Tirelessly updating Avalon on the El Hierro eruption.

[Amzer Zo]

Strongest so far (2.5 at 13:23):

For the day:

Frequencies spectrogram, the vertical streaks indicate "events (tremors/EQs)

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The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!

How it's looking like now from Las Puntas de La Frontera:

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Following the count of EQs as shown by the red bars (≥ 2.0) there definitely is a subsiding of the overall seismic activity as the trend continues:

As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they now seem to have random occurrences over the area:

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[Amzer Zo]

Here they are these smoking pumices!

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[Amzer Zo]

Polly is playing a soft tune...

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[Amzer Zo]

From: http://maps.google.es/maps/ms?vpsrc=...m&source=embed

[randles]

Good Morning Avalon

Happy Sunday !!! And, Thanks again to Amzer Zo for his patience with my awful translation abilities

[Amzer Zo]

From: http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09...sed-to-yellow/

Update 16/10 – 08:39 UTC : Joke Volta reports from El Hierro

- everything is calm this morning and even the journalists seems to have stayed ion bed longer today

- everybody is still “excited” about yesterday’s experience. The images of hot pumice arriving at the surface waters is the 100% proof that the earlier coloring is really an eruption. Also the non-believers became believers at the end.

- have just had a conversation with Jesus Perez, Chief security as they call him locally. He told me informally that nobody knows the next phase of the eruption, but that everybody from the safety team is prepared that the eruption will gradually come close to sea level and that steam explosions cannot be excluded.

- Yesterday afternoon, “the green spot”or so called ”mancha verde”, was seen fom the village of el pinar.

- At 5 pm yesterday (17:00), the complete council of El Pinar was gathered in a special meeting, to proclame to the population of this small mountain-village the start of the red tape proceeding in asking economical help to european, and national organizations, for supporting this crisis situation.


The meeting of the El Pinar council, yesterday afternoon

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Update 16/10 – 10:44 UTC : Villagers are mentioning “bubbles” coming up in the spotted area in the sea. We expect to receive fastly 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, head of 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 if the eruption process continues a little longer. [edited by bibi]

[Amzer Zo]

Posted by randles (here)


[...]
Just had a word with Polly who is currently having a bath

I'd say... a bubble-bath...

... just sayin'


My... what a bathtub!

Eruption bubbles at El Hierro - picture courtesy and copyright laprovincia.es

Seems to correspond to the spikes shown on seismograms at around 10: 53 GMT (see graphs at top of page)

Update 16/10 – 12:39 UTC : The giant gas bubbles occur at a frequency of approx. every 15 minutes

[randles]

[QUOTE=Amzer Zo;333249]

Posted by randles (here)


[...]
Just had a word with Polly who is currently having a bath

I'd say... a bubble-bath...

... just sayin'


My... what a bathtub!


That is so cool !!

[Amzer Zo]

LAPROVINCIA.ES: The National Geographic Institute (IGN) has recorded an increase in volcanic tremors for a few minutes but it then came back down to the same intensity as of the last hours.

The island has not suffered further seismic tremors, apart from the two earthquakes with an epicenter on land of 2.0 and 1.9 magnitude on the Richter scale detected during the night.

*** Edit ***

A 2.5 occurred at 13:23 GMT

[Pam]

Amzer Zo thank you so much for posting all the information and pictures. Without you doing this, I would have a difficult time finding these images.

It is exciting to see the wondrous beauty and creation of nature!

(I do pray for the safety of those living there...)

[Amzer Zo]

Paulino Rivero declares the return of the inhabitants of La Restinga and the reopening of the tunnel. Gelmert Finol / www.dirioelhierro.es.

City Council - 16/10/2011 (15:40 pm)
APPLAUSE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CANARY ISLANDS

La Restinga returns home to look at the volcano.

The Government announces the return to their homes of people evacuated from La Restinga and the Gulf and the reopening of the Roquille tunnel, ''under extreme vigilance in case they need to be re-evacuated.''

