El Hierro

[pennylane]

We choose to read the threads that interest us and I love this thread...Fi Fi and Jand have given us all so much info and since the begining of October I've been following their posts and other stuff on the Net....it's been all over you tube and twitter etc for weeks now.....
We all know the reasons why Governments play stuff down and lie..but there should be accurate, honest info out there for residents so that they can make their own minds up and get prepared for any eventuality..It's not responsible for people to close their ears and eyes to this....I'm not saying everyone has to follow it every day but people should show some interest when it could be devastating for residents of El Hierro and the Canary Islands generally.....

Thanks Fi Fi and Jand

Glen

[jand]

M. Randolph Kruger says:

 November 8, 2011 at 00:57


http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/europe/images/irnmet7kml.GIF

This should be the larger version if not then click on it and it will expand. The water temps are now high enough to be seen from space. Look quickly as a front is inbound from the west. No spot from the infrareds other than the water temp spewing to the S/SW.

[jand]

Thanks Glen for your comments.

[jand]

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/volcaSenalesAyerHoy.do#

The other islands including Fuerte seem to be picking something up?

[SurfJames]

i love that photo at night fifi  .... those stars are amazing.

Thanks again for your pain-staking efforts (and to you jand) Much appreciated!

[jand]

Update 08/11 – 08:35 UTC :
 Just in from Joke Volta : much stronger jacuzzi action this morning

Update 08/11 – 08:32 UTC :
 IGN and Graphics rescaling
 - When discussing the activity with Raymond during the night, he hard a hard time believing that the harmonic tremor decreased seriously (see update 07/11 – 23:59).
 - He did not detect any serious change while i reported this (of course it was dark and he was reflecting the explosion vibrations he felt)
 - I was unable to confirm him that it was a real decrease because the graphics we use are coming from the IGN website and IGN NEVER REPORTS RESCALING the graph. Most of the time it can be seen by white spaces or blue lines in the seismograms and harmonic tremor graphs, but at the time of reporting no visible change was detected. Since midnight it is obvious that the scale was adapted a number of times. We request @ IGN that they will indicate the rescaling actions in a separate log.

Update 07/11 – 23:59 UTC :
 We have noticed a strong decrease in harmonic tremor. As it is dark at the moment, we do not know whether this

[jand]

Has anybody else in Fuerte noticed less birds (the one with wings) flying around.

This may be nothing but the last couple of days driving around I have not noticed the flocks of seagulls I usually see on land or in the air and on the sea driving between Corralejo and Caleta.

[jand]

Very Important Update 08/11 – 09:20 UTC :
 - Joke reports that big stones are ejected out of the water. This is currently visible from here garden in El Pinar, even without binoculars! This is the first time that such activity occurred.
 - No word from Raymond at the moment. He told us a couple of hours ago that he had battery problems and had to buy not only a new battery to power his laptop and other instruments, but also some other stuff which someone needs staying in the open.
 - Our so long awaited webcam shows a black screen. We know however that it is daylight at El Hierro at the moment.
 - El Hierro is selling itself as a "1000 volcanoes" touristic destination at the World Travel Market in London at the moment. A noble initiative and well meant, but buying a INEXPENSIVE HD-WEBCAM showing the present action to the WORLD, WOULD BE FAR MORE PRODUCTIVE than paying the rent for an expensive stand at WTM, London.

[jand]

I totally agree with this statement its disgusting how the people of El Hierro are being treated by the goverment they should be ashamed of themselves!!!!

El Hierro is selling itself as a "1000 volcanoes" touristic destination at the World Travel Market in London at the moment. A noble initiative and well meant, but buying a INEXPENSIVE HD-WEBCAM showing the present action to the WORLD, WOULD BE FAR MORE PRODUCTIVE than paying the rent for an expensive stand at WTM, London.

[jand]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/377083_285070881526311_134042953295772_943428_869550718_n.jpg

[jand]

Looks like La Restinga is starting to bubble sagain just posted on Avcan FB.

LAST minute: "Increase the intensity of the bubbling in the Restinga"
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[jand]

Note 309 AVCAN - earthquake activity - VOLCANIC - island of HIERRO - 08 November 2011-12: 00 pm peninsular - seismic activity continues moderada-alta, seismicity moderate Gulf marine zone and with a very important sign of volcanic tremor in the area of la Restinga, more stable since yesterday afternoon and narrow, approximately more than half. The magnitude of earthquakes between 3.1 and 1.0. New earthquakes 48. Earthquakes senses 1. Depths between 16 and 23 km (and two to 9 and 15 km and four others 24, 24, 25 and 25 km). 49 The day before yesterday. Yesterday 70. Today will be 32. In total van 11262 earthquakes located in El Hierro by IGN from 9: 00 pm of the day 19 July 2011 (Enrique).

