Tirelessly updating Avalon on the El Hierro eruption. [Archive] - Page 4

Hervé

9th October 2011, 19:26

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/1104096.JPG&Width=635&Height=382,85401459854&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
Location of the last earthquake felt on Sunday

SEISMIC CRISIS SPECIAL - 10/09/2011 (19:42 pm)
DATA IS PROVISIONAL

El Hierro has recorded 15 earthquakes on Sunday, two of them felt by the population

According to the latest update of IGN, which could be subject to change, southwest of El Pinar has felt two earthquakes, 3.6 and 3.1 magnitude on the Richter scale and 13 miles deep and 16 respectively.

DIARIOELHIERRO.ES (09.10.2011. 19:42 pm)
The National Geographic Institute (IGN), after the last update of the seismic data (which could be subject to change) for the island of El Hierro, has recorded two earthquakes which were felt on Sunday -- 3.6 and 3.1 magnitude on the Richter scale -- out of the 15 detected up to 16:43 hours GMT (17:43 hours canaria).

According to the National Geographic Institute (IGN) collected by DAILY IRON, earthquakes felt by the population of El Hierro, all were located in the southwest of El Pinar at a depth of between 13 and 16 kilometers.

According to IGN, the first of the tremors of 3.6 magnitude, occurred at 14:35 GMT (15:35 hours canaria) at a depth of 13 kilometers.

The second earthquake, of 3.1 magnitude on the Richter scale was detected at 16:43 GMT (17:43 hours canaria), also in the south of the island and 16 miles deep.

So far, the island of El Hierro underwent 15 earthquakes up to 17:43, Canary Islands time.

PROVISIONAL DATA

In addition, the website of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) has recorded two earthquakes on Sunday three kilometers deep, 1 seism at a depth of 2 km and 2 other earthquakes just a kilometer deep, some data are provisional unless not updated by IGN after at least 24 hours.

This was communicated to DAILY IRON responsible for Communication Security and Emergency Department of the Canary Islands.

Hervé

9th October 2011, 19:41

No updates of graphs for the last few hours.

Latest data can be found here: http://www.01.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/volcaListadoTerremotos.do?zona=2&cantidad_dias=10

Calz

9th October 2011, 23:22

Calz

10th October 2011, 01:07

hmmmmmmmmm

Who's Covering Up El Hierro's Quakes?

5 major quake reporting sites show NONE of the nearly 10,000 temblors on El Hierro Since July 19

October 9, 2011
Holly Deyo

An interesting article came out on the AP two hours ago reporting a 4.3 EQ has just rattled El Hierro. Most of their events have been in the 1.5 - 2.5 mag. range, with a couple of mid-Richter 3's. This is the largest shake in the over 9,900 temblors since July 19.

The National Geographic Institute, which records all the Canary Island volcanic and seismic activity, measured the event at 4.4 mag. Small difference, but monitors closer to an epicenter usually show the magnitude slightly higher.

This morning when checking 7 reporting sites: USGS, IRIS, Google Earth, GFZ Potsdam, Switzerland's Red Puma, and Germany's EQ Mashup, only Europe's ESMC shows it. The first 6 show NO quake activity whatsoever on El Hierro for the last three months. Zip. Zero. Nada.

NONE of the nearly 10,000 quakes show up on Google Earth, no matter how big the map is enlarged. Then again, Google Earth uses a USGS feed for quake reports and it shows a totally clean slate for the Canaries. Right.... It's as though none of the massive number of quakes has happened.

Even though USGS does not show quakes less than Richter 4.5 for Worldwide events, with a swarm this massive one would think the Canary events would garner some attention. However, Red Puma has no such excuse and though IRIS records events down to 4.0, they nothing show on their maps.

In this image below, red dot quakes are less than 2 days old, blue dots are 2-4 days and cyan dots are over 4 days. You can see quakes are progressing to the Northeast – with any shock waves angled away from Cumbre Vieja.

http://www.standeyo.com/NEWS/11_Earth_Changes/1110110.El.Hierro.coverup.html

*** adding ***

Here is another article on the 4.3 (or 4.4) Amzer Zo has already reported on. Will just post the link:

Volcanic Alert In Effect On El Hierro As 4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/earth-science/geology/volcanic-alert-in-effect-on-el-hierro-as-4-3-magnitude-earthquake-hits/41200.html

Hervé

10th October 2011, 02:27

Hi Calz, ok... I'll bite...

I believe you already read this somewhere else:

Let's try and get a few things straight here:

[...]

Both Stan Deyo and John Moore have vested interests in catastrophic speculations as they both sell preparedness plans and items and are consultants for hire on disaster prevention...

Me think it's time to revise the origins and perpetuation of these speculated "catastrophes."

That said, a few well placed "explosive charges" could very well make me, and other experts, wrong... and it wouldn't surprise too many people as it is now a highly anticipated outcome due to the drummed up propaganda.

... and, as I reposted on the previous page, it's always...

[...]
Always, always, always... follow the @#&%^! MONEY:

[...]

[...]

$$$ was the reason the USGS got to quit issuing alerts for the West US because local businesses started to complain heavily that it was hurting them since people would avoid the areas in drove with very little ever happening.

$$$ is the reason Stan and Holly Deyo as well as John Moore are screaming cover-ups and imminent catastrophes... good stuff for their own businesses...

hmmmmmmmmm

Who's Covering Up El Hierro's Quakes?

[...]

... You can see quakes are progressing to the Northeast – with any shock waves angled away from Cumbre Vieja.

[...]

From the above quoted excerpt, anyone can see that, in the Deyos' minds, the poles have already shifted: "progressing to the Northeast..." whereas, looking at the map, the progression as been to the Southeast then crab-like to the North of East.

The very reason Randles started this thread after another one sank, was to let it known that something was happening and nothing was reported or done about it from the point of view of a Cumbre Vieja catastrophe... then the doom & gloom reared the Cumbre Vieja propaganda in most media and the Canary islands economy went into free fall since it mostly depends on tourism. Hence my contribution to the "what does this all mean?" and to what's the actual reality.

So, there you have it: the battle of $$$! Undereported/exagerated.

I have to say that the guys doing the field work and analyses of the El Hierro situation are doing a good job in counselling the authorities as to the actual reality of the situation and what steps to take.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 02:33

Hi Earth Angel, sorry, didnt explain, it means she retired herself

thanks ViralSpiral........does that seem odd to you?? guess we will never know but thanks for explaining it to me, I was worried about her and her family.

So randles never said anything to anyone prior to "retiring"???

That does seem odd after all the energy she generated here.

She did... summarized there: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30888-After-tirelessly-updating-Avalon-for-weeks...it-s-official-evacuation-is-in-progress&p=326231&viewfull=1#post326231

Calz

10th October 2011, 02:39

Calz

10th October 2011, 02:45

Hervé

10th October 2011, 02:48

$$$ is the reason Stan and Holly Deyo as well as John Moore are screaming cover-ups and imminent catastrophes... good stuff for their own businesses...

Perhaps I am being naive but I like Stan and Holly. I think they are good people and that is their "calling". Perhaps they feel they are doing what they can to help people.

That said ... I understand where you are coming from.

I did not personally follow-up to verify if what Holly said regarding zero reports from all 7 sites she mentioned (although I believe this was the first over 4.0). So, assuming what she says is true, then I find no harm in calling attention to the fact.

IMHO

I do like the Deyos too but their business is in survival gears and plans, etc...

What I find surprising for such high flying reseachers is the cry of cover-up instead of the more real "economic protection."

I didn't check the other EQ sites either, the only one I check is RSOE EDIS (see this post: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30888-After-tirelessly-updating-Avalon-for-weeks...it-s-official-evacuation-is-in-progress&p=327836&viewfull=1#post327836)

Hervé

10th October 2011, 02:58

So randles never said anything to anyone prior to "retiring"???

[...]

She did... summarized there: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30888-After-tirelessly-updating-Avalon-for-weeks...it-s-official-evacuation-is-in-progress&p=326231&viewfull=1#post326231

Sorry for the lack of clarity... I was answering the above question.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 03:02

Strongest so far (no data):

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-10_17-18.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-10.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

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

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they remain in the El Julan Sea of Calm:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 03:30

Serious reduction in number of tremors as well as intensity (magnitude) for the past day.

The total amount of events since July sits at 9942 (cumulated energy graph, top left)... 58 to the 10,000 mark!

sygh

10th October 2011, 04:01

Poly gets around, Zo.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 04:51

At 4:16... rumblings with no jolts... interesting.

Now it's getting weird!

Hervé

10th October 2011, 05:15

Well... folks... something's afoot!

10430

First time an event is recorded to the North of El Hierro, right before the rumblings started or may be 4:11 am GMT was the start of the rumblings?

Hervé

10th October 2011, 06:11

sygh

10th October 2011, 06:19

This is weird. So prolonged. So intense. I don't like the looks of this. Zo, I'm not changing the subject, moreover, I'm adding something to the mix... I don't like the looks of so many mass animal deaths either. Were you aware of the fact that krill is dying of at an alarming rate?

I can put two and two together. Can you hear what I'm thinking?

Let me edit my thought. Serious earth changes.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 06:32

No denying serious earth changes are occurring.

However, in this case, unless a diesel generator next to the station, it would indicate an eruption is on its way to the surface; since the "whistling" is heard neither at La Gomera nor at La Palma.

sygh

10th October 2011, 06:35

Now, that's a very long sustained whistling! (see seismograms a top of this page)

Since there are no trains nor railways on El Hierro... something is continuously blowing through a bass organ pipe... unless someone started a diesel generator next to the seismograph station?

Another bass organ pipe. Another odd noise.

Yeah, I just read your last post. I'm thinking the same thing. Looks like Poly may have found an outlet. It's not north of El Hierro, is it?

I don't want to leave but I've got to get some sleep. Long day tomorrow. I'll check with ya first thing in the later A.M.

nearing

10th October 2011, 06:38

Magma flowing close to surface? Let's hope it's only flowing and not expoloding.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 06:42

No idea if it's magma or steam, all it shows is that it's continuously sustained and not explosive (no EQs).

No data from IGN on location yet.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 07:13

I wish I had a sample of the Anak Krakatau seismograms with 6000 to 7000 tremors/day preceding the eruption to compare the above to...

Edit: I don't know how they managed to extricate an event at 5:47 GMT out of that soup?

10431

Edit: Weather webcam at Las Puntas... overloaded... too many users connected.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 08:06

Here is another way of looking at the above "soup":

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-10_sp.jpg

Where the vertical streaks are "events" out of the frequency soup. Still no data on what that "soup" is, excepted it's very low frequencies.

sygh

10th October 2011, 10:45

Counting all of the tremors, it looks like a corredor running north to south, straight across the foot of El Hierro.

avid

10th October 2011, 11:18

That colourful chart looks like a HAARP induction magnetometer reading! Very low frequencies prior to 'high activity'.
http://maestro.haarp.alaska.edu/cgi-bin/scmag/disp-scmag.cgi

Muzz

10th October 2011, 12:32

I think this may have broken through underwater.

El Hierro registra una erupción submarina a 7 kilómetros de la costa (http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/10/10/espana/1318242424.html?a=48a515f5cd318b68def0e1d31f458e5b&t=1318243989&numero=)

link (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/submarine-eruption-off-of-el-hierro)

Muzz

10th October 2011, 13:14

Update 10/10 – 11:59 UTC : A group of scientists equipped with special cameras is currently flying over the Las Calmas see to check whether the eruption did happen. As stated in the Important Update below, the news of the eruption comes from 4 ships and is not official as yet.

IMPORTANT UPDATE : Following the Spanish Newspaper El Mundo, a small submarine eruption has taken place 7 km out of the coast. The eruption occurred at 1200 meter below sea level. The eruption took place in the Las Calmas sea to the south of the island at 10.43 local time (09:43 UTC). We expect an official statement soon.
The news comes from 4 boats presently navigating in the Las Calmas sea.

Update 10/10 – 07:43 UTC : Less than an hour ago, Geolurking, a nickname for a dedicated volcano follower, has published a very interesting 3-D plot he made of the tremors so far beneath El Hierro. The video shows the depth of the hypocenters and the magnitude (colors). link (http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QToVsZS4kF4&feature=player_embedded#!

Eric J (Viking)

10th October 2011, 13:28

Not sure whether this has been posted...couldn't find it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VuTkTu3fQ&feature=share

viking

avid

10th October 2011, 14:00

Another good source of info in English:
http://www.irishweatheronline.com/news/earth-science/geology/subsea-volcanic-eruption-underway-near-el-hierro-the-canary-islands/41266.html

Bill Ryan

10th October 2011, 14:03

-------

Dr Bill Deagle interviewed John Moore on his Nutrimedical Report radio show (30 Sept, hour 3). (http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/nutrimedical/archives.php)[/URL]

John Moore reported that he'd heard from a private source that El Hierro would "cut loose" (i.e. there would be a major eruption or earthquake) in 7-10 days -- "not weeks or months". According to his source, that would of course be round about now.

Potentially important 1 minute extract: [URL]http://projectavalon.net/John_Moore_Bill_Deagle_Canary_Islands_30_September_2011.mp3 (http://projectavalon.net/John_Moore_Bill_Deagle_Canary_Islands_30_September_2011.mp3)

Eric J (Viking)

10th October 2011, 14:10

Hervé

10th October 2011, 16:38

Strongest so far (no data):

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-10_22-23.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-10.jpg

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

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-10_sp.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

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

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they remain in the El Julan Sea of Calm:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

Tony

10th October 2011, 16:43

Ok, you are starting to worry me!

Hervé

10th October 2011, 16:56

Calz

10th October 2011, 16:56

As Muzz has brought to our attention ... perhaps there is some releasing of pressure underseas.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 17:28

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/2222(40).jpg&Width=635&Height=203,2&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

Alpidio Armas, Juan Santana and Maria del Carmen Morales after the meeting. Gelmert Finol / www.diarioelhierro.es (http://www.diarioelhierro.es).

SEISMIC CRISIS SPECIAL - 10/10/2011 (13:10 hours. Update at 14:11 pm)
THE COUNCIL OF THE IRON GIVES NO ASSURANCES THAT DANGER IS OUT

''Everything points to an underwater volcanic eruption''

According to the Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana,''no seismic signals that indicate that there could be an eruptive phenomenon but scientists have yet to confirmed,''a fact which he said-'' could happen in the coming hours.''

DIARIOELHIERRO.ES, writing (10.10.2011. 13:10 hours. Update at 14:11 pm)
The Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, confirmed on Monday after a meeting in Valverde, "There are seismic signals that indicate that there could be an eruptive phenomenon but that scientists have yet to confirm it," a fact which, according to Santana, could occur in the coming hours,''he said.

Santana said that "what scientists have detected is that there has been a change in the type of waves, and waves that change which could indicate either an emission or emissions of lava,''he acknowledged. [see spectrogram]

In this sense, scientists at IGN have reported to management of the Plan that all indicators they have examined point to the possibility of the onset of an eruptive process, as it has changed the type of wave recorded by seismographs in the last hours, which implies the onset of lava emission.

These purely volcanic signals were not observed until now although this trend would have to be confirm with other parameters such as pressure, gas release or deformation of the ground, among others.

The Helicopter Emergency and Rescue Group of the Canary Islands (GES) has conducted reconnaissance flights on Monday, looking out for volcanic materia comingl to the surface without success.

Although this activity does not pose a risk to the population, the Directorate of Pevolca recommends that people perform their regular duties normally and remain alert to any unusual activity.

At the end of the meeting held this morning in Valverde, it was determined that this afternoon, starting at 19 hours, the Plan address the latest reports and analyses conducted by the scientists at IGN.

IGN

For its part, the director of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the Canary Islands, José Maria Blanco, explained that the experts have not yet confirmed the submarine eruption but collected readings pointing to it as the most likely phenomenon.

