El Hierro

[fifi]

They say it is so no worries.[][] Because of the lack of resources and stations not working properly they cant fully assess the situation. Local fishermen have been the ones telling the Scientists what is happening at sea instead of the other way around.

Current Volcanic Islands (AVCAN)
 EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY-VOLCANIC -EL HIERRO - 23 OCTOBER 2011

 - Seismic activity remains moderate to high, with a notable increase in moderate-magnitude earthquakes located. We continue with a major tremor signal follows with significant oscillations, even small explosions. The magnitude of the earthquakes between 3.1 and 0.9. New earthquakes 62. Depths between 19 and 24km (six to 13, 15, 16, 16, 17 and 17km and another 25km). The day before yesterday 32. Yesterday 50. Now go 48. A total of 10,264 earthquakes are located in El Hierro by IGN from 9:00 am of July 19, 2011 .


        On the map of the seismicity of the 21, 22 and 23 the most remarkable is that the concentration of earthquakes continues in the marine area of the valley of the Gulf, with an increase in the last hours with more earthquakes in a new seismic swarm, which indicates the entry of more magma into the system. The rest of the seismicity is more or less scattered and a great majority perfectly aligned, marking the fracture zone mainly NNW-SSE, which of course is aligned with the area of eruption on the water.




The Ramon Margalef will begin investigating but will not be able to go into the eruption zones with the type of ROVs that they have but should be still able to record some interesting underwater footage.

The new epicentre can be seen in this pic from IGN.

[kevin2003]

So basically,Mother Earth is breaking wind in her bath and the bubbles are surfacing around the El Hierro area?

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[fifi]

What a wonderful synopsis of the situation.[]

[jand]

First footage from the boat

María says:

 October 23, 2011 at 11:54


Primeras impresiones que nos deja Pedro Canomanuel de las observaciones de ayer a bordo del Nautilux (From AVcan facebook)

A bote pronto hacerte unas anotaciones que quizás sean de vuestro interés:

... -Bajamos la cámara a unos 25m en la llamada baja del Anacón (cerca del Verodal) aprox. 9 millas al NNW de Punta Restinga, en esa posición observo que la cámara sufre continuas vibraciones. No se observa vida alguna a pesa...r de ser un lugar muy propicio para ver chopas y abades. Visibilidad media. Antes de llegar a esta posición pudimos ver bastantes peces aguja spbrevolando la superficie.

The first impressions that Pedro Canomanuel on board of the Nautilux leaves to us

a few notes that perhaps perform your interest:

... – we lower the camera to some 25m in the so-called fall of the Anacón (next to the Verodal) aprox. 9 miles to the NNW of Top Restinga, in this position observed that the camera suffers continue vibrations. Any life is observed in spite of being a very propitious place to see chopas and abades. Visibility comes up. Before coming to this position, we could see enough fish needle near the surface.

En el Mar de las Calmas, sobre todo desde las 5 millas de Restinga, se ven muchos peces en superficie, peces de aguas someras y aguas profundas. Muchos piroclastos enteros y muchos restos, también observamos "algo semidisuelto de color amarillo" cerca de la costa que no pude identificar. Agua con muy poca visibilidad.

In the Mar de las Calmas, especially from 5 miles of Restinga, many fish are seen in surface, fish of shallow waters and deep waters. Many entire piroclastos and many remains, also we observe ' something semidissolved of yellow color ' next to the coast that I could not identify. It waters down with very little visibility.

-Desde 5 millas de Restinga navegamos rumbo S y a una 1/2 milla de la costa encontramos "la mancha", verde pistacho muy densa y nula visibilidad.

- from 5 miles of Restinga we navigate course S and to one 1/2 mile of the coast we find ' the spot ', green pistachio very dense and nule visibility.

-A 4,2 millas S de Punta Restinga, echamos la cámara a 25m aprox. Paramos motor. Aquí, cosa curiosa no se oye prácticamente nada, pero la cámara se mueve por lo que yo calificaría de "onda". Agua con visibilidad media. No se percibe nada en superficie.
 Espero que os sirva. Hare lo posible por mandar fotos y una opinión más extensa.

- to 4,2 miles S of Top Restinga, we throw the camera to 25m aprox. We stop engine. Here, curious thing does not hear practically anything, but the camera moves from what I would qualify of ' wave '. It waters with mediumvisibility. Nothing is perceived in surface.
 I hope that it serve you. I will do all the possible from share photos and a more extensive opinio

[Cameron]

jeez i hope the bloody volcano erupts and puts us all out of our misery.If nothing else at least it'll put paid to the most tedious long winded thread ever produced on this forum. Dying from a tsunami or boiling hot lava will be a happy release.

[Paddster]

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Cameron
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 Posted - 23 October 2011 :  13:17:24
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jeez i hope the bloody volcano erupts and puts us all out of our misery.If nothing else at least it'll put paid to the most tedious long winded thread ever produced on this forum. Dying from a tsunami or boiling hot lava will be a happy release.


Totally and utterly agree....................[|)][|)][|)]

[fifi]

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Dont read it then Cameron and Paddster[]  This could go on for weeks months or even years.

jand is referring to a different boat one owned by Pedro who volunteered to go out and have a look.




