Volcano watch

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Japan: A new island appears in the Ogasawara Islands - November 2013

Active volcanoes (Sep 28, 2012)

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"Of course all volcanoes will explode, as this is going to be a very severe pole shift. What about the months and years preceding the pole shift? It is no secret that Mammoth Lake and the caldera of Yellowstone are warming up, and the populace has been prepared for these occurrences by the movie Volcano where there, in the middle of LA, lava is bubbling up. In fact, there is a fault line running from the approximate San Diego/LA area, up into the Sierras, and this is liable to rupture rather violently during one of the quakes that precedes the pole shift by some months. Volcanic eruptions from that area in the Sierras can be expected. Will Mount St. Helen erupt? All volcanoes that have been active within the memory of man will begin spewing and burping and oozing, and many that were not expected to become active will reactive. "   ZetaTalk - Feb 15, 2000

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Mount Lokon in Indonesia Erupts Again (Oct 7) -

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Volatile+volcano+erupts+again+nort...

Mount Lokon in North Sulawesi province erupted Sunday, spewing smoke and ash that caused muddy rain to fall in nearby villages, an official said.

The volatile volcano rumbled as heavy rain fell around its cloud-covered crater, local monitoring official Farid Ruskanda Bina said.

He said the sound was heard 5 kilometres (3 miles) away but the height of the eruption was not visible.

The ash made the rain thick and muddy in six villages, Bina said.

"Soldiers are distributing masks to the villagers," he said.

There was no plan for evacuations because the nearest villages are beyond the danger area, he said.

More than 33,000 people live along the fertile slopes of the 5,741-foot (1,750-meter) mountain.

Loud, Thumping Noises Heard

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/world/asia/indonesia-volcano/index.ht...

Loud, thumping noises were heard at a monitoring post 6 kilometers (3.8 miles) from where Mount Lokon erupted around 2:05 p.m. (2:05 a.m. ET) Sunday, said Sutupo Purwo Nugroho of Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Board, as reported by the official Antara news agency.

The volatile activity continued after that, though authorities could not immediately ascertain how many additional, separate eruptions had occurred.

"Right now, there are still eruptions, but they could not be observed as the volcano is covered by haze," said Nugroho.

Those living within 2.5 kilometers of the volcano, which is in the Pacific island nation's North Sulawesi province, are being told not to carry out any activity, according to Nugroho, who heads the mitigation board's data and information center.

The volcano has been active since last Friday, with some eruptions spewing ashes 1,500 meters into the air. One day earlier, officials issued an early warning to residents -- yet Mount Lokon was still categorized as idle until Sunday, as it is now on alert status.

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EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION REPORTED AT JAPAN'S SUWANOSEJIMA VOLCANO (Oct 3)

Suwanosejima (諏訪之瀬島?) is a volcanic island with a population of about fifty people, located in the Tokara Islands, part of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. It is 8 km long and is one of the most active volcanoes in Japan. An explosion was reported this morning (around 07 am GMT time) with an ash plume reaching 10,000 (about 3 km) altitude.

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CURRENTLY ACTIVE VOLCANOES VISUAL

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VOLCANO ERUPTS WITH SMOKE IN INDONESIA  (SEP 27)

A VOLCANO has erupted on Indonesia's Sumatra island, spewing thick grey smoke up to 1.5 kilometres into the sky.

Monitoring official Suparno says Mount Marapi's eruption on Wednesday is its strongest since August last year, when its status was raised to level three out of four.

Suparno, who uses one name, says there is no plan for an evacuation because the nearest villages are far beyond the danger zone of three kilometres from the crater. ...

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VOLCANO IN CHINA SHOWING SIGNS OF ACTIVITY (SEP 27)

A volcano on the border of China and North Korea is showing signs of increasing activity and could erupt in the next few decades, Chinese researchers say.

A massive eruption of Changbaishan around 1,100 years ago spread ash and volcanic gases for 30 miles and left a 3-mile-wide crater atop the volcano, scientists said.

Seismic activity, ground deformation and gas emissions recorded in a period of heightened activity from 2002 to 2006 suggests the magma chamber beneath the volcano is growing.  ....

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MUD VOLCANO ERUPTS IN AZERBAIJAN, SEP 20

Arif Huseynov: “The Volcano was too powerful at the beginning and the mud covered more than 2 ha of the area”

Baku. Kamala Guliyeva – APA. Lokbatan mud volcano erupted in the morning has weakened, Executive of Mud Volcanism Department under the Geology Institute of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Arif Huseynov told APA.

Huseynov said that the eruption process is being studied. The volcano accompanied by a rumble at 05.00 spew flames at 09.00: “According to the preliminary observations, the eruption was powerful and mud spread across the area of more than 2 ha. The exact information will be announced after the measurements. But this eruption was more powerful than the eruption in 2010. At that time, the mud covered about 2 ha area.”