In any case, Blanco explained that the eruption does not mean the end of the tremors and said that this morning there was a magnitude 2.9. Canary Autonomic Radio said in a statement picked up by Europa Press that last night they noticed changes in the readings, with a change in the seismicity both in depth and intensity, which has REDUCING in both cases.

In fact, the depth has gone from an average of 10 miles to 1 km, a figure close to where it is considered that the magma has erupted at a depth of 1.2 km and 7 km from the coast of El Hierro.

NOTHING VISIBLE ON THE SURFACE

Blanco explained that due to the "great mass" of water over the eruption, nothing would be noticed on the surface, denying that there is bubbling.

Also, if the eruption has occurred at that depth it would be consealed but the readings will continue to be checked so that it can be confirmed for Monday afternoon.

The head of the Geological Survey said the situation that appears to be happening is "the most favorable scenario for the management" because they produce the less problems for citizens.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 17:38

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/333(56).JPG&Width=448&Height=336&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
La Restinga

Salvaging companies are recommended not to sail a 4 miles sector from a point of El Hierro with a fissure

EUROPA PRESS, Valverde (10.10.2011. 12:10 pm)
Harbour Master has recommended Monday not to sail in the vicinity of a point on the island of El Hierro where there could have been a submarine eruption from a fissure as reported by Salvage sources.

The recommendation extends four miles from the point 27 ° 34.2 N, 0.18 º 00 West.

In principle could have been an eruption about ten kilometers west of the island. The Steering Committee of the Specific Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Care for Volcanic Risk (Pevolca) is meeting at this time on the island.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 17:53

As Muzz has brought to our attention ... perhaps there is some releasing of pressure underseas.

Still no confirmation visual or otherwise.

It's inferred from the seismograms and spectrograhs since the "whistling" started around 04:16...

See http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30888-After-tirelessly-updating-Avalon-for-weeks...it-s-official-evacuation-is-in-progress&p=328567&viewfull=1#post328567

avid

10th October 2011, 18:07

-------

Dr Bill Deagle interviewed John Moore on his Nutrimedical Report radio show (30 Sept, hour 3). (http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/nutrimedical/archives.php)

John Moore reported that he'd heard from a private source that El Hierro would "cut loose" (i.e. there would be a major eruption or earthquake) in 7-10 days -- "not weeks or months". According to his source, that would of course be round about now.

Potentially important 1 minute extract: http://projectavalon.net/John_Moore_Bill_Deagle_Canary_Islands_30_September_2011.mp3

Hi Bill, interesting that an "insider" could predict a time for an eruption...

Hence the caveat:

[...]
...

Both Stan Deyo and John Moore have vested interests in catastrophic speculations as they both sell preparedness plans and items and are consultants for hire on disaster prevention...

Me think it's time to revise the origins and perpetuation of these speculated "catastrophes."

That said, a few well placed "explosive charges" could very well make me, and other experts, wrong... and it wouldn't surprise too many people as it is now a highly anticipated outcome due to the drummed up propaganda.

I am always suspicious of the glib-mouthed Deagle - I was watching the low-frequency vibrations from the magnetometer lately, and this is not healthy. Deagle seems to me to be a mouthpiece of fear - he is used. Let's look at other sources, including weather manipulations, and any other references from more local (EU etc`) HAARP-type output. Who will profit from the demise of the tourism in the Canaries? Who would be shamed when they were going to be free of the corporate energies - and setting an example to those who should follow? This situation stinks of globalistic/corporate control yet again. If there is any indication of deliberate 'earth-pounding' via scalar weaponry - please state here.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 18:08

From the daily Iron:

WHAT IS A VOLCANIC TREMOR

According to the website of the National Network of Seismology and Volcanology, a harmonic tremor is a characteristic earthquake type of volcanoes, which reflects changes in its internal state. Certain types of tremors have been associated with movement of magma within a volcano, and therefore represent a significant precursor to define the volcanic alert status.

According to Ibáñez (1997), the volcanic tremor is characterized by a seismic signal to maintain constant amplitude over a long period can vary between several minutes and hours, with spectral content focused on relatively narrow frequency bands. As the tremor is the result of more or less complex superposition of simple events.

By the same author, the tremor can be divided into several subgroups, considering the spectral content:

Volcanic Tremor - high frequency (> 6 Hz). Often associated with avalanches, rock falls from the front or strong degassing lava in the craters.

Volcanic Tremor - intermediate frequencies (1 - 6 Hz). Its sources include degassing, gas fluctuations, resonant pipes, etc.

Volcanic Tremor - low frequencies (<0.5 Hz). Usually are associated with oscillations of the whole magma chamber.

avid

10th October 2011, 18:18

Hervé

10th October 2011, 18:26

[...]

This situation stinks of globalistic/corporate control yet again. If there is any indication of deliberate 'earth-pounding' via scalar weaponry - please state here.

Hi Avid, see the post above.

The problem is that the use of a HAARP technology type of induced resonnance wouldn't be distinguishable from the natural frequencies of an actual natural eruption.

All I can say about what we are witnessing with the El Hierro activity is that it is consistent with what's known of the actual geology and magmatic signature of the area. (see post # 447 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30888-After-tirelessly-updating-Avalon-for-weeks...it-s-official-evacuation-is-in-progress&p=320790&viewfull=1#post320790))

On the other hand, Spain has been squeezed weather-wise for a long time with sustained droughts for years... working on the destabilization of Europe. (see post # 264 (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?30888-After-tirelessly-updating-Avalon-for-weeks...it-s-official-evacuation-is-in-progress&p=317696&viewfull=1#post317696))

It remains that El Hierro's fight for energy independence could be a heavy weight factor in the overall equation.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 18:35

avid

10th October 2011, 18:43

Perhaps that's why Randles left - she brought too much attention to local issues, which could have affected tourism, but also enlightened us to the wondrous 'energy project' - hopefully she is safe and not 'intimidated' to leave? This is the problem of people being honest - they are open and need protection by the masses. What can Avalon do for these wonderful folk?

avid

10th October 2011, 18:50

Volcanic Tremor - low frequencies (<0.5 Hz). Usually are associated with oscillations of the whole magma chamber.
Low frequency 'interferences' have been proven in other dire situations such as Japan....
How low can these vile atrocities calling themselves 'human' go - it's just far too coincidental.....

HAARP induced magnetometer displayed a sustained frequency of 2.5 Hz for the event in Japan. (see this post (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17120-What-s-wrong-with-that-picture&p=194296&viewfull=1#post194296))

Wow! Amzer you are incredibly knowledgeable on all of these things! What is your background? You are obviously 'on the case' asap when these earth anomalies happen. We wish there were more such dedicated people as yourself :-)

Hervé

10th October 2011, 19:29

Hervé

10th October 2011, 19:38

Looking at the bulging frequency soup... El Hierro may soon have a new island annex!

avid

10th October 2011, 20:00

Yep - a new little island popping up instead of an old one popping out - phew - let's hope it stays like that!!!

Hervé

10th October 2011, 20:02

Hi there... noble visitor! :wave:

ViralSpiral

10th October 2011, 20:06

Randles! Helloooooo!

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/images/smilies/wave.gif

Hervé

10th October 2011, 20:12

SEISMIC CRISIS SPECIAL - 10/10/2011 (17:11 pm)

DAILY IRON is attending the press conference following the meeting of Pevolca scheduled for 20:00 pm on Monday, so that we can not update our newspaper until after the conference

randles

10th October 2011, 21:06

avid

10th October 2011, 21:13

:popcorn: for Amzer Zo ....

Sooo.. Polly is having a Party !! Brilliant !!
Mother Nature at her very best...

My friend Amzer Zo ...You are a shining star !!! Whilst I was away you ensured and stayed true to Yourself that this is nothing more than what it is. History unfolding infront of our very eyes, followed not with dread or fear, but with anticipation and wonder.

Can I help you now that I am available again ??

Where have you been? We were hoping hubby/passports/family had been co-ordinated and you'd been able to go abroad! Glad that you are safe and here again, but maybe from a new location???

randles

10th October 2011, 21:15

http://emergenciaselhierro.org/

Still awaiting official Press Release, this is the latest from Press El Hierro, as twittered :)

"PrensaElHierro eruptive process is confirmed at # ElHierro and continues in light yellow, low risk to the population. 2 minutes ago ·"

Pollys having a baby !!

Hervé

10th October 2011, 21:26

:popcorn: for Amzer Zo ....

Sooo.. Polly is having a Party !! Brilliant !!
Mother Nature at her very best...

My friend Amzer Zo ...You are a shining star !!! Whilst I was away you ensured and stayed true to Yourself that this is nothing more than what it is. History unfolding infront of our very eyes, followed not with dread or fear, but with anticipation and wonder.

Can I help you now that I am available again ??

Welcome back!

Your help is definitely needed for the fire works in preparation!

avid

10th October 2011, 21:27

markoid

10th October 2011, 21:30

Amzer Zo: I have been meaning to say for a while... thank you for your very consistent and informed reports about the situation in the Canaries... it is appreciated!

Hi randles! http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn100/markoid/birdiewave.gif It is good to hear from you, though I was sorta hoping you may have gone to somewhere more solid and safe... best to you.

randles

10th October 2011, 21:40

http://www.teide-admin.com/images/artikel/4e9304dd917d2.jpg

"SERGIO GUTIERREZ, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (10.10.2011. 22:30 pm)

The Director of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, confirmed at 21:40 hours on Monday, a submarine eruption about 5 miles from the center of La Restinga, south of the island of El Hierro . The news this morning ahead DAILY IRON, information has now been confirmed by the Government of the Canary Islands.

Santana said so to the media after a second meeting held in the Pevolca Monday afternoon in Valverde. Juan Santana admitted, who accompanied the president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, the Minister of Safety and Emergency Cabildo de El Hierro, Maria del Carmen Morales, technical and IGN, Carmen Lopez.

The Director of Security and Emergency Canary Islands Government said that the submarine eruption occurred this morning at about 5 miles off the coast of La Restinga, "although we still can not determine the real situation," he said.

Santana pitched a message of reassurance to the population of El Hierro, "which, although a rash, there is no danger to people, quite the contrary, he pointed out the risk has dropped so long as the eruption has occurred, has underwater nature and therefore the risks to the population at that depth does not cause danger, "he admitted. Santana also confirmed that "no evacuations" and that "you can continue fishing in this area of the island", which will not be affected, he said.

DEAD FISH

The Director of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, he acknowledged, too, that "there have been some dead fish in the area, logically derived from the emission itself," he said."

randles

10th October 2011, 21:44

Wheres those charts Amzer Zo of Pollys Baby ???

What on earth do you call a child that who Mother has the name of ........... Polycephaly

sygh

10th October 2011, 21:50

-------

Dr Bill Deagle interviewed John Moore on his Nutrimedical Report radio show (30 Sept, hour 3). (http://www.gcnlive.com/programs/nutrimedical/archives.php)

John Moore reported that he'd heard from a private source that El Hierro would "cut loose" (i.e. there would be a major eruption or earthquake) in 7-10 days -- "not weeks or months". According to his source, that would of course be round about now.

Potentially important 1 minute extract: http://projectavalon.net/John_Moore_Bill_Deagle_Canary_Islands_30_September_2011.mp3

Hi Bill, interesting that an "insider" could predict a time for an eruption...

Hence the caveat:

[...]
...

Both Stan Deyo and John Moore have vested interests in catastrophic speculations as they both sell preparedness plans and items and are consultants for hire on disaster prevention...

Me think it's time to revise the origins and perpetuation of these speculated "catastrophes."

That said, a few well placed "explosive charges" could very well make me, and other experts, wrong... and it wouldn't surprise too many people as it is now a highly anticipated outcome due to the drummed up propaganda.

My personal opinion on this is: John is into making money. Like you say, its his business. He's self-profileing, he's selling his wares. But I have wondered quite a bit about why I wasn't able to find any information about the tremors at El Hierro at first. I even asked, "Why can't I find any info on this?", which was very much an innocent inquiry on my part because I really couldn't find any.

After pages of discussion tho, IMO, no one wanted a lot of coverage, due to the financially high stakes wind/hydro sustainable hybrid power plant being constructed that's well under way. Of course, that's the up front, sweet, and in your face side of it. Flip that over, and one can't help but wonder if there's an oil rat, depopulationist, or financier behind the months of pounding on the frequencies. Still, I don't want to give anyone credit for having that much power over the elements, if they don't deserve it. Just because someone knows the source of a well, doesn't mean they created the water.
Its is doing just what we were hoping and praying it would, it's errupting under sea, and it's more likely than not, errupted through a fizzure., rather than explode... at least, so far.

One other thing that bothers me, hopefully, the tunnel hasn't been compromized. That could dampen the project almost as much as a volcano.

Zo, what did you say you would like to compare this to?

Hervé

10th October 2011, 21:51

SEISMIC CRISIS SPECIAL - 10/10/2011 (22:30 pm)
THE SEMAPHORE REMAINS AT YELLOW

The Pevolca confirms an underwater volcanic eruption in El Hierro and says there is no danger

The Director of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, confirmed at 21:40 hours on Monday, a submarine eruption about 5 miles from the center of La Restinga, south of the island of El Hierro .

SERGIO GUTIERREZ, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (10.10.2011. 22:30 pm)
The Director of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, confirmed at 21:40 hours on Monday, a submarine eruption about 5 kilometers from the center of La Restinga, south of the island of El Hierro . The news from this morning given ahead by DAILY IRON has now been confirmed by the Government of the Canary Islands.

Santana said so to the media after a second meeting held in the Pevolca Monday afternoon in Valverde, accompanied by the president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, the Minister of Safety and Emergency Cabildo de El Hierro, Maria del Carmen Morales, technical and IGN, Carmen Lopez.

The Director of Security and Emergency Canary Islands Government said that the submarine eruption occurred this morning at about 5 kilometers off the coast of La Restinga, "although we still can not determine the real situation," he said.

Santana pitched a message of reassurance to the population of El Hierro, "although there is an eruption, there is no danger to people, quite the contrary," he pointed out "the risk has dropped so long as the eruption has occurred and is underwater in nature. Therefore the risks to the population at that water depth does not cause concerns," he conceded. Santana also confirmed there is "no evacuations" and that "you can continue fishing in the areas of the island", that are not affected, he said.

DEAD FISH

The Director of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana acknowledged also that "there have been some dead fish in the area, logically derived from the eruption itself."

Oooops... double post... but I like my translation better...:)

vibrations

10th October 2011, 21:55

Really we should all say a big THANK YOU to Amzer Zo for his approach full of knowledge and common sense. It's really pleasant to read something which you just feel is backed up with a lot of background.

The only thing is as I know Spanish official behavior, is that they have a strong tendency to lie, lie, lie. It is just common instinct of all politicians, above all they coves their asses. As a consequence I would not take for granted what they say, and I would doubt to the way how they reach the data. As first, any official institution is very sloppy, they appear as a serious scientists but when you know more, there is a mess. So some kind of independent, non connected data source would maybe give a lot more light to the real picture of what is happening beneath the ground.

i have just very vague knowledge about the EQ field but what I think the measurement points are very important. maybe there is not enough money to establish more points, with better equipment, but off course the official stream will deny it. I have some friends in La Palma, but not enough close to any source. Maybe the people living there can try to contact the alternative community (Tenerife, La Palma, Gran Canaria is full of tremendously fantastic people with a variety of knowledge in different areas) and see what is going on there when they know practically every person, every politician, every interest interfering with a revealing of truth.

Also (nobody mentioned before I think) the Canary Islands are home of one of the biggest underground base of a different extraterrestrial races, working there for hundreds if not thousands of years. It is going from Tenerife far over the La Palma on the left and under Gran Canaria island on the right. I personally know some entrances invisible for the human eye but when they want they open the small dimensional portals and visitors can enter. Some of my best friends (with a letters behind their name) were there in various occasions, as a part of some kind of education about humanity, their history and possible future. This people (they look just like us, some of them share almost exact genetic code as we) are working hard on eliminating pressure of the lava beneath the islands and try to avoid any human victims when the melted soup goes crazy. That is what I know.

westhill

10th October 2011, 22:01

randles

10th October 2011, 22:06

That was grreat !!

