of 3 quakes that seem to be defining a smaller circle around the volcano, about 7 miles in diameter.



here's the screenshot of all the quakes so far with a line showing the diameter of three inner quakes..


[link to i53.tinypic.com]

UPDATE 20:58 UTC : We have still no trace (as expected) of what is really going on. This last 5.4 earthquake can be damaging at this shallow depth when the epicenter is located below a village or town. As we are unsure of the exact epicenter (the error margin may be 10 to 30 km different than reported by the USGS).

UPDATE 20:56 UTC : The earthquakes are continuing with the last one as the strongest so far with a magnitude of 5.4 at a depth of 10 km.

this doesn't sound interesting, "Compared to Iceland and Chile, Eritrea has other concerns than looking to beautiful eruptions."

It sounds like they expecting something very big.

what we're waiting for now is a quake REALLY close to the volcano. then it might be game on.

Wait and see :) It will come ;)

Seems a 7.5 was the largest in africa in last 100 years

Wonder if a big one is coming here, looks very much like the start of the japan swarm

The East African Rift Valley contains some of the
most densely populated areas in the continent
comparable to the highest population densities in
the world/ similar to suburban & developed
agricultural areas around great cities of the
American East & Midwest

Last Edited by Lord Canntish on 06/12/2011 05:07 PM

As of right now there's been 12 quakes in the area.

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]


[link to en.wikipedia.org]
The Afar Triangle or Danakil Depression of Eritrea is the probable location of a triple junction where three tectonic plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian Plate, and the two parts of the African Plate (the Nubian and the Somali plate) splitting along the East African Rift Zone (USGS). The highest point of the country, Emba Soira, is located in the center of Eritrea, at 3,018 meters (9,902 ft) above sea level.

Also had a 2.7 a little bit ago 39 miles from Dallas, Tx.

They are on the volcano

[link to i53.tinypic.com]

[link to www.godlikeproductions.com]



Holy Crap what happened while I was gone !!!

Don't think you will see a big one all these small ones are releasing all of the penned up energy.

Wow now that is a prediction

That isn't the way it works, you would need thousands of EQ's to relieve the pressure of a big one.

UPDATE 21:03 UTC : Lucas Tavares reports in our Facebook page : I was studying about this volcanoes past hours. Maybe the shakes surrounds the Mallahle or Nabro Caldera, there is’nt any known eruptions of these volcanoes! Shakes are becoming stronger!

I made the gif; I use the gif...heh, been waiting for a small EQ to use it on. They all dried up as soon as the paint dried on it.

Who the fuck pinned this! mag five, I shit a mag 5 after a good curry.

Get a grip

Urban legend, myth. If there's a 9.0 pent up down there then it'd take many thousands of these quakes to let off even a little of that energy. Not how it works. That whole system is destabilizing and anything can happen, from it going quiet again to a gigantic eruption or quake, or anything in between.

It does look suspiciously similar to the leadup to the Japan whopper. If I was a betting man, and the odds were the same for nothing happening or a big eruption happening, I'd bet on the eruption at this point, especially after taking into account the enormous number of volcanic eruptions that have taken place worldwide these past two years.

Another one 5.3

Another

[link to www.emsc-csem.org]

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