El Hierro

[pennylane]

is that the darker line Fi...about ten minutes ago I cleaned the screen cos I thought I had a mark on it but it seemed to be a kind of bubble to the right of that darker line ?

[TripleH]

Don't know if this will help anyone translating but Google Chrome automatically translates foreign web pages

[fifi]

Yes watch the dark line where the jacuzzi is Glen. It is ash or pyroclastic material coming out. Thanks TripleH I must try it. I dont have an online translator so usually copy and paste into other ones. It would be very handy.


I wish they would zoom in on it like they did the other evening.

White steam is getting a bit higher now





The area which was emitting the dark material can be seen in this one Glen

[falkirkdan]

Oh what a lovely day it seems there so must be same in Fuerty wish I was back.

[pennylane]

thanks Fi, started to watch it when I stopped for lunch and kept it on the screen lol.....it's facinating Fi.....quite a few cars around in the top cam and I saw a few people walking around.....I guess some residents decided to stay ?

[pennylane]

You know Dan I was just thinking the same, the sky and sea looks so gorgeous and then I though about what was brewing underneath the sea.......according to the reports I've read, Fuete will be ok but it must be traumatic for the people living on El Hierro x

Glen..( cold here today :-( )

[fifi]

I feel really sorry for the people too Glen. Some of them are out of their homes for over a month and a lot of them have lost their livelihoods. There will be no fishing allowed for probably a few years. There is  grant of 200K being offered to any company that has alternative employment ideas or training facilities at the moment.  As far as I know the residents of La Restinga are allowed at certain times to visit their homes to collect belongings  Glen unless that has changed since I last read about it.

Beautiful sunny morning here in Dublin im glad to say.[]

[falkirkdan]

How about volcano spotting trips sure that could employ a few people[]

[pennylane]

It must also be very difficult to make any plans for the next few months with all the uncertainty, living for many years in one place with families and businesses must be heartbreaking if you have to move lock stock and barrel and try to make a new start all over again..It's not like they can even find security up north on the Island either...What will they all do ? Will all the other Islands and Spain help them out Fi ?.....I'm off to school now so I'll look at the cam again tomorrow XX

Glen x

[fifi]

It would allright Danny. Some of the residents feel hard done by because it looks like its not going to erupt on land. They were saying that if that happened it would attract lots of Tourists. There have been lots of cancellations for November December and January and few new bookings so I guess people are a bit wary at the moment about going there.

One of the banks was really generous. They offered three months without mortgage payments to their clients. There are aid packages on the table at the moment but there are complaints about the amount being offered Glen.





Photos taken yesterday.

[jand]

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/head/volcaSenalesAnterioresDia.do?nombreFichero=CHIE_2011-11-14&estacion=CHIE&Anio=2011&Mes=11&Dia=14

Harmonics look like they are getting stronger again.

[falkirkdan]

Have been looking at El Hierro on Google Earth and the pics on there.   La Restinga looks a rather properous little town and looks as if and for that matter the whole island has had massive sums of EU money lavished on it.  Looking at pics of the harbour wall in La Restinga it is decorated with huge sculptures.
Looking at the airport would not fill me with joy if using it as each end just drops to the sea.
The island is no stranger to volcanic action looking at some of the pics especially those close to La Restinga with fantastic rope like lava.

[jand]

Update 14/11 – 14:40 UTC :
 - Joke reports an increase of the temperature at the Naos mountain (ER : not necessarily because of the activity)
 - She also sees stones ejected above the surface.
 - The helicopter of the Guardia Civil and Involcan is flying over the see
 - RTVE is also present (footage probably tonight on TV)
 - Earthquake-report.com expected the current activity based on the first eruption pattern. In our Data Update 13/11 – 22:39 UTC update we have explained why.

http://earthquake-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/eh-14112011-3.jpg