Hervé

10th October 2011, 22:10

[...]

Zo, what did you say you would like to compare this to?

The seismograms that recorded the 6 to 7,000 EQS/day preceding the Anak Krakatau eruption.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 22:14

Please take a look at ...

http://www.02.ign.es/ign/head/volcaSenalesAnterioresDia.do?nombreFichero=CHIE_2011-10-10&ver=s&estacion=CHIE&Anio=2011&Mes=10&Dia=10&tipo=1

I hope I did this right. The graph shows an incredible increase in activity.

westhill... had you checked a couple of pages back... you would have noticed that auto-updating graph already there...

sygh

10th October 2011, 22:18

Looking at the bulging frequency soup... El Hierro may soon have a new island annex!

Doctor! Doctor! Could it have gotten any better???? Break out the Cha-cha-cha-Champagne!

sygh

10th October 2011, 22:26

[...]

Zo, what did you say you would like to compare this to?

The seismograms that recorded the 6 to 7,000 EQS/day preceding the Anak Krakatau eruption.

I believe you deserve to see them. Let's ponder the issue. Is it possible?

Hervé

10th October 2011, 22:38

[...]

I believe you deserve to see them. Let's ponder the issue. Is it possible?

No need to see them now as the "whistling" is confirmed to be of volcanic activity... not a diesel generator.:P

randles

10th October 2011, 22:47

http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20111010/cientificos-confirman-erupcion-volcanica-submarina-hierro-primera-desde-1971/467471.shtml

A local news summary with video that confirms the eruption and the low risk to the population :)

Hervé

10th October 2011, 22:48

Place holder for Oct. 11 graphs

Strongest so far (no data):

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-11_22-23.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-11.jpg

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

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-11_sp.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

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

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they remain in the El Julan Sea of Calm:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

sygh

10th October 2011, 22:54

[...]

I believe you deserve to see them. Let's ponder the issue. Is it possible?

No need to see them now as the "whistling" is confirmed to be of volcanic activity... not a diesel generator.:P

yeah but we knew that anyway. It would still be good to compare. Zo, we are going through earth changes, this is what we can expect in the coming years. further, IMHO, if there is a cover-up, or any planning, it lays in this arena (financial disasters aside). dwindleing natural resources, etc... Chaos does make for change sooner, does it not? So, to heck with the PTB, they are talking heads (not that simple but...).

this is not a downer, nope, not at all, not a panic. in ordere to deal with the situation we face, whatever it is, we must be realistic.

randles

10th October 2011, 22:59

Goodnight Avalon :) New land is being created and hopefully we will soon see it in the making as an easy natural flow..
An Annex, as Amzer Zo quite rightly pointed out...

Hervé

10th October 2011, 23:01

RTVE.es / AGENCIES 11.10.2011
Volcanologists have confirmed that this morning there was an underwater volcanic eruption about 5 kilometers from the village of La Restinga, El Hierro in the municipality of El Pinar. This is the first eruption occurring since 1971, when the Teneguía exploded in La Palma.

The Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Manuel Santana, explained at a press conference that this eruption does not endanger people and even fishing in the area is maintained, but the Merchant Marine has recommended a four kilometers protection area around the eruption location.

The volcanic phenomenon has been accompanied by a decrease in the deformation of the ground, which was caused by the pressure of magma, and may also decrease the seismic activity, but the technicians do not rule out that another eruption might occur nearer the coast.

Hervé

10th October 2011, 23:06

These hourly seismograms are starting to look like Van Gogh creations...

Hervé

10th October 2011, 23:54

SEISMIC CRISIS SPECIAL - 10/10/2011 (22:30 hours. Updated at 23:06 pm)
THE SEMAPHORE REMAINS AT YELLOW

[...]

REOPENING OF THE TUNNEL

The Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana also confirmed that "if the evolution continues as it has done so far today, where there has been a decrease of ground deformation, less frequent high magnitude earthquake , [then] tomorrow (Tuesday) there would be the reopening of the Roquille tunnel and people still relocated would be able to return to their homes, "but, for that decision we have to get the technical clearance from the IGN that the trend will continue favourably," he added.

Hervé

11th October 2011, 01:31

Guess what? El Hierro has stopped 21 tremors short of 10,000 since yesterday 5 pm GMT....

Meanwhile, this thread has now enjoyed over 30,000 viewings....

Thank you for your support and for dropping by! :wave:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e105/CommentCrazyGirl/Smileys%20Hello%20Wave/greet013.gif

thank you.......

Hervé

11th October 2011, 03:08

Wheres those charts Amzer Zo of Pollys Baby ???

What on earth do you call a child that who Mother has the name of ........... Polycephaly

Well... thinking about it... Calmar (calamaro) might fit the bill of the Sea of Calm and it's a CEPHALOpod...

Wikipedia:

The word Calamari is the plural form of the Italian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language) word for squid, Calamaro.
Also known as Kalamari (Greek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language)), Kalamar (Turkish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language)), Calmar (French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language)), Kalmari (Finnish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language)), Galama or Calamares (Spanish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language)), the name derives from the Latin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin) word calamarium for "ink pot", after the inky fluid that squid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid) secrete.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_(food)#cite_note-MW-0) Calamarium in turn derives from Greek kalamos (κάλαμος) meaning "reed," "tube" or "pen".

randles

11th October 2011, 07:37

Good Morning, and it is a beautiful morning here. It is already 23 degrees and the temperatures are forecast to climb today..Here is the latest from El Hierro

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/

"DIARIOELHIERRO.ES, writing (10.11.2011. 7:10 pm)

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/888(12).jpg&Width=635&Height=272,25625&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

During the next few hours we will know if any migration of magma, which now flows about 1000 feet deep and about 5 miles down the coast of La Restinga, and some opening of a new mouth, explained on Monday the technical National Geographic Institute (IGN), Carmen Lopez, after completing Pevolca meeting.

Lopez added that "will seismicity and ground deformation that indicate whether the magma tries to leave for another place, likely to be even closer to the coast,''he said.

However, Lopez relieved and assured that "the expected behavior is that the material output pressure decreases and thus the seismicity," he said.

Indeed, this decrease in seismicity, to continue this positive trend, starting at 17:00 hours this Tuesday, October 11, will determine whether, finally, the tunnel reopened to traffic in Los Roquille and ordering the return their homes to families who are still relocated."

White Rabbit

11th October 2011, 12:45

Wheres those charts Amzer Zo of Pollys Baby ???

What on earth do you call a child that who Mother has the name of ........... Polycephaly

Polly Jr of course! ;) Glad to see you back randles!

randles

11th October 2011, 14:19

http://www.laopinion.es/sociedad/2011/10/11/evacua-poblacion-restinga-campo-futbol/373638.html

http://fotos01.laopinion.es/fotos/noticias/318x200/2011-10-11_IMG_2011-10-11_15:47:51_2011-10-11_img_2011-10-11_15_33_40_restinga.jpg

"LAOPINION.ES The Canary Islands government has reported that in the evolution of the earthquake that affected the island of El Hierro, and as a preventive measure are being taken to the displacement of the population of La Restinga to the meeting point in the plan set civil protection located on the football field.

The measure has been taken considering the possibility that the migration of eruptive focus approaches the coast"

http://fotos00.laopinion.es/fotos/noticias/318x200/2011-10-11_IMG_2011-10-11_09:16:25_2011-10-18_img_2011-10-11_01.05.08__5859460.jpg

randles

11th October 2011, 14:22

Confirmed by Prensa El Hierro
http://www.diarioelhierro.com/

The Government moved the people of La Restinga as a precaution

With the evolution of seismic activity affecting the island of El Hierro, and as a preventive measure are being taken to the displacement of the population of La Restinga to the meeting point established civil protection plan located on the football field, taking into account the possibility that the migration of eruptive focus approaches the coast, just to the Government of the Canaries in an urgent appeal.
The Director General of Security and Emergency will appear before the media at the facilities of El Hierro Valverde CECOI at 15:00."

randles

11th October 2011, 14:25

The Canarian Government has ruled out any option of Red Alert. The colour remains Yellow..

http://www.laopinion.es/sociedad/2011/10/11/gobierno-canario-descarta-semaforo-pase-rojo/373550.html

randles

11th October 2011, 14:56

Okay then.... lets change our minds shall we :)

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/

"The Canary Islands government activated the red light at La Restinga, which is on high alert

Proceed to the departure of the Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, has just confirmed that the population of La Restinga is on "high alert, a situation that has raised the red traffic light, which affects only this population in the south of the island, not to the rest of El Hierro ", he added.

For now, has moved people living in the bottom of the village of La Restinga to higher ground, football field, where it is recommended to move to homes of relatives or friends in El Pinar and those neighbors who do not have a place to stay is enabled in the sports area of Valverde, Santana explained in his appearance before the media at 15:00 hours on Tuesday.

Santana confirmed that the transfer has taken place in the village of La Restinga, "to IGN confirmation that they were producing vibrations in La Restinga, and could be evidence that the phenomenon eruption that occurred yesterday (Monday ) about 5 kilometers from La Restinga, may be getting closer to the coast area, which could mean an eruption in shallow water, and a higher risk for increased interaction of magma with water, "said Juan Santana. the population as a preventive measure to the high area of town, on the football field. People affected are advised to move to homes of relatives and friends and people who do not have to stay is enabled in the sports area Valverde"

randles

11th October 2011, 15:02

Amzer Zo,... your thoughts please :)

Is Polly having twins.... :)

randles

11th October 2011, 15:18

http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20111011/poblacion-restinga-trasladada-ante-otra-posible-erupcion/467641.shtml

with video

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/44444477777.jpg&Width=635&Height=224,63125&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

¤=[Post Update]=¤

"La Restinga, of 547 inhabitants, is the point closest to the underwater eruption that began in El Hierro to five miles offshore and about 1,000 meters this past Monday.

The Canary Islands government has decided to move to the village of La Restinga the football field to the evolution of earthquakes in El Hierro.

That eruption, located at a point where not involve any risk to the population, came after the nearly 10,000 earthquakes that have rocked El Hierro from mid-July, the most important of them, last Saturday night (4, 3 degrees).
Possible migration to the coast eruptive focus"

¤=[Post Update]=¤

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/7777(19).jpg&Width=360&Height=158,85&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

randles

11th October 2011, 15:56

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/Semaforo_Volcanico/Semaf_Rojo.png

"Phase pre-eruptive. It involves the initiation of preventive evacuation. Make yourself available to the authorities."

¤=[Post Update]=¤

Emergencias El hierro are changing their website...
This was just shown..
Now they are back to YELLOW again...

Any more changes El Hierro.... ?? :)

randles

11th October 2011, 16:01

Bet someone got their hands slapped for that little gem :)

randles

11th October 2011, 16:31

.................and..... ITS BACK...

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/Semaforo_Volcanico/Semaf_Rojo.png

Beginning to feel like Shreks Donkey.... are we there yet ??? :)

¤=[Post Update]=¤

"FASE PRE-ERUPTIVA. Implica el inicio de la evacuación preventiva. Póngase a disposición de las autoridades."

¤=[Post Update]=¤

"PrensaElHierro Crisis Cabinet meeting at this time in the Emergency Coordination Center of El Hierro, Valverde, to analyze the situation"

White Rabbit

11th October 2011, 16:35

Back to red it seems...

Volcanic Red Traffic Light PRE
NV Weather Risk
Forest Fire Risk

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/Semaforo_Volcanico/gif_semaforico/Semaforo_Volcanico_title.png
http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/Semaforo_Volcanico/Semaf_Rojo.png

For further information visit the website of the State Meteorological Agency AEMET (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?langpair=auto%7Cen&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/prediccion/avisos%3Fw%3Dhoy%26k%3Dcoo&usg=ALkJrhgBLgsAxegKo9CrTyjhhmpsVOGzjA)

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/Riesgo_Incendios/Riesgo_Alto_Inc.png

LAST TIME:

YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT "Watch for communications from the Civil Protection Authorities - read the recommendations (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?langpair=auto%7Cen&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D228:semaforo-amarillo-%26catid%3D118:noticias-marquesina&usg=ALkJrhi2n3AyvEjMzfuz3R9PGn9_wVMvsw)

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/templates/yoo_enterprise/images/emailButton.png (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?langpair=auto%7Cen&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_mailto%26tmpl%3Dcomponent%26link%3D0d6bd9d44c50a51b0aa7f86d83fe83eeeba617f2&usg=ALkJrhgk-s99-PhaxzxO5dZ9Qhsi21gOcA)
http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/templates/yoo_enterprise/images/printButton.png (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?langpair=auto%7Cen&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/index.php%3Fview%3Darticle%26catid%3D114:pagina-principal%26id%3D265:la-direccion-del-pevolca-afirma-que-no-hay-certeza-de-una-erupcion-volcanica-submarina-en-la-isla-de-el-hierro-%26tmpl%3Dcomponent%26print%3D1%26layout%3Ddefault%26page%3D&usg=ALkJrhhTMXnpuvv5k5bDqD4Z-ms8Osq6Qg)
http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/templates/yoo_enterprise/images/pdf_button.png (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?langpair=auto%7Cen&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/index.php%3Fview%3Darticle%26catid%3D114:pagina-principal%26id%3D265:la-direccion-del-pevolca-afirma-que-no-hay-certeza-de-una-erupcion-volcanica-submarina-en-la-isla-de-el-hierro-%26format%3Dpdf&usg=ALkJrhjBARyUsYQy2V3p-vdMcHXE0hy5mQ)

October 10, 2011

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/logos/logo_cabildo.png

Press Office
www.elhierro.es (http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?langpair=auto%7Cen&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&u=http://www.elhierro.es/&usg=ALkJrhgym91V3r0QKb8eEuBDAc3tdZ64wg)
922.55.17.74
prensa@el-hierro.org

INFORMATION NOTE
The address PEVOLCA says there is no certainty of an underwater volcanic eruption on the island of El Hierro

IGN has confirmed early this morning for a small release of fluids and volcanic gases that do not pose such risk to the population

The National Geographic Institute (IGN), official organ for volcano monitoring has confirmed this morning at the direction of the Civil Protection Plan Volcanic Risk (PEVOLCA), although there is no certainty that it is now producing a volcanic eruption submarine, from early this morning has been a release of fluids and volcanic gases of type on the southern coast of the island

IGN scientists have informed the direction of the Plan that all indicators point to have examined the possibility of the onset of an eruptive process as it has changed the type of wave recorded by seismographs in the last hours, which means the beginning of lava emission or abroad.

In this sense, it is purely volcanic signals were not observed until now although it would have to confirm this trend with other parameters such as pressure, gas release or deformation of the ground, among others.

The Helicopter Emergency and Rescue Group of the Canary Islands (GES) has conducted reconnaissance flights in the morning without looking out of volcanic material to the surface.

Although this activity does not pose a risk to the population, the Directorate of PEVOLCA recommends that people perform their regular duties normally and remain alert to any unusual activity.

At the end of the meeting held this morning in Valverde was determined that this afternoon, starting at 19 hours, the Plan address the latest analysis report scientists conducting IGN.

randles

11th October 2011, 17:10

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/imagenes_de_web/semaforo_estatico.gif

This is for White Rabbit...

You can play with this if you like :)

I don't need it now :) Its broken :)

Hervé

11th October 2011, 17:15

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 12:00 pm
http://comunidad.laopinion.es/media/entrevistaChat/carracedo.jpg
Juan Carlos Carracedo

Volcanologist Juan Carlos Carracedo answers on Tuesday at 12.00 hours to all queries from readers regarding the earthquakes in El Hierro and possible underwater preerupción south of La Restinga. Since mid July, the island has seen more than 9,000 earthquakes. The higher intensity took place last Saturday and had a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale.

