Volcano watch

[Sevan Makaracı]

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

[Nancy Lieder]

Ichi also notes the Japan eruption.

Mt. Ontake in central Japan erupts Japan

Sep. 27, 2014 - Updated 14:18 UTC+9

Japan's Meteorological Agency is warning people to stay away from Mount Ontake in central Japan following a volcanic eruption.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20140927_20.html VIDEO

[Kojima]

* Volcano Erupts in Japan; Injuries Reported [ABC News; Sep 27, 2014]

A volcano erupted in central Japan on Saturday, catching mountain climbers by surprise and seriously injuring at least one person.

With a sound likened to thunder, Mt. Ontake spewed large white plumes high into the sky, sending people fleeing and covering surrounding areas in ash.

Several people were injured, including one who was unconscious, according to Japanese media reports.

The 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) peak erupted shortly before noon on a bright sunny autumn morning. In a YouTube video shown on Japanese TV, surprised climbers can be seen moving quickly away from the peak as an expanding plume emerges above and then engulfs them.

One witness, talking to Japanese broadcaster NHK, said the eruption started with large booms like thunder. It also reported that people had been evacuated from a mountain lodge.

Japan's meteorological agency raised the alert level for Mt. Ontake to three on a scale of one to five. It warned people to stay away from the mountain, saying ash and other debris could fall up to 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away.

Mt. Ontake sits on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures on the spine of mountains that runs down Honshu, Japan's main island.

* UPDATE 2-Erupting Japan volcano leaves seven unconscious, 250 stranded [Reuters; Sep 27, 2014]

(Adds details, PM Abe comment)

By Antoni Slodkowski and Mari Saito

(Reuters) - A Japanese volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing ash and small rocks into the air and leaving seven people unconscious, eight seriously injured and more than 250 stranded on the mountain, officials and media said.

A thick, rolling, grey cloud of ash rose into the sky above Mount Ontake close to where TV footage showed hikers taking pictures. Trekkers and residents were warned of falling rock and ash within a radius of four km (two and a half miles).

"It was like thunder," a woman told broadcaster NHK of the first eruption at the volcano in seven years. "I heard boom, boom, then everything went dark."

The Meteorological Agency said the volcano, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures 200 km (125 miles) west of Tokyo, erupted just before midday and sent ash pouring down the mountain's south slope for more than three km (two miles).

There was no sign of lava from the TV footage.

The eruption forced aircraft to divert their routes, but officials at Tokyo's Haneda airport and Japan Airlines said there were no disruptions to flights in and out of Tokyo.

NHK quoted a Nagano prefectural official as telling a government meeting that seven people were unconscious and eight people were seriously wounded.

Police said more than 250 hikers were stranded on the mountain, which is 3,067 metres high and last erupted in 2007.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who returned from the United States on Saturday, said he had issued instructions to mobilise the military to help in the rescue effort.

"Nearly 200 people are in the process of descending the mountain, but we are still trying to figure out details. I instructed to do all we can to rescue the people affected and secure the safety of the trekkers," Abe told reporters.

Nagano police sent a team of 80 to the mountain to assist the climbers who were making their way down, while Kiso Prefectural Hospital, near the mountain, said it had dispatched a medical emergency team.

"We expect a lot of injured people so we are now getting ready for their arrival," said an official at the hospital.

More than five hours after the initial eruption, the thick ash cloud showed no signs of abating, NHK TV showed.

"It's all white outside, looks like it has snowed. There is very bad visibility and we can't see the top of the mountain," Mari Tezuka, who works at a mountain hut for trekkers, told Reuters.

"All we can do now is shut up the hut and then we are planning on coming down... This is a busy season because of the changing autumn leaves. It's one of our busiest seasons." (Reporting by Antoni Slodkowski, Mari Saito, writing by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Editing by Nick Macfie)

* Mount Ontake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ontake

[Howard]

Over 600 quakes in 36 Hours Near California's Mammoth Mountain Volcano (Sept 26)

The hundreds of earthquakes rattling the Mammoth Lakes region is due to volcanic unrest, according to the USGS.

The swarm of quakes — ranging from magnitude 1.0 to 3.8 — began just before 5 a.m. September 25.

“This is one of the largest earthquake swarms we’ve seen in the past decade or so,” said David Shelly, a USGS research seismologist who has been studying the volcanic system near Mammoth Lakes. “We’ll be tracking it closely.”