Volcanic activity @ La Restinga
Update 14/11 – 14:24 UTC :
 - Joke reports a strong sulfur smell at the Naos mountain. The bus driver who took her there said that he saw some stones ejected out of the water.
 - A few moments after receiving this news, Joke also mentioned stones ejected out of the water (she is looking at the stain with her binoculars). She also sees as small turbulent source and a brown stain (magmatic material ?)
 - The reports of Joke and the Bus driver are confirming our 13:34 update
 - Joke reports a Jacuzzi at 14:26 UTC (this can unfortunately not be seen on the webcam probably due to the backlight)

Update 14/11 – 13:34 UTC :
 - The activity of the vent could clearly be seen on the webcam during the last 15 minutes. At the right end of white area, regular small amounts of steam or fumes can be noticed. In a few rare cases the material is ejected and falls back into the sea, in some other cases it looks to be steam from hot stones ejected to the surface.
 - Joke is now on her way to montaña Naos and will be able to explain what she sees.

Update 14/11 – 14:00 UTC : Relation harmonic tremor bursts and the webcam images
 Below an attempt to explain the relation in between de bursts of the harmonic tremor graph with what can be seen on the webcam. Carefully look at the video when the webcam clock shows 13:28 tot 13:31. The burst in the graphic below also occurs at that time. We know that the action is minimal but this is mainly due to the resolution of the webcam. Hopefully a better example later this afternoon.

[jand]

https://picasaweb.google.com/109867891417952397392/HierroVolcanoNov13?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Some photos of El Hierro and Joke the resident on El Hierro who is reporting live to earthquake-report.com.

[jand]

Gobernio de Canarias

The direction of the PEVOLCA authorizes the return home of the residents of La Restinga


14-11-2011... 14: 47 - Ministry of economy, finance and security

* Authorizing the opening of the tunnel of Los Roquillos 7: 30 to 18: 30 hours
The homes vacated in Las Puntas residents will continue to be evacuated

The direction of the Plan of Civil protection by volcanic risk (PEVOLCA) has authorized the return home of displaced residents of La Restinga that, from today, you can go back to sleep in their homes; However, the children will continue to receive their classes in El Pinar, as reported by the director-general of security and emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands, Juan Manuel Santana.

As preventive measures, will remain at that location two buses of the unit military emergency (EMU) if necessary for use in a new evacuation, as well as the measurement station of the air quality, which will continue ongoing analysis. In addition, the General body of the Canarian police (CGPC) and the Civil Guard carried out permanent surveillance of the area.

The prohibition of access to the coves of Pinar and Puerto Naos will be kept in the same area and will continue existing maritime exclusion zone.

On roads closed to traffic, the director-general of security and emergency announced the complete opening of the road HI-55 of the tips from the intersection of four roads up to the well of the rolls and the partial opening, 7: 30 to 18: 30 hours; HI-5 between El Mocanal roundabout and the intersection of Las Puntas, section facing the Roquillos tunnel, whose lane on the right (direction Valverde) will remain cut off traffic. The same partial opening hours will be HI-500, which connects the lighthouse of Orchilla and the well of the health and HI-50 between Sabinosa and the crossing of the table (junction with HI-553). On the other hand, it will continue to closed the Ecomuseum, the Lagartario and the bottom of the pit of the Calcosas.

As residents evacuated in border, Juan Manuel Santana announced that you authorizing the return home of the inhabitants of the area the Polvillos but not residents of Las Puntas, which will continue evicted due to risk of landslides in the area by the level of existing seismicity.

Evolution of the eruptive process
On the evolution of the eruptive process, Carmen Lopez, spokesman of the Scientific Committee of the PEVOLCA said that it is still not ruled out a "a new magmatic intrusion in the North"; However he pointed out that this event, both on land and at sea, would "have to detect other previous parameters such as changes in the pattern of seismicity or deformation", questions that still there have been.

While Carmen López stated that "is unlikely an imminent eruption," if it warned that it can continue producing a level of seismicity similar to the current one, with some seismic movement at a magnitude of 4.6 or higher but always at a depth between 20-23 kilometres.