Juan Carlos Carracedo

1. MAY BE NOT A STROMBOLIAN TYPE OF ERUPTION HERE. OTHER ISAL AFFECTED?

"Unlikely. El Hierro is in the juvenile phase of growth that is characterized precisely by a very rapid development and basaltic volcanism predominantly through fissures and Strombolian.

2. Why has not sent any oceanographic ship to the area to look???, Knows if you go??? Sandra

"It would have been a better idea than others that have been followed."

3. Good morning, Juan Carlos. Is there a real chance that the Teide gets into a major eruption within a short period of time? A greeting and thanks.

"Volcanic eruptions can not be predicted. It's detected some time after process begins, as clearly seen in El Hierro. Sometimes even when the process (rise of magma) is on going, not necessarily resulting in an eruption

4. Is there a real possibility of eruption on the island? if so what magnitude and consequences entail?

"On what island??

5. Being aware that we are in a volcanic geological environment, why so surprised volcanological news? I've been several times in the Teide and have always been issuing their respective vents and hot gases ....¿ Why the press is so sensationalist and alarmist?

"With the excuse of "teaching" people volcanism, it is misinformation. Sometimes those who want to teach you should first learn before they do. Also passes ecology as a science, and some ecologists (non-organic) ...

6. Mr. Carracedo, do you consider that there is real risk that volcanic instability could spread to the land area of El Hierro or other Canary Islands?

"Very remote ... it is normal new vents open, but in the same area or nearby, and always underwater. In order to spread like with a reservoir the system needs to build up a large supply . Something similar happened in Lanzarote in 1730, but now it is very unlikely ...

7. Did you expect the area to send a robotic camera underwater eruption? Or you have to get French researchers, American, ... to find those pictures of possible submarine eruptive mouth and let the speculation.

"Well, send her ...

8. Buenos dias, will there be an eruption in the Teide?

"The last eruption of Teide was in the eighth century in the Middle Ages. There is a possibility, but remote. It is expected to be an eruption like the Chinyero (1909) and Nearby

10. tremor signals have increased, and begin to fluctuate, since the beginning, this means that an explosive eruption can happen in a few days?

"The confining pressure at that depth not only weackens explosions, but even the blistering ... bubbles even ...

11. Dr. Carracedo admire since my college days in geography, his wonderful way of explaining the phenomena of so clearly and accurately. But since then I doubt arises a huge and has widened even more in these days with the phenomenon. It is obvious that the Canarian population has no idea who lives in the territory of active volcanoes, and it's okay not to be. but the alarmism of the population compounded by the media concern me a lot. When will place special emphasis from early childhood education and major program on the communion of living on volcanic territory? The comments you hear on the street, that if catastrophe, if we get here, that if tsunami, if the island disappears, is the result of ignorance. Is not it time to educate ... advantage of this perfect setting (if it continues) ... Thanks and a hug from a fan

"What has happened since about 15 years is the constant barrage of alarmist and exaggerated ideas without scientific basis. It's just politics, from local institutions that see a bonanza volcanism alarmist political and economic ...

12. GREETINGS .. Sr.Carracedo, it is possible that this submarine volcano, may bring some kind of tsunami, and also increased the surface of iron?

"At that depth is impossible. The island will undoubtedly expand and has grown over the last million years ... long time (just human civilization has 6000 years) ...

13. Good morning! Sr. Carracedo: Am I going to buy the blanket for the christening of San Borondón as expected?. Do you think that "the area is giving birth to a heart?. Thanks, Jane

"Rather we can put in a granite ... and also that is not growing...

14. Good morning, Don Juan Carlos: No obvious differences have an eruption on land or sea, is there no added danger, if in the latter half, when the lava cooled rapidly and be subject to pressure from the sea? Does this create a blockage to the natural output and force other way?

"The islands are formed in the sea. Growing up just emerging. Then the most common are the submarine eruptions (90%). There is a "ridge" that goes around the Earth at the bottom of the ocean (over 70,000 km) which is a huge underwater volcano where a large volume of lava comes out.

15. because the Harbour Master of the boats away tenerife caution 4 miles and the chairman of the iron council authorizes near fisheries and divers to dive? and that about says it means a 1 km and other 600 meters. depth?

"There they ...

16. How about Don Juan, that earthquakes and eruption have any alleged connection with the CRATER OF THE DAUGHTERS which is located near the iron? and can not be excluded that this reactive to the nearby islands because both recent earthquakes are not normal, unless having so much technology out more into the light, greetings and thank you very much

"Hiojas LSAs is another different undersea volcano, 100 km away ...

17. Doctor Carracedo. You think the IGN has conducted a volcano monitoring appropriate to this crisis? Or is there a need create to create more resources and work together as Nemesio Perez claims?

"Nemesio Peresz is a disaster for these islands and volcanology. The IGN is a serious institution that has handled the crisis with skill and scientific rigor. NP "directed" the "crisis" of 2004, which was much lower than this and had no effect, and nearly wrecking the economy of Tenerife. He is a politician, not a scientist, and his support base is the political friends, not his scientific career (rather poor). Not even dare to stand for opposition ... as we have all done.

18. believes that the tremor lasted long already? if so can it announce a very strong eruption?

"The tremor indicates the gas come out and / or magma. For the duration of the eruption, with more or less intense phases ...

19. Are the islands of Gran Canaria in danger of a volcanic eruption?. If a volcano erupts in the sea can cause a tsunami affect us? .. Thank you very much

"The island of Gran Canaria is less likely. Island is a very old (over 14 million years). But the Guanches were eruptions (the Bandama) and there are a dozen m'ss in the Holocene (the last 12,000 years) ...

20. Would it be possible the birth of a new island, or increase the current?

"No, and growth is very small in terms of height and volume ...

21. Still think you are starting to laugh abroad?

"It's an expression that referred to the 105 firing cannons to kill rabbits ...

22. Buenos días.En Orotava some time ago in caves are coming out gases and steam from hot water. Is it possible you have an eruption at the Teide?

"This is another invention. Anyway there are many galleries gases because the island is degassed continuously. Esla is volcanically active and this is one of the demonstrations. Lo Benijos is a fumarole, is a cheese ... please!

23. Submarine eruption or not? is a prelude to an even higher ground? IGN that the mouth does not open?? Thanks

"Yes, there are underwater eruption and IGN has fulfilled its function perfectly. Those who have not heard too are some scientific advisors ...

24. Good afternoon: I have noticed that larger quakes occur about 15 km deep in the pine forest and SW that shallow Simos occur recently in the S EL PINAR. I gather that the submarine eruption is occurring in the S EL PINAR, but what about the SW area EL PINAR where earthquakes occur even deeper?. Thank you very much beforehand.

"Once the system has been opened through the eruptive vents, eruption will be located in that area (expected) with low swelling and low seismic activity felt . It has punctured the tire and the pressure has dropped. Good news because the danger has gone down almost completely.

25. Is it possible to know or estimate how long can it last erupt? ¿Suignifica this eruption we enter a "stage" or eruptive phase could be extended for example to La Palma?

"Weeks or months, like most recent episodes in de Canarias (less Timanfaya, which lasted years). This volcanic system has nothing to do with La Palma ...

26. enting the teidi tb may erupt? Diceman that when you wake up in the Canary Islands to be over with

"Nonsense. El Teide is a good father and the last time you had an eruption was in the Middle Ages ...

27. What are the most volcanically active islands and the least? Is there any activity in which can be considered extinct?. Thank you.

"Activity increases from east to west, with the exception of La Gomera, which has nearly 2 million inactive years. But we know that La Gomera is an island very special ... A hug to "gomeranos "....

randles

11th October 2011, 17:20

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233020

"Closed to shipping, fishing and diving in the vicinity of La Restinga

The Maritime Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has forbidden, for security reasons and due to seismic activity, sailing, fishing and diving in the vicinity of the tip of La Restinga, on the island of El Hierro.

This was reported in Madrid Directorate General of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Ministry of Interior.

The source explained that the exclusion zone is four nautical miles around the tip of La Restinga, and that the prohibition in this area also affects any sport or recreational activity.

According to Civil Protection, the seismic sensors have detected a strong oscillation (tremor) that has been felt by the population of La Restinga, a town south of the island, so we have proceeded to the evacuation of its 547 inhabitants.

The sources also pointed out that on the island are a total of ten soldiers of the EMU and seven vehicles (communications, transport buses for the people, ambulances, etc).

Moreover, the ship "Punta Salinas" has shifted to the port of Stake, where is now docked if necessary involvement."

Hervé

11th October 2011, 17:36

The red semaphore only applies to La Restinga and surroundings:

10444

randles

11th October 2011, 17:43

Thank You Amzer Zo !!!!!

LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS, THIS IS THEIR LIFE STUDY....

Thanks to Amzer Zo and Juan Carlos Carracedo

12. GREETINGS .. Sr.Carracedo, it is possible that this submarine volcano, may bring some kind of tsunami, and also increased the surface of iron?

"At that depth is impossible. The island will undoubtedly expand and has grown over the last million years ... long time (just human civilization has 6000 years) ...

Okay guys...now I know that it is a good offer...you know.... x 1 Survival book for 5$ or the bargain doom bucket price of 12$ for all three... But put your money away... there is LIFE to be had out there :)

¤=[Post Update]=¤

sorry about the html thingy...but I do not know how to do it any other way...;)

Bridey

11th October 2011, 19:04

http://www.avcan.org/?m=Animacion

This is an animation of the earthquakes since July. I just found it interesting, thought you would too. Take good care Randles.

Eric J (Viking)

11th October 2011, 19:10

Update here... is this true Randles?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0eI2lt3xc&feature=feedf

viking

randles

11th October 2011, 19:51

NO NO NO NO NO !!!

These youtube videos remind me of listening to a Jordan Maxwell interview on Red Ice Creations..

"when the people were asked do you want Jesus or Barabbas, they demanded Barabbas"

People don't necessarily want the truth when a lie is more attractive

WHY ARE PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DOOM ????
This is a natural event. N A T U R A L

Of course there are many things in this World that are not naural and are orchestrated...but this is NATURAL !!!

Update here... is this true Randles?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0eI2lt3xc&feature=feedf

viking

randles

11th October 2011, 19:56

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/

"SERGIO GUTIERREZ, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (11.10.2011. 20:37 pm)

The risk remains in the village of La Restinga, whose residents remain evacuated before the eruption process risk that approaches the coast, a magma that, given the enormous pressure of the water looking for somewhere to go out to the surface.

For this reason, the Steering Committee of the Specific Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Care for Volcanic Risk (Pevolca) has decided to keep displaced residents of La Restinga, while maintaining the signs that the eruption process is close to the coast .

This was highlighted at 19:00 am this Tuesday, October 11, the Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, at the headquarters of Cecoi Valverde.

The shift of about 500 residents of La Restinga, all resettled in the homes of relatives or friends in El Pinar, except about 48 foreign nationals who have been housed in the school residence Valverde, once adopted by the Geographic Institute Nacional (IGN) confirmed the increase in tremors that can be associated to a new eruptive mouth, bringing to light red volcanic high alert status for the specific area of La Restinga, on the island of El Hierro.

IGN's coach, Carmen Lopez, who appeared before the media, along with Juan Santana, president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Armas explained that he continues to study the seismic tremor and migration phenomenon with all the technical available and stay tuned for any changes, "because although the seismicity has declined significantly, can not rule out new moves," he said.

The head of the Surveillance Network Volcanic National Geographic Institute (IGN), Camen López, deCarta not, in this sense, further eruptions in El Hierro. Lopez believes that "if the signal had increased tremor, is consistent with what we're shuffling, which could have a second focus of eruption," he said.

However, Lopez wanted to reassure the public and stated that "we need to study the evolution of the phenomenon," he added.

For his part, Director General of Security and Emergency, Juan Manuel Santana, highlighted the exemplary behavior of the displaced residents, who have always followed the recommendations of the security forces and stressed that this process was carried out with total normal.

Among the security measures to ensure the safety of the population is the designation by the Maritime Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife maritime exclusion zone which is closed to shipping, fishing, diving, sports or recreation in the area within a radius of four nautical miles from the tip of La Restinga.

ROAD CLOSED FOR KEEPS RESTINGA AND END OF THE TUNNEL Roquille addition, the closing Pevolca been reported in both directions of the highway HI 4, Tacorón crossing and cutting maintenance access tunnel The Roquille.

In the task of relocating the affected people have worked two public transport vehicles and a Red Cross ambulance basic life support of the SUC, to transport people with mobility difficulties bound with family and school residence Valverde.

Also, the Red Cross has set up a hostel in the sports complex if necessary Valverde use, but for now has not been occupied"

Eric J (Viking)

11th October 2011, 20:07

White Rabbit

11th October 2011, 20:11

As I understand it, the residents of the area of La Restinga (a coastal community??) on El Hierro are being asked to evacuate only because of a possible interaction of the magma with the water?

It is not a gloom and doom scenario and we on the east coast of the US are not going to be swept away in a wave. I am very greatful to randles and Amzer Zo for keeping the information truthful and informative and more importantly respectful (as well as Amzer Zo's easy to understand format). Also correcting and addressing any misinformation that has been brought up.

There is a lot out there on various sites that some take as "fact" when indeed it is just noise through a bullhorn coated with grandiose speculation that totally warps any truth to the actual issues.

I must say that I am learning a lot about mother earth on this thread.... time for recess -- I think I'll go play red light green light ;) who's with me?

vibrations

11th October 2011, 20:15

Jesus Randles you're right. Sakurajima volcano i Japan is erupting for I don't know how many months now and didn't explode, there are dozens of eruption all over the world and normally (maybe Cracatoa) there are not such a movements as they would like to give to La Palma and now to Hierro. as it looks it would be natural for the normal behavior of lava to find an alternative exit to normalize pressure, but to split apart the island is just like " Elenin will end the world" and all this stuff. The guy in the video is using maybe Google translator which is real s...t and even following all the official channels you can not judge what is it and what is not. I believe that extensive solar activity help the tectonic events to occur, so what, we came here to see this fiesta of the end of the old generation. So some fireworks is quite ok.

randles

11th October 2011, 20:49

Me !!
I want to play :)

As I understand it, the residents of the area of La Restinga (a coastal community??) on El Hierro are being asked to evacuate only because of a possible interaction of the magma with the water?

It is not a gloom and doom scenario and we on the east coast of the US are not going to be swept away in a wave. I am very greatful to randles and Amzer Zo for keeping the information truthful and informative and more importantly respectful (as well as Amzer Zo's easy to understand format). Also correcting and addressing any misinformation that has been brought up.

There is a lot out there on various sites that some take as "fact" when indeed it is just noise through a bullhorn coated with grandiose speculation that totally warps any truth to the actual issues.

I must say that I am learning a lot about mother earth on this thread.... time for recess -- I think I'll go play red light green light ;) who's with me?

randles

11th October 2011, 21:47

Hello Viking :)
Dear Viking, it was Not your question that evoked my reply...
I could not believe my hears when I clicked 'play'.....you see, earlier in the day (my day) I had laid out press releases by Press El Hierro, that the villagers WERE being moved to a football field. In essence...to higher ground.
you see, for the most part, our Islands are Not Flat. We either live on the coast, or villages sprinkled in the lower mountains built up around Volcanic Cones. Here on my Island, Tenerife, it is quite 'steep'....Yet, when you sail out to sea and look upon her and sail further towards the horizon....and then look back, she looks flat, with just Mt Teide forming a Triangle rising up from the sea. For the most part, populated areas on the coast are buillt in flat areas. Not all coastal areas are habited. It is just simply too ..rugged. So, if there are problems with the seas, it is always sensible to raise to higher ground.
However,
The eruption is still confirmed as 4 Nautical Miles out to sea. And there is an exlusion zone that was compounded today.