Sergio Gutierrez, El Pinar (16.10.2011. 15:40 pm)
El Pinar today applauded the president of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, when he announced what a whole people wanted to hear, after days of anxiety. Gradually, the island of El Hierro returns back to normal, though keeping the volcano that grows beneath the waters of La Restinga under a watchful eye. Recent days have been very busy, where nervousness was evident in every face. Yesterday, even the rumor of the evacuation of El Pinar. Nothing is further from the truth.

Today, everything has changed, at least for now. Thus, the President of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, has announced that the Directorate of Civil Protection Specific Plan and Emergency Response for Volcanic Risk (Pevolca) will in the next 24 hours allow the evacuated residents of La Restinga and The Gulf to return to their homes. He also reopens the Roquille tunnel with certain restrictions. Also, there will be extreme vigilance in La Restinga in case re-evacuation is necessary.

In this respect, the Canarian President explained that, from informations provided by hydrophones to be placed in the port of La Restinga, there would be enough time to detect the signs of the evolution of the volcanic process and evacuate. These instruments will be placed today, Sunday 16.

This equipment will allow to know the position of the center of extrusion, the direction of the fissure and could detect if it were to produce the appearance of a new source of emission.

This decision is based on the reducing of the level of seismicity that scientists have detected from parameters observed in the evolution of the eruptive process. In this regard, it was determined that there is no danger to the public with the current situation and that this could be extended in time from days to months.

However, the school activity will remain in El Pinar, bedridden people will not be allowed to return home and transport is to remain permanently in La Restinga.

Regarding navigation, Rivero reiterated the exclusion zone is maintained but allow fishermen to move their boats to the port of La Estaca for them to continue fishing.

Sunday, Rivero insisted again on the "exemplary behavior" of the population of El Hierro and especially the residents of La Restinga, and confirmed that he would take measures aimed at a package for individuals, freelancers and small businesses who have been affected by the consequences of this phenomenon.

In addition, the president of the Canarian Executive said, after the meeting of the Steering Committee, that the Pevolca downgraded the earthquake alert for El Hierro.

[Amzer Zo]

Here is AVCan recent update:

The volcanic semaphore affecting only the La Restinga area.




Most recent GPS elevations indicating a new decrease of El Hierro bulging:

[randles]

Here is Polly blowing bubbles

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCiPDPKleB8

[HORIZONS]

So what's the bottom line? Volcanic eruption with a new land mass? What do you think?

[Amzer Zo]

Maria Jose Blanco by the delegate of the Government and Canarian President. Gelmert Finol / www.diarioelhierro.es.


SPECIAL SEISMIC CRISIS - 16/10/2011 (17:28 pm)

El Hierro expects an eruption like the Teneguía

Sergio Gutierrez, El Pinar (16.10.2011. 17:28 pm)
José María Blanco, the director of the National Geographic Institute in the Canaries, said in El Pinar on Sunday that "once the volcano reaches the surface and its mouth is isolated from the sea, that would end the explosive phase a it, becomes a land eruption similar to the La Palma Teneguía Volcano in 1971.

Blanco said during the press conference, "now the volcano is deeper than 150 meters' whereas if above, "plumes of water that can reach a height of hundred meters and the emission of small particles would be expected," she said.

"The growth of the volcano is getting slower - agregating - at the beginning it can rise with a fairly steep topography, but as it grows the topography needs to be built up and consolidated. Given that the rate of emission is fairly constant for 24 hours, and assuming that the process continues, which is expected, it can reach an elevation where it can burst through the surface."

Blanco explained that it would be at this time that the volcano would attain its maximum explosive ejections of ash to a height of 4 or 5 miles, which would be dispersed by wind and could affect a wider environment.

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Posted by HORIZONS (here)
So what's the bottom line? Volcanic eruption with a new land mass? What do you think?

No need to think... just watch it happen!

[randles]

Goodnight Avalon,
Here is a round up on the local evening news here of Polly

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGI3Aozm6T8

[Amzer Zo]

Recent overview from space:

[Amzer Zo]

The Green Plume as seen from land:

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[Amzer Zo]

From yesterday:

[Amzer Zo]

This is what's expected to happen in the near future next to La Restinga... the birth of a new island... I felt this was kind of appropriate for this 1,000th post of this thread:

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su8zLA5IuqI