Sources 

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mammoth-earthquake-swar...

http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/09/26/mammoth-quake-swarm-called-volca...

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earthquake-swarm-rattle...

[Howard]

Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra Erupts Again (Sept 24)

A powerful burst of hot ash and gravel erupted from the volcano in western Indonesia at 13:43 p.m. local time, spewing hot ash two kilometres to southeast.

All residents in three villages near the volcano are ready to be evacuated if necessary.

The eruption comes days after more than 2,000 villagers who fled their homes last year due to volcanic eruptions at Mount Sinabung returned home. 4,700 are still living in temporary shelters in the remote region.

Tens of thousands of villagers were evacuated from the slopes of the 2,460-meter volcano on Sumatra island after it sprang to life in September 2013. Daily eruptions began in November and continued for months, coating the countryside in gray ash and forcing many villagers to sell off their livestock.

Ultimately, more than 30,000 villagers living within about five kilometers of the peak were evacuated, with most taking shelter in houses of worship and event halls located in highlands towns a safe distance from the peak.

Mount Sinabung in Karo district last erupted on June 29 after erupting on and off from September 2013 to February this year, leaving 15 people dead and more than 30,000 internally displaced.

Sources

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v7/wn/newsworld.php?id=1071362\

http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2014/09/23/thousands-of-sinabung-r...

[jorge namour]

Sudden eruption in Russia: ashes projected 11.5 km from the volcano Šiveluč [VIDEO] Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Šiveluč (Shiveluch) in Russia, located on the peninsula of Kamchatka.

A sudden and violent eruption of the stratovolcano has affected today Šiveluč (Shiveluch) in Russia, located on the peninsula of Kamchatka. It is a volcano with explosive activity, with emission of lava andesitic rich in hornblende (rare type of lava which after cooling forms a rock called adachite). It is the northernmost volcano of the peninsula, in the north-east than in the group of volcanoes which is part of the Ključevskaja Sopka.

The explosion was spectacular, and has projected the ashes up to 11.5 km altitude.

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/09/improvvisa-eruzione-in-russia-ceneri...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=721919071179000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1RtnCjSUpo

[Howard]

Astonishing Lava Volumes From Iceland's Bárdarbunga Volcano (Sept 23)

For the past month, Bardarbunga volcano has been churning out lava at a prodigious rate. And the eruption shows no signs of abating.

So far, the lava field has covered more than 14 square miles.

"That corresponds about to the size of Manhattan," according Rikke Pedersen, with the Nordic Volcanological Center at the University of Iceland.

Pedersen says the eruption is being caused by the spreading of the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate, which are moving apart from each other. As the plates spread, magma from Bardarbunga has started flowing into the gap — literally making Iceland expand.

Pedersen says the eruption has produced more lava than any eruption in Iceland since 1947, and it could soon surpass even that one.

If compared to an explosive eruption using the Volcanic Explosivity Index scale, the eruption has already reached the category VEI 5.

It has so far erupted about the same volume of magma as the 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption, enough to fill a soccer field with 2-3 km of lava!

The discharge rate was estimated to 250-350 cubic meters per second. For a full day (86400 seconds), this corresponds to a cube measuring approx. 300 m on its sides.

The subsidence of the Bardarbunga caldera continues with same rate as before, approx. 50 cm each day.

It has now subsided by almost 30 meters in total.

Sources

http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bardarbunga/news/48070/Bardarbunga-...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/22/349268575/massive-vo...

[jorge namour]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/abc.volcanoes/

Pic of sulfur dioxide pollution in the Nord - Pas-de-Calais: the main suspect Icelandic volcano - FRANCE

23/09/2014 12

http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/pic-de-pollution-au-dioxyde-de-so...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&...

The content of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere is unusually high in northern France and neighboring countries, the probable cause being the eruption of Iceland Bardabunga according to SFX regional agency.

This unusual concentration, "not yet achieved regulatory thresholds information (300 micrograms / m 3 of air per hour) or alert (500 micrograms), touches the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy and Champagne-Ardenne, as well as Belgium and Britain, "said a duty officer of the agency for monitoring air quality, Claudie Dryjanski.