Looking at this from all sides, I would ask you to look at some videos that I posted on this thread about El Hierro, giving all an insight into the people and their concept of life.
El Hierro is THE most layed back place you can imagine. The ecology of the Island is of prime importance. ALL crops are grown Without Pesticides..The Tourism Board invested in constructing 'walking paths' rather than building Hotels etc. And I can guarantee that there are any people born on that Island that are probably as old as you and me put together that have NEVER EVER left the Island. Why should they ? What for ? They grow their own food, bake their own bread, feel the sun on their backs, and watch the beautiful sunsets all of their lives. They are also pioneering the worlds first hydro and wind FREE ENERGY project, integrating into this Water Salianation for domestic and comercial use. This means that instead of paying a private company for their utility bills, they pay the governing body there, which is independant to the people.
The Cabildo of El Hierro will know their people. They understand the peoples of their towns and villages, the bond of villagers is very strong, and the Canarian people are loving and kind. God and Family. Thats all they need. God and Family and maybe a little bit of Gofio as well :) The Cabildo are looking after their people. And even though the eruption is confirmed at this moment as 4 Nautical Miles out to sea........ ..... How would that affect any of us.. So, tonight they are camping. There will be talk, and laughter, beer and food, care and attention, tears and anxiety. We are only Human.

But...

The one thing that I fail to understand on any level is WHY these vidoes from You Tube always always always,...give it the Doom approach.
Most of these 'posters' have a video bank full of ...whatever....each one announcing that we should Wake Up, or Go out there and do something...or...
Each time I shake my head .....
which brings me full circle to my misinterpretation of Your question...

Each time I shake my head because.... many years ago, somebody very close to me who could not answer alll the questions that I was throwing their way...of the whys' and the hows' of this world...simply said.... Go and look at Bob Dean. There is your start.
And I did....
quite some time later, I found Bill and Kerrys videos. My soul enjoyed them very much :)
And what did I learn?
I learned that Yes, I do need to be AWARE of things in this world Politically, Historically and how that affects the food that we eat, the air that we breathe, the 'medicine' that we take when we are feeling poorly,
But what I learned most was that I Was Awake, my inner me. It was my inner me that was asking all of the questions. The answers come from within....I discover my inner self and my own abilities more and more each day. That is why I fail to understand why people whom claim to be Awake like these YouTube posters are only Awake to portray and present a natural unfolding historical event on the conjecture of an ensuing Armageddon,, then Simon Days documentary is thrown in their as if to say 'see...see what is going to happen'

All I know is that fear breeds fear. And as our Consciousnesses are changing and developing and more people are Waking up, this is a terrible way to inject that element of fear.
We are Eternal. We are having one hell of an experience here on this Earth, at this Time, ..but.. we are eternal. Its just that not all of us 'get' that yet.

Thank You Viking, and I am sorry for the long reply, but I am just back from work, it is almost 11pm and I felt that I owed you an explanation..

NO NO NO NO NO !!!

These youtube videos remind me of listening to a Jordan Maxwell interview on Red Ice Creations..

"when the people were asked do you want Jesus or Barabbas, they demanded Barabbas"

People don't necessarily want the truth when a lie is more attractive

WHY ARE PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DOOM ????
This is a natural event. N A T U R A L

Of course there are many things in this World that are not naural and are orchestrated...but this is NATURAL !!!

Update here... is this true Randles?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0eI2lt3xc&feature=feedf

viking

I think you mis interpreted my question ...

Perhaps I should of been a little more clear...

I meant are they actively evacuating now???

Its a little clearer now anyway, no worries and be well...

viking

Hervé

11th October 2011, 22:07

Me think Polly is enjoying long sighs of relief... :)

... and until someone sends a crew down there to check what's happening or the sea of Calm starts to smoke, it's all speculations and we have enough of those... :thank_you2:

randles

11th October 2011, 22:28

I believe that we have been privy to an Historical experience of being able to 'track' Polly. We don't know exactly where she came from, as Lava is fluid, but the 'age of today's' accessibility of information has given us the unique perspective as being able to follow her. And in turn we have All received an Education. We will just have to learn to 'bend and stretch' with Mother Earth whilst she creaks and groans away like Whalesong in the Seas, and accept that sometimes, just sometimes, when we repeat to ourselves 'nothing is ever as it seems', we should take into account that This Includes that Not All 'Disasters' Are Premeditated, and that the Sea Monster is not necessarily going to eat us whilst we sleep :)
Enjoy the moment, and remember to repeat History that we learn to our own children with clarity and truth, when the time comes.

p.s. Your post the other night about the Islands here... :) yes :) and yes :) after all 40,000 people can't be wrong, if you know where to find it, of course :)

Jesus Randles you're right. Sakurajima volcano i Japan is erupting for I don't know how many months now and didn't explode, there are dozens of eruption all over the world and normally (maybe Cracatoa) there are not such a movements as they would like to give to La Palma and now to Hierro. as it looks it would be natural for the normal behavior of lava to find an alternative exit to normalize pressure, but to split apart the island is just like " Elenin will end the world" and all this stuff. The guy in the video is using maybe Google translator which is real s...t and even following all the official channels you can not judge what is it and what is not. I believe that extensive solar activity help the tectonic events to occur, so what, we came here to see this fiesta of the end of the old generation. So some fireworks is quite ok.

randles

11th October 2011, 22:32

Hang on,,.. give me a minute....using my Spider Sense...

Yes.. I can confirm...... that there is now complete chaos at the Camp Site due to the Robertos Cousins Dog knocking over an open tin of beer.....twice.....

Me think Polly is enjoying long sighs of relief... :)

... and until someone sends a crew down there to check what's happening or the sea of Calm starts to smoke, it's all speculations and we have enough of those... :thank_you2:

vibrations

11th October 2011, 22:41

Being with Canary people, is for me a warm feeling, their calm and inner knowledge is admirable. Also the sense of humor. In a remote village in La Palma, in a bar, the men were laughing to a villager who was surprised when he was fishing, with the close by pass of an enormous cigar shaped object. The reason why they were joking about him was "he is always scared when he see them" and the normal behavior in a village is "a, ok, it's just an OVNI" (UFO in Spanish). Seeing and living their energy there I started to understand that this people were not making some MUFON about it, they just accepted it for me this is the way how they deal with a problems. Calm and wise. I personally think that nothing terrible will happen to this islands in a next centuries.

crested-duck

11th October 2011, 23:14

It is truely a wonderful and fulfilling experience when many souls come together and share and learn real truths as a collective effort. Thanks for keeping up with this thread.

randles

11th October 2011, 23:36

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/

"The address rising PEVOCA volcanic red traffic light for the La Restinga

The Steering Committee of the Specific Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Care for Volcanic Risk (PEVOLCA) has decided to increase the traffic lights turn red volcanic risk (stage 1 of 4), which means we entered the emergency phase, situation high alert to the specific area of La Restinga, on the island of El Hierro. The Minister of Economy, Finance and Security, Javier Gonzalez Ortiz, has been put in charge of the Situation Room at the Center Coordinator of Security and Emergency 1-1-2 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, while the Director of Security and Emergency follows the evolution of this situation from the CECOI Valverde

This decision was taken based on the report of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) issued at 13:20 hours which reported on vibration felt in La Restinga, which are attributed to being closer to the ground causing the phenomenon.

This process, given the decline in the depth, can cause an explosion surtseyanas due to the interaction of magma with water. Given this fact it has been decided as a precautionary measure, alienating the population of the coast of La Restinga and concentrate on the football field, which enabled the meeting point in the action plan that has been previously spread among neighbors."

randles

11th October 2011, 23:54

Goodnight Avalon :)

I will leave you with the latest post from Prensa Hierro.

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/

"The president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Weapons will be interviewed from 8:30 am in the morning."

Hervé

12th October 2011, 01:23

Most notable event:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-12_14-15.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-12.jpg

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

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-12_sp.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

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

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they remain in the El Julan Sea of Calm:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

5thDimension

12th October 2011, 04:58

Love & Light to you Sis and your daughter! I will hold you in my focus! And please keep your focus as well!!! Keep us updated (as best you can).

Sending you loads of love Sis!!!

randles

12th October 2011, 07:47

Good Morning Avalon, what a beautiful day :)

No press releases as yet until after the Cabildo have adjourned their meeting this morning which started at 8am

randles

12th October 2011, 08:42

Still waiting for the official press release, this is from rtve.es... there is also a sound clip available on this link of the radio interview

http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20111012/gobierno-canarias-herrenos-deben-comprender-medidas-no-son-gratuitas-sino-seguridad/467797.shtml

"The Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Manuel Santana, has tried to reassure the inhabitants of El Hierro and asked them to understand that measures such as eviction from the fishing village of La Restinga, the area closest to the point where can produce the volcanic eruption, "do not take for free, but for their safety."

Santana, interviewed on the Radio, explained that on the first night after the evacuation of the town, the majority of its approximately 500 residents have stayed in other second homes or with relatives on the island, while 68-mainly tourists - have spent in a residential school and 18 in a sports Valverde.

The security canary recognized the "hassle" which means to break the routine for citizens and also for the traders involved, but insisted that "we try to avoid the risk" to safety.

Although he has confidence that we can "normalize" the lives of the islanders "as soon as possible," acknowledged that "one can not know" how long to remain evacuated the village of La Restinga because scientists can not delilmitar last time the eruptive process.

The PVOLCA decided on Tuesday to order the red light volcanic risk in the area of La Restinga to the possibility of a second eruption near the coast than the first which took place on Monday morning about 5 miles and about 1,000 meters depth.
Media available

On the security device deployed in El Hierro, the Director General of Security and Emergency explained that there are over 200 people working, including health personnel, the Emergency Military Unit (UME), Civil Defence, Police and Civil Guard, among other effects .

Indeed, the Government of Spain to the Canary Islands last night offered all forms of the state administration necessary to deal with the situation created, according to the expressed José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to the head of the regional government, Paulino Rivero, in several discussions in the Tuesday afternoon, reported the delegate of the central executive in the islands, Dominica Fernandez.

The delegate has asked the public tranquility El Hierro and added that he does not believe that "the Government of Spain has to take care of the situation, it will not reach a level 4 warning," the most serious of the stages envisaged in civil protection plans once declared a red light volcanic risk. In fact, he recalled that "the technicians say that if there is an eruption, it will be quiet."
Several earthquakes recorded

Just since this morning the National Geographic Institute (IGN) has recorded four earthquakes in the island with a magnitude between 1.8 and 2.4 degrees on the Richter scale and none of them has been felt by the population.

Since most of the evac from the village of La Restinga, the Ministry of Tourism of El Hierro announced Wednesday they will seek a new relocation to the island's resort hotels, sources with the insular corporation.

This Wednesday is expected that the President of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, El Hierro attend the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Health and Safety Plan for Volcanic Islands (PVOLCA) and the scientists will analyze the evolution of this process volcanic."

randles

12th October 2011, 08:49

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233073

"18 Civil Guards on Wednesday joined the contingent moved to El Hierro"

"

As reported by the Government Office in a statement, so far the central government has moved to El Hierro 56 people, including scientists, technicians, civil guards, members of the Marine Rescue and soldiers of the Military Emergency Unit (UME).

For two weeks, the EMU has in El Hierro with a contingent of 25 troops, supported by six trucks, a communications vehicle, four buses to transport citizens if necessary equipment and power generation.

In turn, Salvage has moved to port Stakes three boats: the "Punta Salinas", with twelve crew members, the "Salvamar Adhara" with three, and the "Lima Sierra" with two.

For its part, the Civil Guard has moved proactively to El Hierro to 30 agents (who will join with immediate effect other 18), seven-terrain vehicles, a rubber dinghy from eleven meters long, five diving equipment and facilities Telecommunications

If necessary, the Civil Guard is ready to move to the island a hundred troops."

randles

12th October 2011, 09:12

Here can be found a 26 minute report from rtve.es
............... here you will find the people of ElHierro, and how they are living WITH Polly and learning to carry on their wonderful lives :)
Beautiful Beautiful People.... YOU DO NOT need the language skills to 'read' these people !

I am reallly sorry that I cannot embed this video,..

Done it now...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3R0io9tk-8

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/repor/repor-hierro-esperando-volcan/1221270/

"Repor - El Hierro, waiting for the volcano
October 12, 2011

For many years it has been forgotten, silent and away from all but a few days ago the island of El Hierro has become the center of global atenciñn the possibility that a volcano unleashes its power. Scientists, reporters and the occasional curious these days come to El Hierro to see the hypothetical scenario of a volcanic eruption. But how the islanders live this state of alarm?"

randles

12th October 2011, 10:16

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233099

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110/233099-1p.jpg

"A total of 78 people slept Wednesday night at the Residence Valverde School after being evicted from the village of La Rerstinga, decreed maximum alert after risk of volcanic eruption. Of these, 31 are tourists (9 English, 6 Germans, 2 French and the rest, Spanish) were spending their holidays especially diving. This group has had to spend the night in this public building waiting for the Ministry of Tourism of El Hierro Cabildo got them accommodation in hotels and apartments on the island. Also, is managing the transfer and accommodation at hotel complexes on other islands if the tourists prefer to go out of El Hierro.

According to the President of the Corporation insular Alpidio Armas, the situation "has not changed and the records are similar to those of yesterday so the alert level as we continue to maintain and rash may occur in the same way." Advanced weapons that after the meeting to be held today at 11.00 hours on presdiente Government, Paulino Rivero and other security members and scientists, will take "decisions, but what we are going to do is to let in La Restinga one person per family accompanied only plan of the Red Cross and Civil Guard, to pick up clothes, medicine and feed the animals. "Dive centers also have applied to enter the village to reorganize the groups that were scheduled to arrive to El Hierro on Wednesday and Thursday.

Many of the tourists who are on the island have already left their respective places of origin, as well as during the morning a large number of residents of La Restinga acomiodando have been a second home located in other towns or relatives."

randles

12th October 2011, 10:25

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233097

"The National Geographic Institute (IGN) has recorded five earthquakes Wednesday low intensity, with the largest magnitude of 2.4 degrees on the Richter scale, and after yesterday rising to red light volcanic risk in the area La Restinga.

The movement of 2.4 degrees was detected at 03.33 hours about 18 miles deep. The last record was registered at 08.06 hours and reached 2.2 degrees. Both in the municipality of El Pinar. The last earthquake felt by the population was recorded at 16.45 hours on Tuesday and added 2.7 magnitude on the Richter scale."

randles

12th October 2011, 10:58

At the moment The Pevolca is meeting in Valverde. Prensa El Hierro will complete a report after the meeting, which began at 11:00 hours.

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/65(23).jpg&Width=635&Height=186,53125&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

"- I'm from La Restinga

It was sudden, unexpected, a nightmare that began in the morning and no one knows, for now, when it ends. The residents of La Restinga is found, surprisingly, with an emergency before your eyes.

Sergio Gutierrez, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (10.12.2011. 11:21 pm)

The huge moon that shone in the sky last night of El Hierro seemed sadder than ever, beautiful, but painful, such as inert. And the eternal sea that daily ply the seasoned sailors left alone, absent, dead.

La Restinga is empty, is a people without sailors, whose ships have ceased to operate until who knows when. Fishing gear hanging on the walls and steep streets and alleys have been left empty. Silence, like a hot iron through the village from one place to another causing a painful wound difficult to heal.

And the 500 residents of this town south of El Hierro, born between lava, now fleeing from it, as terrified by the uncertainty of not knowing what will happen tomorrow or tonight. This is Mother Nature, so beautiful and unpredictable, so ductile and at the same time, implacable, feared and appreciated, clearly inexorable.

It was sudden, unexpected, a nightmare that began in the morning and no one knows, for now, when it ends. The residents of La Restinga is found, surprisingly, with an emergency before your eyes.

Everyone had to leave home and go to the meeting point, the football field, so of course, attend. The evolution of the earthquake that roars just 5 kilometers from the town threatened to get too close to the coast. The spot where magma seeks out and is feared to be too close to town. Therefore, and as a precautionary measure it was decided to transfer him.

Except about 48 tourists, who have been relocated to the residence of Valverde, the entire village of La Restinga is found in homes of relatives and friends, especially in El Pinar, a town that has opened its doors wide and welcomed them with open arms, seem less problems together.