[jand]

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-11-07_sp.jpg

[jand]

We have webcam!, located in the upper area of la Restinga in open (had already another in the IGN that they cannot enter) thanks to http://www.meteolaspuntas.es/ where is la restinga in the foreground, the port and to the Fund in the sea, is the bubbling of the volcano with more or less quality, if you do something at long last we can see it. (Henry).



Note = > if they do not see the image, when ask them username and password, put phone user and password restinga, ok and if it does not give F5 until let them enter. We must also give F5 so the image update.... ^ _ -

[jand]

www.earthquake-report.com

Why Thank You Mr. Atilano ?
 Mr. Atilano, an El Hierro board member living at Frontera and geologist, the owner of the El Golfo webcam at meteolaspuntas.com, was asked by Earthquake-report.com to cooperate and to direct a webcam to the Las Calmas sea. Mr. Atilano told us that he will do his utmost best to get it done within a couple of days.
 Well, we are so happy that he kept his word.
 The action at the moment is limited BUT WE HAVE A LIVE IMAGE FROM THE JACUZZI closest to La Restinga now. The image is HD and of superb quality.
 We will still need the information from raymond and Joke of course to tell us in detail what is happening, but we can see what is going on with our own eyes.
 If you do not see the jacuzzi, it may be down for a while, but the image will refresh approx. every minute and when  a new burst is sending the geyser-like column to the sea level, the jacuzzi can be well seen.
 How to see the webcam image ? Click here  Good luck.
 A big thank You to Max Wiltenburg who attracted our attention to the new webcam.

[kevin2003]

quote:Originally posted by SurfJames

i love that photo at night fifi  .... those stars are amazing.

With your curtains open here....you can fall asleep by their light.[]

[jand]

Have tried to view the webcam but seems down at the moment the password if it asks for one is telefonica ( then ) restinga.

[jand]

Just to say have managed to sign into to see the live wecam I clicked on the blue link on www.earthquakereport.com and put in the password telefonica then restinga.

You have to tab down to the webcam for La Restinga.

[jand]

New earthquake in the Gulf area just off the coast, and has been felt in several parts of the island. That it have sense, fill in the questionnaire of the IGN, is very important:
1111169 08/11/2011 11: 07: 28 27.7795 - 18.0417 20 - 1 3.5 4 NW FRONTIER.IHI

[jand]

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/geofisicaCuesmaCuesmaTerremotos.do

[jand]

Important for those people looking at the webcam 1 : Joke just told us, that at the moment the Jacuzzi gets stronger about every 10 minutes. The webcam image refreshes at least every minute and we have seen the jacuzzi many times already. So try to be patient for at least 10 minutes !
 Important for those people looking at the webcam 2 : If being in the laspuntas website with the meteo info, you should click on the La Restinga picture to get a better isolated picture in one browser tab.

[jand]

Emissions of SO2 in El Hierro are lower than those that occur in subaerial volcanic systems • scientists from the INVOLCAN performed these steps with remote air mobile position optical sensing scientists of the Institute of technology and renewable energies (ITER), dependent on the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife Agency, and now forming part of the Institute Volcanológico de Canarias (INVOLCAN) have been communicated to the direction of the Special Plan of Civil protection by volcanic risk in the autonomous community of Canary Islands (PEVOLCA) the results of the studies on emission of sulphur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere from the underwater eruption that is this recording to the South of La Restinga.

The obtained results show that the emission of sulphur dioxide (SO2 into the atmosphere) reached 109 ± 19 tons per day on Sunday November 6, while the measurements made on Monday, 7 November yielded a rate of emission of 36 ± 9 tons per day sulfur dioxide (SO2). These results reflect a rate of emission of sulphur dioxide (SO2) relatively lower than that normally occur in volcanic systems subaerial in eruptive phase as a result of a reaction of neutralization between acidic volcanic gases and seawater of alkaline nature doing that part of the sulphur dioxide (SO2) emitted by the submarine to the South of la Restinga volcano does not reach the atmosphere and contributes to the decrease in the pH of sea water as Thus it has been reflected through measures carried out by vessels Oceanographic "Professor Ignacio Lozano" and "Ramon Margalef" of the Canarian Institute of Ciencias Marinas (ICCM) and Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), respectively.

Measures of emission of sulphur dioxide (SO2) have been through the use of optical remote sensing type miniDOAS and COSPEC air mobile position thanks to the support and collaboration of the Civil Guard helicopter service in the Canary Islands.

Earthquakes on November 6 for its part, the geographical Institute of the Canary Islands has confirmed that on 6 November located 47 earthquakes, three of them felt by the population with intensities reaching level III (EMS).

The major movements reached a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale at 18: 25 hours and felt intensity maximum of III (EMS) in the municipality of Frontera. This event was located at 3 km from the coast, 20 km deep.

The rest of the registered earthquakes were located mainly in the area of El Golfo, aligned NNW-SSE in the sea forming two groups differentiated in depth, the first between the 14 15kilómetros and the second between 20 23 kilometres.

