Volcano watch
Japan: A new island appears in the Ogasawara Islands - November 2013
Active volcanoes (Sep 28, 2012)
"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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Comment by Howard on November 5, 2014 at 5:07am
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Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano Eruptions Intensify (Nov 2)
The Turrialba Volcano has expelled rocks up to 1 meter in diameter at a distance of some 400 meters from the crater.
These were among the observations by volcanologists conducting weekend inspections in the area around Costa Rica’s Turrialba Volcano. Craters in the earth measured up to one meter in diameter from rocks shooting out from the volcano.
RSN volcanologist Gino González Ilama said the areas of impact are located on the south side of the volcano and cover 80 percent of the slope up to 400 meters from the volcano’s crater.
“We observed the impact of volcanic rock that had caused several craters on the ground. We believe the rocks were shot out of the volcano at speeds greater than 100 kilometers per hour, and this proves there is strong activity inside,” González said.
Expelled ash again reached several areas north of San José, located 60 kilometers southwest of the volcano, and several areas in the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia and Limón. According to the RSN, it was the first time ash had appeared in Limón, falling on the city of Guápiles.
“The Turrialba Volcano is very active,” González said. “The hole formed after the first explosion has grown and is about 150 meters long and 100 meters wide. It’s getting bigger, and the volcano’s walls continue collapsing because explosions of gas, ash and rock are constant. We also found small amounts of lava.”
Volcanologists on Sunday reported two types of eruptions taking place: phreatic – which entails gases, mud and ash – and strombolian – which contains magma and ash.
The Red Cross in Turrialba has reported dozens of cases of respiratory complications in the communities of Santa Rosa, Tierra Blanca and Pacayas. Red Cross workers have distributed surgical masks in the communities that lie on the skirts of the volcano, and they are conducting air quality checks twice a day. Nausea, vomiting and difficult breathing are the most common symptoms. In some cases, farm workers have also reported skin irritation.
Up to 65 hectares of broccoli, potatoes, carrots, and cauliflowers have been impacted, although it is still too early to estimate losses. Dairy cows are a major concern, hence the need for evacuating livestock.
Acid rain is another concern for animals and plants in the region. High concentrations of sulfur dioxide (SO2) have been detected by satellite imagery, and Costa Rica is expected to experience two more weeks of rain before the dry season begins.
Turrialba Volcano started showing signs of activity in 2010 with phreatic explosions.
According to OVSICORI, magma hasn’t been expelled from the volcano since 1866.
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http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/11/03/ash-from-costa-ricas-turrialba-...
http://news.co.cr/volcanic-blues-ash-clouds-acid-rain-costa-rica/35...
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Costa Rica on Alert After Turrialba Volcano Erupts (Oct 29)
Costa Rica has issued an emergency alert after ash from an erupting volcano reached the capital and beyond.
Turrialba volcano, some 50km (30 miles) east of San Jose, began rumbling and producing seismic activity on Wednesday night.
The authorities said they were evacuating nearby residents to temporary shelters as a precaution.
Eyewitnesses reported fiery explosions and ash falling like snow over parts of central Costa Rica.
This is Turrialba's largest eruption in more than a century.
The National Emergency Commission said volcanologists and other specialists were on site to assess the situation.
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Kilauea Volcano Prompts National Guard Deployment (Oct 30)
National Guard troops arrived in Pahoa on Thursday that is being threatened by a slow-moving river of molten lava.
The lava threatens to destroy homes and cut off a road and a highway through Pahoa, but officials have not offered any predictions on when exactly it could bisect the town of about 800 residents at the site of an old sugar plantation.
Some 83 National Guard troops arrived on Thursday in the community, where some residents have expressed concern about potential looters targeting evacuated homes. The troops, who are at checkpoints in town, were cheered by residents who waved and walked up to start conversations.
Residents of about 50 dwellings in what civil defence officials called a "corridor of risk" have been asked to be ready to leave. At this stage, 10 to 15 homes lie in the direct path of the lava's leading edge, which measures about 55 metres across, officials said.
In another challenge, authorities say the lava could take down power poles and leave residents without electricity, and one pole was already surrounded by lava but still stands, a spokeswoman for the local utility said.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kilauea-volcano-lava-prompts-u-s-natio...
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Comment by Carlos on October 26, 2014 at 7:51am
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Ubinas Volcano explosion and registers new emission of ash
Foto: ANDINA/DIFUSION12:52. Arequipa, oct. 25. Ubinas volcano located in Moquegua yesterday today reported another explosion and a persistent "tremórica activity" was recorded by teams Ingemmet Volcano Observatory (OVI).
After the explosion the ashfall locations and Querapi Piscococha reported.
Experts said the OVI continues to record solid type activity energy LP earthquakes associated with the movement and degassing of magma, which has been falling in recent days.