Serenity (within the pain, uncertainty and fear on their faces) of this village has been praised by the president of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, who on the day of the eruption underwater expressed appreciation to the inhabitants of the island " at all times maintain the serenity and tranquility, "although" not easy "in situations like this have the behavior as" exemplary "they have shown.

Words that are repeated again and again the President of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, who noted, also, the behavior "exemplary" of people evacuated, and by the Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Santana, who found the magnificent behavior of displaced residents, "who have always followed the recommendations of the security forces", which led to the evacuation process, "was carried out as normal."

And, although this unique coastal enclave now looks like a ghost town, empty, lost, as absent inhabitants are not alone, a whole island is with them, at his side. Today, we are all El Hierro de La Restinga.

Published this Wednesday, October 12, the paper edition DAILY NOTICES."

¤=[Post Update]=¤

And ... Dear El Hierro,... Avalon is with you Too !!

randles

12th October 2011, 12:03

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233111

"The authorities have ordered the transfer of all of the boats and recreational fishing both are docked at the pier of La Restinga to the stake, in order that they can continue their activity."

randles

12th October 2011, 12:07

"The Prime Minister, Paulino Rivero, has invited the El Hierro population to continue to maintain calm in a situation of "uncertainty" that lives on the island since it was decreed maximum alert eruption. Currently there are no data to suggest changes. The Government is in the area include a boat with an underwater robot to get data.

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233112

Sources from the National Geographic Institute of tremor intensity is equal but "people felt yesterday, on Wednesday have not noticed." The evolution of the phenomenon is in his opinion "unknown and therefore unpredictable," and it is unknown what the weather will last aa. Still, he said that the previous signaling fenómenio continue, as it did with the greatest sense earthquakes before the eruption."

randles

12th October 2011, 12:23

The latest Official Press Release

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/4500.jpg&Width=635&Height=197,64375&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

"El Hierro is kept in suspense about the risk of a volcanic eruption and the Government calls for calm

President of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, said that''there is no accurate data on the reorientation of the magma.''
The 400 people remain displaced La Restinga, although the authorities have allowed a person for each of the families to return home Wednesday to collect personal belongings.

Sergio Gutierrez, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (10.12.2011. 13:12 hours

President of the Canary Islands. Paulino Rivero, on Wednesday asked the people of El Hierro to continue to maintain calm in the situation of "uncertainty" that lives on the island since it was decreed maximum alert for volcanic eruption on La Restinga.

At the press conference Wednesday at the Plenary Hall of the City Council of El Hierro after the meeting of Pevolca, Rivero said the situation in El Hierro "remains the same" and said "there is no accurate data on the reorientation of the magma "which remains the same as in the last hours.

Rivero appeared before the media in the hall of the Cabildo de El Hierro accompanied by the government delegate in the Canary Islands, Dominica Fernández, the Minister of Safety and Emergency Canary Government, Javier González Ortiz, president of the Cabildo Iron Alpidio Arms and the other authorities of El Hierro and technical IGN.

Also, Rivero confirmed that the Government of the Canary Islands area studies incorporate a boat with an underwater robot to learn more about the eruption.

Thus, the situation on the island of El Hierro remains the same as on Tuesday, and 400 people displaced from La Restinga not know when they will return to their homes.

On Wednesday, the authorities have decided to allow one person per each of the families displaced from La Restinga can return to their homes today to collect personal belongings, because until this time is unknown how long they will stay out of their homes.

Those affected can not go on their own but have to wait to be transported and escorted by members of Civil Defense and Red Cross.

NOTE FROM THE PAST WITH PINE 400 inhabitants About 400 people displaced from La Restinga is found in the village of El Pinar has seen an increase in population in just a few hours. For this reason, as explained during the press conference the president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Weapons were opened on Wednesday, Day of Pilar, supermarkets, shops, bars and restaurants in town.

Arms confirmed that the situation in El Pinar "is controlled and the problems that arise by solving go on the fly," he said.

Armas added that "there is absolute availability by us and by the mayor of El Pinar and their own neighbors," he said. "Any matter that will appear will go by solving on the fly, because obviously there are more people and that demand for extra services, "added the President Hierro."

White Rabbit

12th October 2011, 12:45

randles

12th October 2011, 13:52

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233128

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110/233128-1p.jpg

"President of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, wanted to convey the tranquility on the island of El Hierro in spite of the volcanic crisis , whilst taking a beer in a bar in the company of other authorities, the president of the Cabildo El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, the mayor of El Pinar, Juan Miguel Padron and Herreño Association spokeswoman Independent, Isabel Allende.

To be more precise, the photo to remember the president of 'stems' in El Hierro was taken just after 14.00 hours in the bar Liars. Not many people were there because they were having lunch."

:) Beer and Tapas...

randles

12th October 2011, 15:01

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/11111(22).jpg&Width=246&Height=267&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

" ''The eruption is in progress''

The director of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the Canary Islands, José María Blanco, said that there is less vibration felt in La Restinga, but has to be studied over time. This called for officials to attend and that the organization is transparent. ''The eruption is in progress,''he confirmed.

DIARIOELHIERRO.ES, writing (10.12.2011. 15:06 pm)

The director of the National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the Canary Islands, Maria Jose Blanco said Wednesday in Valverde, about the 'bulge' of the island, which has been a change in trend. "Before there was inflation and now deflation," he said to insist that the trend will be necessary to see the next few hours and that this "is consistent with the current eruptive process."

White noted that there is less vibration felt in La Restinga, but has to be studied over time. This called for officials to attend and that the organization is transparent. "The eruption is in progress," he confirmed.

PRAISE THE BEHAVIOR RIVERO the islanders

On the other hand, the president of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, Valverde admitted Wednesday in the "magnificent performance" of the citizens of El Hierro and La Restinga namely, "to follow faithfully and calmly directed the authorities working to ensure their safety, "he said.

Executive President also thanked the collaboration between government and the work of the media, who recalled that official information is transmitted only through the Cabinet Information provided for this purpose.

Paulino Rivero also announced that management is considering plan to make available alternative means for scientists to help study more closely the situation such as a boat with sonar that can identify the area of volcanic phenomena.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AT SEA

Among the security measures to ensure the safety of the population remains the designation by the Maritime Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife maritime exclusion zone which is closed to shipping, fishing, diving, sports or recreation in the area within a radius of four nautical miles from the tip of La Restinga.

Further, it remains closed in both directions road HI 4, Tacorón crossing and access tunnels Roquille.

Finally, people displaced during the day yesterday in the area of La Restinga remain relocated to other homes or homes of relatives, while the rest, most tourists remain in the residence Valverde School and the Municipal Sports Pavilion."

randles

12th October 2011, 15:40

Here are some vidoes courtesy of rtv.es showing yesterdays relocation of la Restinga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU5T9lC3y7Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFibwx_yi3g

Hervé

12th October 2011, 16:21

The whistling got toned down right then:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-12_14-15_sp.jpg

randles

12th October 2011, 16:29

http://www.canarias7.es/articulo.cfm?id=233150

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110/233150-1p.jpg

"Tremors in the house of beaked whales

The area is home trembles beaked whales. The site chosen for the magma to escape the heart of the Earth is one of the most important places of the Canary Islands for this type of elusive whales and undoubtedly one of the most concentrated areas of beaked whales coast around the globe.

These animals were known by the canaries when their bodies were found floating dead off the coast of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote as a result of various military exercises.

The conditions for these mammals are deep habits in La Restinga, idyllic: where to dive deep to feed and a nearby coast to seek shelter and grow their young. Therefore, researchers have identified two distinct families living on a regular basis in this area: the Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) and the Gervais beaked whale (Mesoplodon europeaus).

The importance of this place attests to the research biologist Natacha Aguilar by de Soto in front of the University of La Laguna and in collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts (USA) and University of Aarhus (Denmark).

This group was able to make several beaked whales with digital markings, attached to his body by suction cups to help you discover for the first time diving patterns of whales. Also in the waters of El Hierro was recorded for the first time the song of these animals.

Scientists estimate that the resident population of beaked whales in the area of La Restinga could be around 140 copies, although some experts believe they may have emigrated as a result of earthquakes. So believes the president of the Society for the Study of Cetaceans in the Canary Islands (SECAC), Vidal Martin, who said yesterday that "the volcanic activity is sufficient cause to go and it is possible that these phenomena affect their distribution."

The specialist canary, which has just joined the group of marine experts from the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs of Spain, says that in the area of El Hierro affected by volcanic activity is also important for the presence of other cetaceans as whales and dolphins, but recalls that "there really interesting are the beaked whale populations."

The same view is Manolo Carrillo, Tenerife Conservation, who stated that "it is one of the few points where you can see with some frequency and beaked whales off the coast due to the great depth there."

From a theoretical perspective, earthquakes can also refute a theory under discussion that points to this type of situation as the cause of death of cetaceans.

Professor of Pathology at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Antonio Fernández, points in this direction. "Without saying that" he explains, "what is clear is that there has been a significant number of earthquakes and has not detected the stranding of any animal, nor have seen any floating dead."

Sharks and humpback

The waters of calms are also where some species of shark in depth, as the Sardinian or SolRayo (Odontaspis ferox) sporadically comes to give birth. Although their presence has been identified on a few occasions, in all cases it was of pregnant females. This type of shark can grow to four meters in length and they weigh about 300 kilos.

But is that also this part of El Hierro has also the honor of being the first in the Canary Islands which was a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), according to Manolo Carrillo, Tenerife Conservation. The humpback is a giant of the sea with 17 meters long and nearly 40,000 kilos."

¤=[Post Update]=¤

The whistling got toned down....

Is that like taking the steam kettle off the Stove ????

¤=[Post Update]=¤

But what does that mean... has someone taken the Kettle off of the Stove ??

The whistling got toned down right then:

Hervé

12th October 2011, 16:33

[...]

"... so the alert level as we continue to maintain and rash may occur in the same way." Advanced weapons that after the meeting...

[...]

Trusting AIs like Google Translate would get us in WW III in no time... :P

A long way from: "...so we continue to maintain the alert level as an[other] eruption may occur in the same way." Suggested [Alpidio] Armas after the meeting...

Bridey

12th October 2011, 16:35

Ha!! I was thinking just that Zo!! I was assuming the translation was way off. hahah!!!!

Good thing that the activity seems to be dying down eh?

Have a good day Zo and Randles.....take care

Hervé

12th October 2011, 16:38

¤=[Post Update]=¤

[/COLOR]The whistling got toned down....

Is that like taking the steam kettle off the Stove ????

That, or that the vent got larger... bigger organ pipe being blown through...

¤=[Post Update]=¤

But what does that mean... has someone taken the Kettle off of the Stove ??

The whistling got toned down right then:

That, or Polly got herself a roomier outlet...

randles

12th October 2011, 16:48

:cool:
:cheer2:
:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

[...]

"... so the alert level as we continue to maintain and rash may occur in the same way." Advanced weapons that after the meeting...

[...]

Trusting AIs like Google Translate would get us in WW III in no time... :P

A long way from: "...so we continue to maintain the alert level as an[other] eruption may occur in the same way." Suggested [Alpidio] Armas after the meeting...

Hervé

12th October 2011, 17:23

Now, this is interesting:

Canarias7.es / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
[...]

The director of the National Geographic Institugo, Maria Jose Blanco, also said at a news conference that the intensity of tremor remains the same and "not being felt by the population," although she added that on Tuesday, the day of the evacuation of La Restinga, "if you had put a glass of water on the floor you would have seen the surface vibrating. Today we did the same and the water was not moving," she said, as an example.

[...]

Must have been after 2:30 pm GMT.

For those of you who saw and remember "The China Syndrome" movie with Jane Fonda... it all started from the vibrations observed... earthquake or malfunction...

randles

12th October 2011, 17:51

I quite liked Jayne Fonda,...
and I just googled china syndrome...
but I am a little ...shall we say confused...
Please help my tiny mind :)
Now, this is interesting:

Canarias7.es / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
[...]

The director of the National Geographic Institugo, Maria Jose Blanco, also said at a news conference that the intensity of tremor remains the same and "not being felt by the population," although she added that on Tuesday, the day of the evacuation of La Restinga, "if you had put a glass of water on the floor you would have seen the surface vibrating. Today we did the same and the water was not moving," she said, as an example.

[...]

Must have been after 2:30 pm GMT.

For those of you who saw and remember "The China Syndrome" movie with Jane Fonda... it all started from the vibrations observed... earthquake or malfunction...

Hervé

12th October 2011, 18:04

La intensidad del tremor se reduce, pero vuleve a intensificarse
R.R. / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110//233172-3g.jpg

The tremor frequency band has been reduced significantly. This indicates that the volcanic phenomena energy has relaxed on the island of El Hierro. But about four in the afternoon it began to re-intensify.

The reduction of the band is "not bad", Jose Maria Blanco, director of IGN in the Canaries and Carmen Lopez, a technician at the institute, said this afternoon, when questioned by this newspaper.

Both experts were scheduled to ship this afternoon to La Restinga and observe the phenomenon at sea.

The tremor, which is continuous but not felt by the population, began in the early hours of Sunday to Monday; is an indication of the status of the magma.

This is the first time in two days that the intensity of the tremor cut down.

Hervé

12th October 2011, 18:15

randles

12th October 2011, 18:52

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/

"The magma finds its way into the sea of La Restinga

SERGIO GUTIERREZ, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (10.12.2011. 19:42 pm)

The Director of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Manuel Santana, confirmed at 19:00 pm on Wednesday in Valverde a team of scientists from the National Geographic Institute (IGN) has traveled the coast of La Restinga has discovered existence of two magma spots two and one mile southwest of La Restinga, with a strong sulfur odor.

These stains confirm the existence of a volcanic eruption that is having on the seabed southwest of La Restinga, with two entrances located at 750 and 500 meters deep, which is releasing magma. Along with these patches have been found dead fish stocks, said Santana.

Also, Santana said people displaced from their homes must remain still out of La Restinga, "to the data analysis to make the technicians in the coming hours."

It is within the danger that a volcanic eruption can have the best possible scenario. For the director of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands is "good news" as he said, "if you have to have a rash that is soon."

On a possible eruption on land (the two foci are detected at sea), Juan Santana said, "we will have to wait for the scientific analysis of data recently collected," he added."

Hervé

12th October 2011, 18:56

Found: dead fish, smell of sulfur and green spots confirming two eruption spots
EFE / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

The scientific teams working at sea on the island of El Hierro have found this afternoon two spots with strong sulfur smell and dead fish southwest of Punta Restinga, the first at half mile off the coast and the second at two miles, as reported by the Canarian Government.

In an appearance at a press conference in Valverde, Director of Security and Emergency Canaries, Juan Manuel Santana, said that these two spots confirmed two outbreaks of volcanic eruption, a 750 meters deep and two miles away and another 500 meters under the sea, one and half mile away.

Santana has indicated that these two sources are consistent with the seismic graphs showing the last hours, showing a reduction in tremor (continuous tremor characteristic that the magma produces on its way to the surface), indicating a reduction in the pressure of magma underground.

Hervé

12th October 2011, 20:32

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/p3/7579.jpg?2104
The circle marks the place where the green spots are. / Photo: Arcadio Suarez

Found: dead fish, smell of sulfur and green spots confirming two vents
EFE / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Update

The scientific teams working on the island of El Hierro have found this afternoon two spots at sea with strong sulfur smell and dead fish southwest of Punta Restinga, which confirms a new volcanic eruption at less distance and depth than the one which occurred last Monday.

In an appearance at a press conference in Valverde, Director of Security and Emergency Canaries, Juan Manuel Santana, said that these two spots confirmed two outbreaks of volcanic eruption, one at a depth of 750 meters and two miles (3.2 km) away from the coast and another 500 meters under the sea and one and a half mile (2.7km) from Punta Restinga.

Santana has indicated that these two sources are consistent with the seismic graphs showing the last hours, indicating a reduction in tremor (continuous characteristic tremor that the magma produces on its way to the surface), indicating a reduction in the pressure of magma underground.