"This phenomenon has never been observed for the last 15 years, this regional scale, and appears to be related, according to the origin of the winds and back trajectories of air masses, the eruptions of the Icelandic volcano Bardabunga" which began on August 16, told SFX Nord - Pas-de-Calais in a statement.
A back trajectory, explained Ms. Dryjanski, "is the result of the simulation of the path traveled by a particle of air to replenish its path."
In this case, she has said, "as a phenomenon
of concentration at this level and all monitoring sites at once is very rare."
"Therefore, we felt that this could be related to an industrial accident and we are facing a volcanic origin, although it seems likely to be confirmed scientifically," said Ms. Dryjanski.

MAP

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norte-Paso_de_Calais

http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/bardarbunga-gaswolke-vom-v...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=y&...

Volcanic gases: sulfur cloud of Bárðarbunga reaches Germany
For weeks, the Icelandic volcano spewing lava Bárðarbunga. The case ejected sulfur gas has now reached Germany. Weather stations in Austria report records, but health hazard does not exist.

ARTICLE AND MAP IN THE LINK

[jorge namour]

CELAND Bárðarbunga - VOLCANO - September 22 2014

2014-09-21 10:51:47.7 64.59 N 17.41 W 3 5.4 ICELAND
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=400843
2014-09-21 09:36:44.8 64.60 N 17.80 W 8 4.3 ICELAND

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947

21 September 2014 19:00 - from geoscientist on duty

About 85 earthquakes have been detected since midnight, thereof 36 occurred in Bárðarbunga. The largest earthquake was of magnitude 5.5 at the southeastern rim of the caldera at 10:51. A recently mounted GPS station within the caldera showed about 20 cm subsidence at the same time.

The gasplume above the eruption site in Holuhraun 19.09.2014 at 20:05

Actualidad Volcánica de Canarias (AVCAN)

https://www.facebook.com/163883668446/photos/p.10152755710278447/10...

And as for the scattering off the island, today the gases emerging from the eruption go towards the north of the British Isles, especially Scotland area, where you're reaching

https://twitter.com/simoncarn/status/513347314694770688/photo/1

More SO2 from #Holuhraun drifting towards the UK today. Over northern Scotland at around 1 pm.

http://www.meteoweb.eu/2014/09/vulcano-bardarbunga-il-luogo-piu-per...

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=it&tl=en&js=y&...

The most dangerous place in Iceland

Dead birds killed from the air full of sulfur dioxide, were found near the area of the eruption. Vidir Reynisson, head of the National Police Commissioner's Department of Civil Protection, said that if there is a ban approaching eruption, there is a reason: "It 's the place more danger in Iceland, and people need to be careful, just ask them to think before they act."

[Derrick Johnson]

See Indonesia’s Mount Slamet Spew Lava and Ash

Sept. 18, 2014

Authorities are prepared to evacuate thousands of people if the threat level rises

Indonesia’s Mount Slamet began spewing lava again Thursday morning after a four-day silence, sending ash tumbling down on nearby villages.

Authorities banned activity within four kilometers of the peak and are prepared to evacuate some 24,000 residents from seven villages with roughly four miles of the crater, the Associated Press reports.

The eruption Thursday followed a series of loud bangs and sent molten material as much as 3,000 feet above the peak, according to the Jakarta Post. Forests on the northern side of the volcano were destroyed.

The alert status has stood at level 3 since August—a level 4 alert, the highest, would prompt the evacuation, according to the Post. The volcano, one of about 130 across the country, last erupted in 2009.

Source: http://time.com/3397931/mount-slamet-volcano-indonesia/

[jorge namour]

ICELAND Bárðarbunga - VOLCANO - September 16 2014

Bárðarbunga - updated information

Bárðarbunga - updated information

http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947

16 September 2014 19:00 - from geoscientist on duty

Nearly 100 earthquakes have been detected in the automatic network since midnight. Just over 20 at Bárðarbunga and over 30 in the intrusion under Dyngjujökull and near the eruptive site. Earthquakes at the northern rim of Bárðarbunga caldera today were at 09:13 M3,4 and at 10:36 M4,8 and at 16:13 M3,7. At the southwestern rim there was an earthquake at 14:47 M5,2. No distinctive subsidence was associated with that earthquake. Some of the GPS stations have shown a change in direction since yesterday. Scientists will take a closer look on that change.

The eruption site in Holuhraun at 18:40 today, 16 September 2014.