Geologic events take worrisome turn on Canary’s El Hierro Island
October 13, 2011 – CANARY ISLANDS – These are some of the first images of the sea surface off the coast of La Restinga, near El Hierro. Residents of El Hierro have been observing the formation of ‘green patches’ on the sea surface, some 1 and a half miles from land, which appears to be growing in size at a rapid pace since this morning. There is also a strong smell of sulfur in the air and reports of schools of dead fish have been found near the eruption site. In the meantime, tremors continue on the island of El Hierro. Though tremor intensity has quelled- volcanic activity continues bubbling under the island and ocean. This could perhaps be volcanic fissures that erupted in the ocean along the pathway to vent some of the magma and gases that are rumbling under the island. It may be only a small leak in the pipe and nothing more. Magma plumes are large unpredictable volcanic features that punch holes in the earth’s crust as tectonic plates are jostled over them. It remains to be seen what develops next from all this seismic activity. In the ocean- such magma plumes create islands. According to reports in the Canaries News, (source of the Twitter feed) the specialists and researchers working from the La Restinga area of El Hierro have confirmed that there is clear evidence of two underwater eruptions which have pushed magma up to the surface of the water.
Seismic tremors expanding: We’re waiting to see if new land will rise up in the Atlantic Ocean. Seismic unrest has also been reported at the neighboring mantle plume of the Azores- perhaps another indication that this may only be the beginning of what could be a volcanic overturn in the Atlantic. We know the rifting of the African tectonic plate along the Eastern Valley Rift has accelerated and a volcanic eruption occurred in Eritrea at Nabro earlier this year in June. Seimic swarms erupted on El Hierro a month later. The eruption of Nabro in Eritrea was preceded by a large earthquake swarm in the Gulf of Aden in November of 2010. This was Nabro’s first volcanic eruption in recorded history so we know the African plate is stressed and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which runs through Iceland, has also seen more earthquakes. And if things couldn’t get any stranger and one more indication of how large the plume is under El Hierro, a new earthquake has been detected, this time to the north-east of the island. (See picture) Until now, all the earthquakes have been located to the south coast. It took place at 05:10:36 (local time) and registered 1.7 on the Richter scale. –The Extinction Protocol, excerpts Canaries News, twitter feed
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November 4, 2011 – CANARY ISLANDS - A 3.8 magnitude earthquake occurred at 13.41 hours, in latitude 27.7886, longitude -18.0469 with an estimated depth of 21 kilometers, in line with those that occurred during late Thursday night and Friday morning. In this way, and during the day Friday, El Hierro has produced a total of 24 earthquakes- the 3.8 that has been the strongest. Fear of new and powerful earthquakes continues to spread in El Hierro. This morning, the island has recorded twelve new earthquakes, which have ranged from 2 to 3 degrees of intensity, as reported Canarias 7 citing National Geographic Institute. Meanwhile, on Thursday, the direction of Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk said Border seismic events correspond to the stage of La Restinga underwater eruption, which began on 10 October. Specifically, there have been twelve new earthquakes that have had an intensity of 2 to 3 degrees as reported by sources of IGN Canarias 7 newspaper. On Thursday, officials of the Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk assured the public that the latest seismic events, which have intensified in recent days, corresponds to the scene of the submarine eruption of La Restinga, which began on 10 October. Also, the direction of PEVOLCA recalled that no risk to the population, but that all resources are on Civil Protection. -Telecinos
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October 15, 2011 - MADRID — Spanish authorities say activity by an underwater volcano has led them to close access to a port on El Hierro Island. Ships have been ordered away from waters around La Restinga and aircraft have been banned from flying over the island's southern tip. The port's 600 residents were evacuated Tuesday after volcanic activity began. The regional government of the Canary Islands says scientists have detected airborne volcanic fragments called pyroclasts rising from the sea off La Restinga. The government said it awaited scientific reports on the danger posed by pyroclasts, but a research vessel that was collecting samples there has been ordered to desist. TV channel La Sexta reported Saturday that journalists also have been told to clear the area. - CBS
October 16, 2011 – CANARY ISLANDS - Villagers are mentioning “bubbles” coming up in the spotted area in the sea. We expect to receive detailed images from the bubbles as the many camera teams with their superior equipment will certainly be able to shoot detailed video from an event which can be seen by the naked eye. Ramon Ortiz, a technician from the CSIC (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) is predicting that a new island is being formed at this moment and that the chance that it will happen now is evaluated as very probable, at least of the eruption process will continue a little longer. –The Earthquake Report
http://www.euronews.net/ Two more undersea volcanic eruptions have been identified off the coast of one of the Canary Islands making three in all.
Authorities have kept the island of El Hierro on high alert.
It began at the end of last month with a tremor of 3.4 magnitude prompting the evacuation of around 50 people.
Earlier this week after a stronger jolt, roads were closed, and up to 600 people were moved away from potential danger.
Three Under Water Eruptions Now : More Undersea Eruptions off Canaries Islands 10/15/2011
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Lava is closer to surface near La Restinga 10.15.11
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