The director has commented that although there is usually correlation between both parameters and it is also possible that, depending on system pressure, the tremor decreases or conversely increases.

He reminded that the technicians have explained that the volcanic phenomenon occurring in El Hierro is the fissure type and can have several eruptive outlets, which coincides with the observation made today by the National Geological technicians, which indicated an eruption the first recorded nearest the coast early on Monday (initially located five kilometers from the coast and 1,000 feet deep).

Santana has stated that the evolution of this phenomenon will determine if magma pressures are reduced or increased and stated that with regard to the return to their homes of the residents of La Restinga, for now, will depend on the scientists evaluation of the data obtained and will make their decision following protective measures based on these.

The Director General of Security and Emergency Canary Islands Government added that this is "good news" and confirmed the eruptions at sea which is the best possible scenario in its handling.

He added that the reduced magma pressure should also decrease earthquakes and has announced that it has asked the ship's Marine Science Institute to collect samples.

He clarified that this does not change the safety perimeter for the practice of fishing or diving, while on the re-opening of The Roquille tunnel, which connects Frontera to Valverde, he suggested that the decision will depend on what scientists report regarding volcanic risk reduction

Hervé

12th October 2011, 20:53

Me thinks that Polly is getting skilled at pulling the stops of that gigantic organ...

There's that green stuff:

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/p3/7581.jpg?2152

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/p3/7583.jpg

randles

12th October 2011, 21:15

Is that,...
Is that,..
Could that Possibly be ,...

Polly??????

:baby:

Me thinks that Polly is getting skilled at pulling the stops of that gigantic organ...

There's that green stuff:

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/p3/7581.jpg?2152

Hervé

12th October 2011, 21:19

I don't think so... but most probably one of the first smelly vomits... :baby: :bad:

randles

12th October 2011, 21:32

:cool: That is so disgustingly wonderful, in a weird kind of way :cool:

I don't think so... but most probably one of the first smelly vomits... :baby: :bad:

And here is Evening News... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0OtWNS0CuU

Hervé

12th October 2011, 22:15

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110//233229-1g.jpg

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110//233229-2g.jpg
Collected pyroclastic submarine samples from El Hierro
Canarias7 / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

The output of magma beneath the waters near La Restinga onto the seafloor released the first pyroclasts that, at first glance, look like marbled chocolate-vanilla sundae.

On the night of Wednesday in a press conference held at Valverde, the experts of the National Geographic Institute showed some of the pyroclasts collected about two miles from La Restinga.

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/2222222(1).JPG&Width=635&Height=185,7375&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

randles

12th October 2011, 22:19

It looks like a bit of chocolate cake :o

randles

12th October 2011, 22:27

Goodnight Avalon..

I just know that I will fall asleep wondering if Pollys smelly vomit Glows in the dark.. :)

Hervé

12th October 2011, 23:07

Safety perimeter defined by the Merchant Marine:

10470

Hervé

13th October 2011, 03:38

Interesting turn of events... from 100s of seismic tremors/ day to, now, 10s or less:

10481

Hervé

13th October 2011, 03:44

This seismic activity is now replaced with a volcanic one exhibiting an incredible and constantly sustained "tune":

10482

Hervé

13th October 2011, 03:48

Strongest so far (no data):

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-13_14-15.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-13.jpg

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

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-13_sp.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

How it's looking like now from Las Puntas de La Frontera:[/FONT]

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they remain in the El Julan Sea of Calm:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

Hervé

13th October 2011, 04:09

Evolution of a submarine volcanic eruption:

10483

sygh

13th October 2011, 04:34

Evolution of a submarine volcanic eruption:

10483

BeaUTIFUL, isn't it.

Hervé

13th October 2011, 04:43

http://www.canariesnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Leon-Thevenin-2002.jpg
Leon Thevenin El Hierro Ship Boat Volcano Eruption

12/10/2011 @ 16:45 – It has been reported that the Canarian Government have requested the help of Telefonica, who have arranged for a ship that is normally used for laying and repairing underwater fibre optic cables, to assist with photographic and collecting other data related to the underwater volcanic activity of the coast of La Restinga, this is the ship to be used, Leon Thevenin, which has an on-board robot which can be submerged to a depth of up to 2.000 metres. The ship is currently docked in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

*** Update ***

13/10/2011 @ 08:55 – The ship normally used by Telefonica to lay underwater fibre optic cables is making its way from Tenerife to El Hierro to make use of itsunderwater robot with cameras to get images of the eruption and seabed

Hervé

13th October 2011, 06:12

Ground deformation subsiding:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/ELHIERRO_GPS_FRON-HI03.jpg

Hervé

13th October 2011, 07:16

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/324.JPG&Width=635&Height=220,486111111111&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
Picture of the stain in the sea near the coast of La Restinga.

SPECIAL SEISMIC CRISIS - 10/13/2011 (6:54 pm)

IRIN, Valverde (10.13.2011. 6:54 pm)
The Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) will work with the Canary Islands Government to facilitate underwater observations of volcanic phenomena experienced by the island of El Hierro, as reported by the government delegate in the Canary Islands, Dominica Fernandez.

The Government delegate in the Canary Islands explained Europa Press that she has been in contact with the director of the Oceanographic after a request from the Minister of Economy, Finance and Regional Executive Security, Javier González Ortiz, to expedite to the island special cameras for taking underwater pictures. "Total disponibility," said Fernandez who stressed that now she is waiting for exactly what means are required.

Similarly, Fernandez pointed out that regional government has channeled its collaboration via the Government and said that if necessary it will move the Emergency Military Unit (UME) and Guards Civil to the middle of the island.

The delegate has traveled Wednesday to the island of El Hierro to attend a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Specific Plan for Civil Protection and Emergency Response for Volcanic Risk (Pevolca) developed at the Cabildo.

Subsequently, a meeting was held for about two hours with scientists, technicians and managers of the security forces and officials of the General State Administration. Since the beginning of the volcanic crisis the Government of Spain has mobilized its human and material resources to collaborate with the regional executive on everything that's needed.

So far there are 76 people displaced: scientists, technicians, Salvage crews, Police and members of the EMU. In addition, the Civil Guard can mobilize more than 100 agents if necessary.

randles

13th October 2011, 07:41

Good Morning Avalon.. :)
Good Morning Polly's Stinky Vomit :brushteeth:

Hervé

13th October 2011, 07:51

Flying over the green sea discoloration:

TjeO_j4eYMk

Hervé

13th October 2011, 08:15

Good morning randles!

Leon Thevenin doesn't seem to have moved much yet although it's supposed to be headed to El Hierro (see update post # 904 above).

All, I am off... enjoy your day!

randles

13th October 2011, 09:22

Morning coffee time :) with the latest morning news ............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpnNaQC2QHI

randles

13th October 2011, 11:28

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/cabrera(2).jpg&Width=448&Height=213&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

David Cabrera, Mayor of La Frontera

La Frontera calls for the reopening of the tunnel

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110/233296t.jpg

The Mayor of the City of La Frontera, David Cabrera de Leon, has proposed to the Canary Islands Government and the City Council of
El Hierro the reopening of the tunnels Roquille, since "there are technical grounds of weight to maintain the measures taken last September 27 regarding the eviction of residents of this municipality and the end of the tunnel, "he said.

According to Cabrera de Leon, "the City Council request the reopening of the same with taking some security measures, as well as taking into account the possibility that the residents still evacuated from the area of Los Guzmines can return to their homes" said the mayor in a statement.

randles

13th October 2011, 11:32

Authorities and economic and social representatives of El Hierro are meeting in Valverde
.... Awaiting Press Release..

randles

13th October 2011, 12:52

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/44(38).jpg&Width=635&Height=235,74375&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

Image of the area of eruption captured by a helicopter, which shows the stains and the color change of the water. Courtesy of the Guardia Civil.

Captain Martítima repeats the prohibition of sailing in the area of eruption

The Maritime Authority in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Thursday insisted that navigation is not allowed near the area affected by the submarine eruption and has warned that the phenomena that is occurring on the surface, due to rash underwater, "may have adverse effects both for individuals and for ships (gas emissions, changes in the density of water, etc..) and therefore involves danger in the area," he said in a statement.

Harbourmaster reiterates in this regard, the content of the resolution issued by the Harbour Master dated 11.10.2011, to the possible presence of unauthorized persons in the area of the eruptions.

This resolution was issued at the request of the Directorate General of Security and Emergency Canary Islands Government, through which establishes an exclusion zone to navigation.

In addition, the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard has been alerted in order to establish a perimeter surveillance in the exclusion zone, warning that the navigation in the area mentioned in unauthorized vessels may be subject to open disciplinary proceedings .

randles

13th October 2011, 13:06

At the moment Leon Thevenin is still docked in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with no information given as yet to the ETA for El Hierro.
Bearing in mind that this is a Cable Laying Vessel, it is not designed for speed, and 'restricted manoeuvarbility'.
Punta Salinas is still patrolling the East Coast of El Hierro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vsN_IMf6qU&edit=ev&feature=uenh

randles

13th October 2011, 13:46

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/44(38).jpg&Width=635&Height=235,74375&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

EUROPA PRESS, Valverde/Madrid (13/10/2011)

The head of the Institute's scientific diffusion Volcano Islands, David Calvo, explained Thursday that the population displaced by the volcanic eruptions may be calm "because the current movements mean that the system is releasing pressure." However, he recalled that "therefore should not lower our guard because it is a process that may take longer time."

Speaking to Radio Nacional collected by Europa Press, Calvo clarified that "once the system begins the process, is not outside of control" in relation to the study of the movements. "It seems to have found a fracture and a matter of thinking or judging whether it can spread to the coastal zone," he said.

Calvo recalled that in the Canary Islands "are common fissure eruptions, which can open fractures of several miles."

It has also raised the possibility of new eruptions to register. "The magma has a column of 500, which exerts pressure quite significant and means that you can look for areas with a lower pressure, so we should not dismiss it," he explained.

Ultimately has calculated that "the residents displaced again, depending on the evolution of the phenomenon, in the next 24 hours or 48 hours."

For its part, the director of the National Seismic Network, Emilio Carreño detailed in statements collected by Cadena Ser Europa Press that "if they occurred on land phenomena would be some smoke but little else because they really tend to be small pockets since there are no volcanoes or volcanic caldera, so there is no reason to fear at all ".

Also explained that "when there are eruptions of this type in which there is no well-defined volcano there are usually several mouth openings" and pointed out the possibility that it can calm if "the lava rises and it clogs the cooling same output. "

randles

13th October 2011, 14:56

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/32(54).JPG&Width=250&Height=185,267857142857&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

'Professor Ignacio Lozano',

The Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society (ACIISI) of the Canary Islands, to the emergency by seismic and volcanic crisis affecting the island of El Hierro, has made available to the Specific Plan Committee Civil Defence and Emergency Management for Volcanic Risk (Pevolca) the vessel 'Professor Ignacio Lozano', the Canary Islands Institute of Marine Sciences (ICCM), to facilitate the work of scientists in the management and assessment of the extent of this phenomenon.

This vessel is equipped with a crew of six, allowing it to operate both during the day and at night. Will also be implementing the various agencies involved in the study and appreciation of this phenomenon, such as the Canary Islands Volcano Institute , the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the Canarian Institute of Marine Sciences (ICCM), the Institute of Geography Nacional (IGN), and the two Canarian universities, among others, for taking data necessary to assist the work of emergency management.

The ship "Professor Ignacio Lozano 'will this afternoon leave Taliarte port in Gran Canaria, and is scheduled to arrive at 08:00 hours at the port of The Stake, where it will start traveling a route to perform tasks in different sampling areas of interest.

ANALYSIS

Specifically, the research vessel makes various vertical profiles of physicochemical parameters and geochemical and gases dissolved in marine waters south of El Hierro and evaluate the recent manifestations associated with volcanic activity south of La Restinga.

Through these measures vertical profiles were made of temperature and salinity and the sampling of seawater at different depths, thanks to existing instrumentation in the research vessel "Professor Ignacio Lozano," for further analysis. The results of these geochemical studies will help assess volcanic processes that currently are occurring in the marine environment south of El Hierro.

The ship "Professor Ignacio Lozano 'has a mechanical winch with steel cable that allows you to lower 1000m and collect instruments weighing up to 200 kg. It also has self-contained probes capable of simultaneously measuring depth, temperature and salinity, and bottles 'Niskin' 2.5 and 10 liters of capacity to take samples at different depths with precision and cleanliness.

randles

13th October 2011, 15:07

++ Update..

The volcanic emergency situation has stabilized

Europa Press, Valverde (13/10: 2011. 15:25 pm)

The volcanic emergency situation has stabilized after El Hierro from the afternoon of Wednesday, the tremor has decreased significantly''.''''This is the stabilization of the process and therefore reducing the risk,''said the General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies.

For its part, the Director of Central Geophysical Center of the National Geographic Institute [responsible for volcano monitoring systems] has reported that there are two submarine areas magma output: the first, located five kilometers from the coast and a few thousand feet deep, and a second, about two miles from the coast, south of La Restinga, and with a depth of about six hundred meters.

In this sense, in the two areas appear large numbers of dead fish smell of sulfur and green waters.

In addition, the Harbour Master of Santa Cruz de Tenerife maintains the prohibition to sail in an area covered by a circle drawn with center at Punta de La Restinga and 4 mile radius.

To keep ships informed in the area from the Rescue Coordination Centre located in Tenerife, they are emitting radio navigational warnings to mariners.

FISHING BAN

Also in this sector were banned all fishing activities, sports and / or recreational, that are made from or with the support vessels, including diving.

Finally, the Government is constantly informed of developments and the application of the provisions of the Special Plan to the Volcanic Risk in the Community of the Canary Islands (Pevolca) and keeps available to the autonomous community all that are considered necessary

randles

13th October 2011, 15:38

Courtsey of rtve

Citizens and scientists look to the sea to see the green stains left by the magma, larger and closer to the coast as time passes because the lava is coming out of the seabed, according to Spanish television journalist Cristina Alcaine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYvmXWSPkp8

Emitting gases and a strong smell of sulfur and the sea has opened a gap of two miles in length. Scientists analyze its composition and awaiting the arrival of an oceanographic expedition to extend the investigation of this phenomenon, evolving differently from other eruptions on the island.

On land, the locals have come to take pictures. Some have moved, according to Angela Alcover, TVE. Experts say it is a rift with active foci and that might be closer to the coast.
A mayor calls for the relocation

However, the mayor of the border in El Hierro, David Cabrera, raised on Thursday that evicted the residents of the locality by landslides after the danger of earthquakes can return to their homes, as well as the reopening of the tunnel The Roquille.

Cabrera explained in a statement that its position comes after holding a meeting with the steering committee of the Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk in the Canary Islands.

So stated the Canary Islands Government and the Cabildo Insular "there are no technical arguments of weight to keep the measures taken last September 27 as the eviction of residents and the closure of tunnels Roquille."

randles

13th October 2011, 15:57

In a few days marks the 40 years of volcanic eruption Teneguía on the island of La Palma. A rash that grew the size of the island, which lasted nearly a month. ........ what are the similarities and differences between this eruption and what is happening right now in El Hierro.

watch and see....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ1HKFz_Tag

randles

13th October 2011, 16:20

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/490(2).jpg&Width=635&Height=422,671875&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

Picture of the spot about a mile from La Restinga

The stain found on Wednesday by scientists at the ING is already at a distance of about 1 miles away from La Restinga, with characteristics different from those that might be seen in yesterday.