Meanwhile, the eruptive process Ubinas volcano continues and is expected to occur explosions in the next days.
Regarding monitoring Gasos OVI reported fumaroles remain at moderate levels indicating a slight increase in the degassing of Ubinas volcano.
The OVI also reported that Sabancaya issued on the eve whitish gases, mainly water vapor, emissions reached between 500 and 1,300 meters above the volcano's summit and moved predominantly northwest.
The Sabancaya has not recorded explosions and the dominant seismic activity today was Volcano-Tectonic earthquakes type (VT) and type of Long Period (LP) earthquake, LP earthquakes are associated with magma ascent, while the VT earthquakes are associated to break volcano rocks.
Therefore, it follows that the solid is still in an initial phase groundwater is expected to occur subsequent days important greenhouse gas, mainly water vapor.
Source: http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-volcan-ubinas-registra-nue...
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Comment by Derrick Johnson on October 26, 2014 at 6:37am
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Ioyama volcano raises fears Japan’s Sendai nuclear power facility may be at risk
FIRST it was an earthquake. Then it was a tsunami. Now Japan fears another nuclear disaster — this time because of a stirring volcano.
The Japan Times has reported a sleeping volcano next to its already damaged Sendai nuclear power facility has woken, and is beginning to shake.
The new activity comes barely a month after the sudden and unexpected eruption of Mount Ontake killed 57 hikers enjoying its until-then scenic slopes.
Volcanologists have warned that the enormous magnitude 9.0 earthquake of March 2011 may have increased the likelihood of volcanic activity throughout Japan — which sits on the “Ring of Fire” band of more than 100 volcanoes which forms the Pacific Rim.
Now the signs appear to be proving them right.
The waking of Mount Ioyama on the island of Kyushu comes after a recent warning from a prominent Japanese volcanologist about the Sendai nuclear plant’s vulnerability.
A cauldron eruption at one of several volcanoes surrounding the Sendai nuclear power plant could hit the reactors and cause a nationwide disaster, said Toshitsugu Fujii, head of a government-commissioned panel on volcanic eruption prediction.
Mount Ioyama sits virtually next door to the power plant. In recent weeks it has started experiencing tremors, the Japanese Metrological Agency’s volcano bureau says.
The implications for restarting the repaired Sendai nuclear power plant are serious.
The spectre of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which experienced a partial meltdown, continues to cause scandal and controversy.
A second such crisis would do irreparable damage to the industry.
Now Mount Ioyama has suddenly gone from the dormant end of the threat scale to the second-highest. This means the area around the crater can be regarded as dangerous, and that small-scale eruptions are likely.
Another volatile giant, Mount Sakurajima, sits some 40km from the Sendai facility. This is a very active volcano with frequent minor eruptions.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/ioyama-volcano-raises...
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Big Island of Hawaii Kilauea volcano OCTOBER 24 2014
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The lava flow threatening homes and a town on the Big Island of Hawaii is like “standing inside of a furnace.” ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/US/red-hot-lava-flow-edging-hawaiian-town/sto...
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Red Hot Lava Flow Edging Toward Hawaiian Town
Oct 24, 2014, 8:13A lava flow threatening homes and a town on the Big Island of Hawaii has gained speed in recent days, advancing more than five football fields in just the last 48 hours.
Hawaii civil defense authorities and scientists are closely monitoring the lava’s progress, which is steadily encroaching on the small town of Pahoa and several Big Island subdivisions. The flow is now less than a mile from Pahoa, Civil Defense Administrator Darryl Oliveira said Thursday.
Oliveira said changes in topography may help slow or change the path of the red-hot lava flow, which emerged from the Kilauea volcano East Rift Zone on June 27 and has traveled roughly 11 miles since then.
PHOTO: The lava flow from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has advanced more than five football fields in the last 48 hours.
Authorities now say they are preparing for the inevitable. About 10,000 residents on the island could be affected, Oliveira said. When the lava gets too close — and Oliveira says he doesn’t yet know when that is — the plan is to give residents three to five days warning before they need to evacuate.
“We’d like to allow people adequate time to make whatever plans they need to make on a comfortable timeline,” Oliveira said.
Authorities said the lava traveled 425 yards from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning. The lava devoured another 130 acres of terrain by Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Emergency roads are already being constructed in case the lava cuts off people living in the lower Puna area. Power company officials began efforts Thursday to protect electrical transmission lines.
PHOTO: About 10,00 residents in Hawaii might be forced to evacuate their homes as lava continues to flow from the Kilauea volcano.
Oliveira says past efforts to slow or divert lava flows simply don’t work, and can create more problems.
Any redirecting of the flow would likely push it into another subdivision in another area, basically putting new properties at risk that would not have been at risk before,” Oliveira told ABC News.