With regard to the deformation, the Working Group of the IGN-CSIC, in collaboration with the University of Cádiz, has established horizontal deformation in the northern area tends to refer, maintaining a slight deformation in height. In the South stands the NNE direction as in previous days.
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[fifi]

Hi jand, im trying to get connected to the webcam without any luck. Im clicking on the blank pics for Restinga (towards end of page on link)http://www.meteolaspuntas.es/ Is that how you managed to get connected?

PS Thanks Glen, and no problem Surfjames, loving following the story.[]

[jand]

Hi Fifi

 I lost the link I had and since then I cannot sign back in.

I pressed F5 and it signed me out of the webcam page.

Seems some people can sign in but others cant.

Its so frustrating !!!

[jand]

I managed to sign in when I went to the link on www.earthquake-report.com and clicked into the blue message click here.

I then put in the password telefonica then restinga.

[fifi]

This is what im getting when I try it.

The webpage "jordif1.viewnetcam.com:8080" cannot be found
DNS error occurred. Server cannot be found. The link may be broken.

[jand]

Update 08/11 – 13:17 UTC :
 - We have lost the signal of the La Restinga webcam. May we ask Telefonica, the Spanish telecommunications giant, to help Mr. Atilano with unlimited capacity as hundreds or even thousands of people are trying to watch the webcam. We trust that the image will be back soon.

[jand]

Update 08/11 – 12:45 UTC :
 - Joke Volta reports that the jacuzzi flares are occurring approx. every 10 minutes
 - The Guardia Civil helicopter has just been spotted in overflying the jacuzzi area. Pictures will probably be published this afternoon
 - Joke is currently looking to the activity on top of the cliff above Puerto Naos, approx. 150 meter above sea level. She is not alone over there as more and more journalists and photographers have joined her and they all were offered an ice cream by the TVE (Spanish National Television) crew. TVE is on the spot with a satellite carrier, so eventual spectacular action will probably be shown in HD on the TV later on.
 - The local Canarias TV will interrupt all programs and will go live to El Hierro in case the next phase should start.
 - Pevolca will meet tonight at 18:00 (local time)
 - The press people are making preparations to stay at the viewing point on Thursday night as it will be full moon

[fifi]

Press Releases

    Presidency of the Government

SO2 emissions in El Hierro are lower than those recorded in subaerial volcanic systems

11/08/2011 ... 12:58 - Ministry of Economy, Finance and Security

Scientists made these measurements with non-tip optical remote sensing in mobile air position

Scientists at the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), an agency of the Cabildo of Tenerife, and is now part of volcanological Institute of the Canaries (non-tip) have reported to management of the Civil Protection Special Plan for Volcanic Risk Canary Islands (PEVOLCA) the results of studies on sulfur dioxide emissions (SO2) into the atmosphere from the eruption are registering submarine south of La Restinga.

The results show that the emission of sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere reached 109 ± 19 tons a day on Sunday, November 6, while the measurements made on Monday November 7 yielded an emission rate of 36 ± 9 tons per day of sulfur dioxide (SO2). These results reflect an emission rate of sulfur dioxide (SO2) relatively lower than those normally recorded in volcanic systems subaerial eruptive phase as a result of a neutralization reaction between acid volcanic gases and seawater by alkaline nature that part of the sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitted by the submarine volcano south of the Restinga not reach the atmosphere and contributes to lowering the pH of seawater as well have been reflected by measurements taken by research vessels "Professor Ignacio Lozano "and" Ramon Margalef "of the Canary Institute of Marine Sciences (ICCM) and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), respectively.

Measurements of sulfur dioxide emissions (SO2) have been performed using optical remote sensing and COSPEC miniDOAS type air mobile position with the support and collaboration of the Helicopter Service of the Guardia Civil in the Canaries.

November 6 Earthquakes
For its part, the Geographic Institute of the Canary Islands has confirmed that on 6 November 47 earthquakes were located, three of them felt by the population with intensities reaching level III (EMS).

The largest movements reached a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale at 18:25 hours and felt with maximum intensity of III (EMS) in the town of Frontera. This event was located 3 km from the coast, 20 km deep.

The rest of the recorded earthquakes were located mainly in the area of #8203;#8203;the Gulf, aligned NNW SSE at sea forming two distinct groups in-depth, first among the 14 15kilómetros and the second between 20 23 km.

As for the deformation, the working group of the IGN-CSIC, in collaboration with the University of Cadiz, has established that the horizontal deformation in the north tends to subside, keeping a slight deformation in height. In the southern NNE is maintained as in previous days.

Councils of Government

    Governing Council Notes
    Online Press Room

[jand]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg4UZmJE7BQ&feature=player_detailpage

Comment posted re the above


Great video!

(I'm sure Rivero will use it to promote the Canary Islands and "the worlds largest jacuzzi" on the "World Travel Market" in London now...

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