In the eruptive process in the South of La Restinga, the spokesman of the Scientific Committee said that their duration can last days or weeks and that there has been a rapprochement of the eruptive focus to land.

[jand]

Somethings happening on the webcam.

[jand]

I am seeing things or is that a little sail boat right next to where the action is taking place?

[jand]

Update 14/11 – 16:56 UTC :
 - A very special sea battle of presumably the Guardia Civil boat and a sailing ship who wants to be near the vent. Maybe without knowing that it sailed through a NO GO area ! (watched on the webcam and confirmed by Joke).
 - The Guardia Civil boat is now very near the vent. Looks like military people are needed to do these jobs !

Update 14/11 – 16:21 UTC :
 The ship from the Guardia Civil is leaving the La Restinga port (and is probably  heading for the eruption area). These trips are more and more risky as the power of a volcano cannot be predicted at 100%.
 - The ejection of hot material is easy to see on the webcam now

[jand]

Looks like the whirlpool is starting again hope the boat will be ok in the area at the moment.

[fifi]

Its interesting to see how the waves change when it starts to steam.

[jand]

The sea looks like its going backwards?

[jand]

Sharp increase in quakes now too...

1112487 14/11/2011 16:53:07 27.7737 -18.0471 22 2.4 4 NW FRONTERA.IHI

1112476 14/11/2011 16:06:20 27.7924 -18.0672 21 1.7 4 NW FRONTERA.IHI

1112485 14/11/2011 16:03:03 27.7718 -18.0530 23 2.7 4 NW FRONTERA.IHI

1112475 14/11/2011 16:00:30 27.7976 -18.0635 19 2.1 4 NW FRONTERA.IHI

Reply

[fifi]

It is and then swirling like you said.

[jand]

Could the earthquakes have churned up the sea like this?

[fifi]

I dont know really. Maybe the force of the gas is making it happen. The sea usually looks very calm before the eruptions and then swirly. When the waves look normal nothing seems to happen.

[jand]

Has the water gone really grey or is that just the camera?

[jand]

Looks like bubbles are forming  right next to the pier.

[jand]

http://www.sismoalerta.com/fotos/20111114181257.JPG

Another earthquake on land .

[jand]

Update 14/11 – 18:39 UTC :
 The activity of the vent subsided strongly at 15:46 UTC (click here to see the graph).

Update 14/11 – 18:00 UTC :
 - PEVOLCA has decided (to the great surprise of the Herrenos) that the population of La Restinga can sleep at home again
 - Pevolca has also decided to declare the southern coast as NO GO area (probably due to the current activity and the sulfur smell Joke reported earlier on)
 - the activity has subsided a bit (less smoke on the webcam too), but a lonesome hot stone arrived on the surface much closer to La Restinga (comment Joke a few moments ago)

Update 14/11 – 17:20 UTC :
 Alpidio Armas, president of the Cabildo de El Hierro and Verónica Montero, chief tourism of El Hierro have welcomed the  cruiseship Kristina Katarina today. Aboard 100 crew and 286 Finnish tourists. This can be called an extraordinary cruise trip. Visiting the (safe) port of a volcano (La Estaca) with boiling magma underneath is certainly not an everyday experience!

[jand]

November 14, 2011 at 19:22


About the Naos mountain (already mentioned above by tomski2011 at 16:42)

Todays reports about the situation on the Naos mountain (high temperature and strong sulphur smell) are no good news. (14.11.2011 14:24 and 14:40 UTC)

http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/

I would be aware of a a possible vent opening on land somewhere close to this location, about 2 km W of Restinga. It is also a place where landslides have been and you can see wide open structures in the (very) steep mountainside; old lava tubes / cuevas in my opinion. The area can be seen from a distance on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=npi_KT-uBNM

At the left side of the picture at about 1:05 minutes.