Husyenov says that no flame is being observed in the area: “The volcano has already weakened. It is not likely to flame again, as it’s weakened.”

The Lokbatan mud volcano is the most active volcano in Azerbaijan and in the world. Last time the volcano erupted in 2010. This is the 24th eruption of the volcano.

Fortunately there aren’t any houses in the area, but there are oil wells.

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Today's eruption of Mt. Karangetang in the northern part of North Sulawesi makes 4 volcanoes in Indonesia to erupt in the past 5 days. 

Media downplays eruptions as "rumbling", defined at Mt. Soputan as follows:

"The explosion on the mountain took place until 2 a.m. The eruption could be heard up to 40 kilometres away. Observers now could not see or record earthquakes there as the explosions were incessant."

4 Volcanoes Rumble in Indonesia (Sep 20) -
Three active volcanoes in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi and another one in North Maluku are rumbling. The three rumbling mountains in North Sulawesi are Mount Soputan in Southeast Minahasa, Mt. Lokon in Tomohon and Mt. Karangetang in the northern part of North Sulawesi, while Mt. Gamalama in Ternate Island grumbled in North Maluku.

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http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/09/20/4-volcanoes-rumble-indon...

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/volcanic-activity-up-in-several...

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Soputan Volcano Erupts In Central Indonesia, Third Volcano to Erupt in Indonesia Since Sep 15 -

Shooting ash and smoke nearly 1 1/2 kilometers into the sky, Soputan joined Lokon in North Sulawesi and Gamalama at Ternate in North Maluku, both of which erupted on Saturday, September 15.  Lokon generated a 1,500-meter high ash plume.  Soputan is about 2,160 kilometers northeast of Jakarta.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/mount-soputan-volcano-erup...

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/two-volcanos-awaken-rattling-ne...

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/09/17/mount-gamalama-spews-...

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EL HIERRO : 410 EARTHQUAKES IN 120 HOURS! + DEFORMATIONS

Update 17/09 – 22:09 UTC
- 105 earthquakes until 20:55 UTC
- less seismicity than the 2 prior days

Update 17/09 – 20:01 UTC
- 95 earthquakes, all the recent ones at 20 km or deeper

Update 17/09 – 17:05 UTC
- 84 earthquakes until 16:11 UTC
- Another 2 shallow quakes at 10 and 11 km , both in the El Golfo, Sabinosa area. The phenomena described in the last update is being confirmed with these quakes. The Sabinosa – El Golfo area has become active again. We are however unsure whether IGN has deliberately omitted the quakes in this area when the strong swarm started. If this was not the case (what we should find very normal) then we can speak of a changing pattern. The following hours will give a better idea of the situation

Update 17/09 – 15:36 UTC
- Is the crust starting to show cracks ? Why are we writing this ? If IGN data are correct, we have noticed a number of shallower earthquakes the last couple of hours. Nothing to be scared off, but this is definitely a change in patterns versus earlier today and the 2 preceding days.  From 12:27 until 14:39 (less than 3 hours) we have noticed 6 under 20 km earthquakes on a total of 17.
The shallowest being a 13 km, but also a 15 km and a couple of 18 km. Is the magma the cause ? IGN would probably know it but mostly keeps his information for international science conferences a couple of months later!
The shallowest one was recorded below the Sabinosa area, the area where the other 10 km were recorded last week.
- 71 earthquakes so far

Update 17/09 – 12:45 UTC
- 52 earthquakes so far (listed by IGN until 11:06 UTC). No change in depth patterns or epicenter area. I looks more and more that the island consists of solid rock where magma has a hard time to penetrate

Update 17/09 – 08:38 UTC
- “Only” 30 earthquakes listed by IGN this morning
- Hypocenters : no change in depth (hypocenter or focal depth or depth are indicating the same = layer in the underground (crust or deeper) where the energy is generated
- Epicenters : same area than yesterday centering in the historic crater area
- GPS deformations :
Restinga : 1 cm further uplifting (Ultra Rapid) – stabilized on the longitude and latitude axis (= earlier movement to the South-East)
Pinar : 1 cm uplift – pushed 1 cm further to the North – stabilized on the longitude axis (= earlier movement to the East)
Frontera : no more uplifting, 0,5 cm to the North – no change on the longitude axis since long time
The plotters under our readers can try to trace this way the source of the magma. Click here for the source of our data (courtesy Prof. Sagiya – University of Nagoya)

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Lates update on El Hierro volcano ;

Update 16/09 – 19:17 UTC
- 185 earthquakes until 20:49 UTC
- 1 M1.4 earthquake at 10 km, but this was the only one today at this shallow depth
- Diario El Hierro has the stunning title that IGN is analizing the earthquakes. What else could be expected from IGN ?
- Canarias7 could talk to Jose Mario Blanco (IGN). She says that she do not expect the quakes to become stronger than M3.2 at the present depth. She confirms what we wrote earlier on, that the epicenters are migrating gradually to the south.

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