The Tsunami risk was ruled out for the PREVIOUS eruption because of its depth. No studies have been done yet on the latest occurrences. It is a Surtseyan eruption which CAN cause Tsunamis but hopefully not in this case.

[fifi]

They are of course but if it is so boring why bother reading it?[]


In answer to Paddster who said "everyone is entitled to their opinion". Post later removed by Paddster.

[Cameron]

Can't help it fifi we're drawn to it like moths to a flame.[] jand was i thought right to be concerned about the situation 250 posts ago, but now who caaaaares if we all perish.I hope pedros bleedin boat sinks, and thank the lord theres no more studies in the pipeline for the latest occurances []


I'll promise not to look any more if you do Padd.[][]

[fifi]

Ok....promise....no peeking now.?[][][][]

[kevin2003]

I'm still here.[]

[fifi]

Thats good.[]

[kevin2003]

...to torment ya![][][]

[fifi]

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[fifi]

Turkeys 7.3 earthquake registers on the graphs on the Islands and proves that some of the stations are still not working properly.

Edited because the images change daily on IGN and can no longer be seen.

[n/a]

quote:Originally posted by Cameron

Can't help it fifi we're drawn to it like moths to a flame.[] jand was i thought right to be concerned about the situation 250 posts ago, but now who caaaaares if we all perish.I hope pedros bleedin boat sinks, and thank the lord theres no more studies in the pipeline for the latest occurances []

Not sure about moths to a flame. I'm thinking more flies to.....well, you know (coz a lot of it is [])!  [}:)][}:)][)]

[kevin2003]

quote:Originally posted by fifi


jand is referring to a different boat one owned by Pedro who volunteered to go out and have a look.

Bet the boat is named "Wild Goose".[]

[fifi]

Its actually called Nauti lux[]

Video taken today by the helicopter showing the volcanic material in the sea.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnZWTElKbc

[kevin2003]

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[kevin2003]

My one's better......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWB0TrrjtAU

[:p]

[kevin2003]

Bad news from Turkey.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1023/turkey.html

[IsThisForumStillGoingWow]

Not moths to a flame Cameron, more like gawpers at a car crash..and these people are sad who are stuck to volcano watching 16 hours a day...I feel they actually want the volcano to explode killing all wildlife and humans and wiping out all the Canary Islands (maybe even as far as Australia) with the tsnuami. But hey, there may be a new Canary Island to take their place  [] So let's look on the bright side []

[fifi]

To each their own Hev. It only takes a few minutes actually to root out the information and since I have been asked to cover the story I will. Its no bother really because it is a fascinating subject.

 This thread  was started by Admin and it is obviously of interest to a lot of people because it has had more than 7600 hits in a little more than a week. It is a far more important subject than the price of a pint in my opinion. El Hierro is only 240 miles from Fuerteventura. Please do not be alarming by people by suggesting that this could be a mega Tsunami If you read the thread you would understand what is going on.

 Cameron was only joking when he made these remarks so dont take them seriously ( "jeez i hope the bloody volcano erupts and puts us all out of our misery. Dying from a tsunami or boiling hot lava will be a happy release." "jand was i thought right to be concerned about the situation 250 posts ago, but now who caaaaares if we all perish.I hope pedros bleedin boat sinks, and thank the lord theres no more studies in the pipeline for the latest occurances " )
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Residents have been advised to  put a handkerchief soaked in a little vinegar to their mouth and nose to  relieve  itching and prevent gasses burning the throat or wear a mask when passing by areas which have been contaminated.



PS. Dreadful news about Turkey allright Kevin.

[kevin2003]

Eh...think I'll have the batterburger.[]

[fifi]

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Location of yesterdays earthquakes.

[longships]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76DwlgQXWmo

[fifi]

Thats a real blast from the past Longships []

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 Environmental pollution by emissions of sulfur and other gases from the eruptive process that has been unleashed on the island of El Hierro could lead to serious respiratory problems for the population. Conditions such as bronchitis, laryngitis and pharyngitis are more predictable events that would occur in an environment contaminated by this type of gases. Ailments that can result in severe pathologies in people who suffer respiratory problems like asthma or severe COPD. In these cases, inhalation of sulfur in high doses could clog the bronchial tubes.


The use of environmental scanning equipment to determine the level of sulfur in the air and instruments to determine the concentration of airborne volcanic material are crucial for preventing severe damage to the population. The contaminants found in volcanic emissions are mainly sulfur oxides, in this case shows sulfur dioxide on the surface after its contact with air, carbon dioxide (also toxic to the respiratory system), hydrogen sulfide, hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid. All these substances are those that have led to days before the change of pH in the sea, with a consequent increase in the acidity and the appearance of dead fish on the surface. (La Provincia)





New eruption zone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1po-YNdKhL8 (The El Ramon Margalef finally begins investigating what is happening at sea)

[kevin2003]

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[nacnud]

quote:Originally posted by longships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76DwlgQXWmo

But what is really sad about me and this record is I know the B side was "when I fall in love" and it cost me 4/3d

[fifi]

I remember that one too nacnud. I had great taste in music when I was a child.[][] This was the first single I ever bought.[]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lci_e_DA9N8