“If we divert it, we are going to push it into someone else’s backyard,” he said.
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Thousands Evacuated Near Colombia Volcanoes (Oct 23)
Authorities in southwest Colombia ordered the evacuation of around 12,000 people living near the Chiles and Cerro Negro volcanoes on the border with Ecuador, amid fears that recent volcanic activity may result in an eruption.
On Tuesday, Colombia’s Geological Service have changed the alert level of two volcanoes from yellow to orange.
48 hours later, it was followed up by the National Disaster Risk Management Unit’s (UNGRD) decision to evacuate more than 3,500 families belonging to indigenous reserves of Chiles , Panam and Mayasquer.
According to Carlos Ivan Marquez, the director of the UNGRD, the authorities set up an incident command post in the town of Cumbal where they have delivered 3,000 tents for the people in temporary shelters.
“In accord with the forecast given to us by the Geological Service, the change of alert level from yellow to orange means anticipated eruptions in the coming days or weeks,” Marquez told the media.
The governor of Narino, Raul Delgado Guerrero, declared state of emergency in the area, in order to facilitate rescue missions and provision of care in case of seismic or volcanic activity.
While the authorities asked the community to remain calm, the hospital network of the Nariño state issued yellow alert for 16 municipalities in the region.
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http://colombiareports.co/12000-people-evacuated-fear-volcanic-erup...
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Powerful Explosion at Japan's Sakurajima Volcano (Oct 24)
A particularly strong vulcanian explosion occurred this morning and produced an ash plume that rose to 15,000 ft (4.5 km) altitude.
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http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sakurajima/news/48578/Sakurajima-vo...
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Mount Sinabung Eruptions Likely to Continue Indefinitely (Oct 21)
Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra is likely to continue erupting for quite some time.
As of 12 p.m. Monday, Mt. Sinabung had 148 temblors comprising 83 short-period quakes, 34 low-frequency and 31 mixed tremors.
Observation team member Arif Cahyo said Mt. Sinabung’s tectonic quakes showed that a large volume of magma was present, indicating that the volcano would continue to erupt for a long time.
“We cannot determine how long Mt. Sinabung will continue to erupt, but if we observe the increase in seismic activity, it will definitely be a long time,” Arif told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Arif said that Mt. Sinabung was still erupting and emitting pyroclastic flows and volcanic ash sporadically.
He said the volcano had emitted pyroclastic clouds twice on Sunday and three times on Monday.
“Until Monday noon, the volcano discharged pyroclastic flows three times that drifted as far as 2,500 meters to the south, while volcanic ash drifted up to 1,500 meters to the east,” said Arif, who voiced fear that Berastagi city would be covered by ash that had been drifting east for the past two days.
Two weeks ago, the wind carried volcanic ash east, paralyzing trading activities as many shops were forced to close. A week later, the wind shifted to the west in the direction of the three districts of Payung, Tiganderket and Kuta Buluh. Currently, pyroclastic clouds are drifting to the east in the direction of Berastagi city.
Arif said his office had yet to recommend that the volcanic’s status be raised from alert level 3 (caution) as it considered the situation relatively safe for residents living beyond a 3-km radius of the volcano peak.
Sinabung has been erupting for the past year and has shown no signs of stopping. Fourteen people have been killed and tens of thousands of residents forced to take shelter elsewhere.
North Sumatra Governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho said his administration had proposed to the central government that the current eruptions be categorized as a national disaster, as demanded by a number of provincial legislators.
However, Gatot said the proposal had not been approved by the central government as a number of criteria had not been meet, such as the number of fatalities and material losses caused by the eruptions.
“The provincial administration has conveyed the proposal, but the central government has not approved it,” Gatot told the media when he attended security preparations for the new president’s inaugural celebration at Merdeka Square in Medan on Monday.
The prolonged eruptions have taken away the livelihoods of people living around the volcano, which started erupting in September last year.
The supply of agricultural products in the regency, which is known for its oranges, has sharply decreased as volcanic ash has blanketed thousands of hectares of farmland.
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/10/21/volcano-s-eruptions-c...
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/tourists-return-despite-eruptions...
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7 Weeks of Continuous Eruption at Iceland’s Bardarbunga Volcano (Oct 20)
Nearly 7 weeks have passed since the Holuhraun lava eruption began. The eruption is continuing with few changes. The eruption is showing no signs of slowing down.
The eruption is considered the largest in Iceland for centuries, despite Eyjafjallajökull’s headline-grabbing eruption in 2010, which was surprisingly paltry in comparison – because of how it grounded flights across southern Europe.
By October 1, Bardarbunga had already ejected more sulfur dioxide than any other Icelandic volcano in several hundred years.
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