According to information forwarded by IGN-CSIC scientists to address Pevolca, "the stain, light green with tan areas, could be associated with emission fumaroliana depth greater than 150 meters."

randles

13th October 2011, 17:34

This is why Polly wanted to go to El Hierro.... she heard it was Gods secret Garden :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wez3WNzTry4

randles

13th October 2011, 18:26

This link is now fixed,...:) It includes THE first 10 minutes on the ..
rtve special report
"El Hierro, waiting for a volcano"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Dp5lOTze4

randles

13th October 2011, 19:57

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/111111(8).jpg&Width=635&Height=228,6&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

Image courtesy of the Guardia Civil

EUROPA PRESS, S / C Tenerife (10.13.2011. 18:06 pm)
Scientists at the Institute of Technology and Renewable Energies (ITER), an agency of the Cabildo of Tenerife, which is now part of the volcanological Institute of the Canaries (InVolCan), have detected abnormal emissions of carbon dioxide prior to the start of the volcanic tremors at El Hierro .

Experts working since last July in the island of El Hierro have taken over 4250 measures of the diffuse flow of carbon dioxide (CO2) through seven scientific observation campaigns and collected diffuse volcanic gas emissions samples across the island surface .

On Monday, at about 05:15 am [local time], all seismic stations of the National Seismic Network (IGN) located in El Hierro recorded a volcanic tremor signal of low frequency. Prior to the record of this seismic signal, the diffuse emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) reflected an emission rate of 990-49 tons per day, higher than the range of values considered normal for the Meridian Island, as well as for emissions over the past 3 months.

The average value of the diffuse emission of CO2 in the order of 339 tonnes per day is considered normal for El Hierro and the normal range of these emissions is from 142 to 866 tons per day.

The record of this anomalous emission rate of 990-49 tons per day as well as volcanic tremors show a distinct process of movement of magma in the subsurface of the island.

The purpose of these campaigns is to assess the spatio-temporal variations of the diffuse emission of CO2 into the atmosphere by the volcanic system of El Hierro island during its recent seismic strain.

These scientific surveys have materialized thanks to the MAKAVOL project "Capacity Building of R + D + i + d to contribute to the reduction of volcanic risk in the Macaronesia (MAC/3/C161)" which is being co-funded by the Transnational Cooperation Programme of the European Union Madeira-Canary-Azores (MAC 2007-2013) and the collaboration of the Cabildo of Tenerife and El Hierro.

The reasons for conducting this type of scientific surveys stem from the inability to obtain such information through permanent instrumental networks, and absolutely determine if the gases are the driving force of volcanic eruptions and the importance of carbon dioxide (CO2) in volcanic surveillance programs because it is the second major component of volcanic gases, after water vapor, due to its low solubility in molten silicates - magma - making carbon dioxide (CO2) escape with ease from the volcanic systems at depth.

InVolCan is an institution which was unanimously established by the Senate (2005), Parliament of the Canary Islands (2006) and the Congress of Deputies (2009) with the aim of contributing to improving and optimizing the management of volcanic risk in Spain.

randles

13th October 2011, 20:57

rtv.es

El Hierro volcanic magma and it is visible from space

http://img.irtve.es/imagenes/erupcion-submarina-hierro-visible-desde-espacio/1318531272598.jpg

Increasingly the two spots left by the eruption of El Hierro as they pass the hours and are visible from space. The two magma output pockets are somewhat closer to the coast, two and four kilometers at a depth of between 500 and 750 meters. In the southwest of Punta Restinga have been found remains of dead fish and black coral.

Citizens and scientists look to the sea to see the green stains left by the magma, larger and closer to the coast as time passes because the lava is coming out of the seabed, according to Spanish television journalist Cristina Alcaine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvZ2a4v176Y

Emitting gases and a strong smell of sulfur and the sea has opened a gap of two miles in length. The scientists analyze its composition and await the arrival of an oceanographic expedition to extend the investigation of this phenomenon, evolving differently from other eruptions on the island.

On land, the locals have come to take pictures. Some have moved, according to Angela Alcover, TVE. Experts say it is a rift with active foci and that might be closer to the coast.

NASA has released online a photograph taken by the Terra satellite that shows all the Canary Islands and the clearly perceived a volcanic spot southwest of La Restinga (the southernmost point of El Hierro and Spain).

...

Hervé

13th October 2011, 22:29

A bit on the different names used for El Hierro island:

El Hierro
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

El Hierro, nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the smallest and farthest south and west of the Canary Islands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands) (an Autonomous Community (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain) of Spain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain)), in the Atlantic Ocean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean) off the coast of Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa), with a population of 10,162 (2003).

The name
The name El Hierro, although phonetically identical to the Spanish word for 'iron', is generally thought to be derived instead from one of several words in the Guanche language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanche_language) of the pre-Hispanic inhabitants, known as Bimbaches (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbache). Juan de Abreu Galindo (in a manuscript translated and published by George Glas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Glas) in 1764) gives the native name of the island as Esero (or Eseró (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbache)), meaning 'strong'. According to Abreu Galindo, the Bimbaches, not having iron originally, called the strong metal of the Spanish alternately by their own word for 'strong' and by its Spanish name, hierro, and from there transferred the alternation of names to their island.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-0) Richard Henry Major (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Major), however, in notes on his translation (http://books.google.com/books?id=HVxFaPxOR60C&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+canarian&hl=en&ei=T_K7TeKODKHz0gHN_4TKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CF4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false) of Le Canarien (http://books.google.com/books?id=1hxHYso0GRMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=le+canarien&hl=en&ei=Mee7TeXREOWV0QGr0InpBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CGEQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q&f=false), observes that the Guanche (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanche_language) word hero or herro, meaning 'cistern', could easily have lapsed into hierro by a process of folk etymology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_etymology).[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-1) It is believed that the Bimbaches had to construct cisterns to save fresh rainwater. The Gran diccionario guanche[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-2) gives the meaning of the Guanche word hero in Spanish as "fuente" ('spring [water source]').

The association with iron is evident in the names of the island in other languages as early as the 18th century: Portuguese Ferro, French l'île de Fer,[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-3) and Latin Insula Ferri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_1746._Longitudines_numeratae_a_Primo_Meridiano_per_Insula_Ferri.jpg). Some sources,[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-4)[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-5) evidently persuaded by the meaning of Spanish hierro, imply that iron is abundant on the island, while others[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-6)[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro#cite_note-7) pointedly assert that it is not.

randles

13th October 2011, 23:01

Goodnight Avalon :dance:

... And Thank You Amzer Zo !
Thank You for making sense of it all for All of us. You are a star :cool2:

randles

13th October 2011, 23:13

The smallest Canary Island, El Hierro, is focusing on eco-tourism. Instead of high-rise hotels and shopping malls, visitors can enjoy unspoiled countryside and coastline.El Hierro can't begin to rival Gran Canaria and Tenerife as a holiday destination - but it doesn't even want to. Residents actually prefer to keep tourism to a minimum. They're proud of their sustainable local agriculture - every product that comes from El Hierro will soon be organic. UNESCO has made the island a biosphere reserve for its focus on ecological alternatives. The other Canary Islands are also learning from El Hierro's approach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_MXoyii-bU

Hervé

13th October 2011, 23:33

CO2 sampling for El Hierro prior to the volcanic episode:

http://www.avcan.org/varios/guayotas/20111002ElHierro_es.jpg

Hervé

13th October 2011, 23:43

Other pics of the associated volcanic emissions which formed a green plume in the waters of the Las Calmas Sea:

http://fotos00.laopinion.es/fotos/noticias/646x260/2011-10-13_IMG_2011-10-13_17:56:21_mancha2.jpg

http://comunidad.laopinion.es/servicios/galeriasMultimedia/media/33629/imagenes/1318504072751_mancha_hierro1.jpg

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110//233339-1g.jpg

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110//233339-3g.jpg

Hervé

14th October 2011, 00:25

Strongest so far (no data):

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-14_10-11.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-14.jpg

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

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-14_sp.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

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

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), for the most part they remain in the El Julan Sea of Calm:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

Hervé

14th October 2011, 00:29

El Hierro... unique experiment in energy self-sufficiency:

SX_Y4qdL8no

I guess that, now, they can add tapping geothermal ressources to their panoply...

Hervé

14th October 2011, 08:11

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/5555(36).jpg&Width=635&Height=240,109375&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
Ramon Ortiz, during the press conference at Valverde. Gelmert Finol / www.diarioelhierro.es (http://www.diarioelhierro.es).

SPECIAL SEISMIC CRISIS - 10/13/2011 (22:40 pm)
BY RAMON ORTIZ, CSCI SCIENTIST

Sergio Gutierrez, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (10.13.2011. 22:40 pm)

The head of the Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC) Ramon Ortiz explained Thursday in Valverde that, what is happening in the Sea of La Restinga, is "there is a several kilometers long fissure and magma comes out at both ends," he said.

On the new patches that have appeared in the sea, Ortiz said that "during the afternoon on Thursday, they have been appearing closer to the coast of La Restinga and are associated with magma output from other parts of the fissure that took days to open," he added,

The CSIC scientist said he did not rule out any possibilities as to what might happen in the future, but predicted three possible scenarios "an eruption right off the coast, in the interior of the island or in deep water," and conceded that, in terms of the fracture, "if you go into deeper water nothing will be seen and that beyond a 500 m water depth, the pressure prevents any explosive release." By the time the magma rise more and has only 40 or 60 meters of water above, that would be the most dangerous time as there would have already been many explosions," said the scientist.

STABLE PROCESS

For its part, the Ministry of Security and Emergency Canary Islands Government, said that the eruptive situation in El Hierro is a stable process although continued vigilance is maintained as there may be changes in its evolution.

The Director General of Security and Emergency of the Canary Islands, Juan Manuel Santana, said that in this situation and because it continues at the same level of risk "the same level of protections remains for people as they are proportionate with the current situation."

Hervé

14th October 2011, 08:33

Well, I guess we can expect some new pictures and videos coming soon in the regional news...

10515
10516

As for "Leon Thevenin"... it's still in the vicinity of Santa Cruz....

10517

randles

14th October 2011, 09:16

Good Morning Avalon.... late morning coffee :)

News coming up !

:)

randles

14th October 2011, 10:01

and here is a round up of this mornings local news..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiDTRrFbd7g

and...

antena3.com | The Iron | Updated on 14/10/2011 at 08:50 hours

The huge stain on the sea has become the main allure of the island. Neighbors near the coast to spot the remains of the eruption. "I want to see it because it happens only once in their life," says a neighbor.

All the inhabitants of El Hierro have seen how this has changed their daily routine. Even in schools, smaller learning the geology lesson through song, "If the ground shakes we get under the table."

The Green stain is concerning, but its prescence is still blocking The Roquille tunnel from reopening, which connects the east and west of the island. Was closed because of the danger of landslides three weeks ago, but now a journey that previously was done in 17 minutes now takes over an hour. "We are being isolated," complains another citizen.

The Cabildo of the island believe that the security measures are excessive and stifle the local economy. So they have asked the regional government to reconsider. Even local authorities question the need to close the tunnel and even an exaggeration consider closing the Restinga.

mosquito

14th October 2011, 10:16

randles

14th October 2011, 10:23

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/490(3).jpg&Width=635&Height=422,671875&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

Professor of Zoology at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santiago Hernandez, said that not be alarmed by the emission of gases that occur in marine waters near the island of El Hierro.

Professor of Zoology at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Santiago Hernandez, said that not be alarmed by the emission of gases that occur in marine waters near the island of El Hierro. Santiago Hernandez said that the fumes have an impact on marine life, but will be temporary, timely, and recovery will be swift, according to the experiences we have of other occasions, which highlighted the importance of continuing the process to study.

''It's a natural phenomenon and can not do anything about it,''said Santiago Hernandez, who added that''not really know what is happening in the seabed and whether there has been a rash or just leave gases, but in any case smells of sulfur and there are consequences for marine life,''he said.

Zoology professor explained that the seabed and magmatic products out now there has been a column that ends in a green spot not know what he's made but it will be an "experiment" natural very interesting.

FERTILIZATION OF WATER

According to Santiago Hernandez that in a way fertilization is occurring water with either bacteria or microscopic unicellular algae, the latter of which are the origin of life at sea.

Both bacteria and microscopic algae grow in abundance and the island in the sea will wake "very interesting" to study the composition of the stain, Santiago Hernandez insisted.

Zoology professor said it is evident that the output of gases will change the flora and fauna of the area of La Restinga and the area will no longer spend as much tuna as dolphin and other species, but it will happen for a while, because recovery is usually very rapid, within months or a year.

Regarding the duration of the emanations Santiago Hernandez said he did not know "absolutely" nothing and stressed the importance of an oceanographic vessel in the area to study the process.

randles

14th October 2011, 10:27

Actually to some it is heaven...
The Guanches... first inhabitants of the Canary Islands, a race of 'tall people', blonde hair, blue eyes,,,, they thought that they were the only people left in the world... they had NO boats, as they assumed that there was nowhere else to sail to...

The smallest Canary Island, El Hierro, is focusing on eco-tourism. Instead of high-rise hotels and shopping malls, visitors can enjoy unspoiled countryside and coastline.El Hierro can't begin to rival Gran Canaria and Tenerife as a holiday destination - but it doesn't even want to. Residents actually prefer to keep tourism to a minimum. They're proud of their sustainable local agriculture - every product that comes from El Hierro will soon be organic. UNESCO has made the island a biosphere reserve for its focus on ecological alternatives. The other Canary Islands are also learning from El Hierro's approach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_MXoyii-bU

Sounds like heaven, maybe I'll come and live there !

randles

14th October 2011, 10:57

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110/233429t.jpg

Submarine eruptions on the island of El Hierro have not affected at the moment the cetacean and the two species of beaked whales that inhabit the area have been seen in the last hours, said today Efe Patricia Arranz, a researcher with the group Bioecomar University of La Laguna.

There has been a sighting of a group of cetaceans to two miles, and scientists believe that it was beaked whales, a species very sensitive to noise that had not been sighted since Monday, the day of the first outbreak, said Arranz.

The researcher from the University of La Laguna said it would be good get into the sea for further investigation and stressed that "everything looks normal" because the sightings occur with the same frequency as before the eruptions.

Sightings were from the ground in the observation station of the group in a cliff a hundred feet in the Sea of Calm, and researchers hope the arrival of the research vessel "Professor Ignacio Lozano" in order to obtain samples of fish that have appeared dead.

http://www.whoi.edu/cms/images/oceanus/SS2_slide10_new_69693.jpg

randles

14th October 2011, 11:22

This is a study of the beaked whales in April 2011 before Polly came along :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEJV-0ZvieU

randles

14th October 2011, 11:31

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/32(55).JPG&Width=635&Height=212,725&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

''The risk of landslides is a constant concern''

The island of El Hierro, of volcanic formation, faces risks of landslides in areas of natural terrain committed to the Geological and Mining Institute (IGME) will be analyzed for their proper management.

The study director, Mercedes Ferrer, told Efeverde that the stability of rocks in areas close to roads is a "constant concern" in an area, as the island of El Hierro, high geological activity.

The purpose of IGME is to "assess the stability of slopes in some areas with danger of detachment that are now closed to traffic" and other potentially dangerous by its geography, topography, height of the cliffs or frequent incidents of landslides, explained the expert, who will travel to El Hierro this week, along with other experts from IGME to undertake the fieldwork.

"Our work is based on the observation and study of the land, then be responsible for defining other corrective measures," said Ferrer, a specialist in landslides.

The rockslide in El Hierro are processes that may relate to frequent earthquakes, but not with phenomena such as volcanic eruption recorded recently, said the geologist of IGME, which identified them as natural expressions of the geological evolution of the Canary Islands.

He noted further that the engineering works and heavy rains to be taken into account in assessing the risks involved surveying landslides still strong as basaltic rocks of El Hierro.

Ferrer also said that in the Canary Islands, despite its well-known seismic activity is not binding on the seismic resistance building code in force in Spain and that does apply in other seismic zones as the provinces of Granada, Murcia or Alicante.

"Canary Islands is a sparsely investigated and a sparsely instrumented so far, despite being the most geologically active than we have in Spain," he said.

The behavior of volcanic rocks, such as El Hierro, said they are generally stable and are broken into relatively small blocks, but with the risk of detachment is necessary to consider other values such as speed and steepness of the drop.

"The danger is not the size of the block, but the speed with which it falls and where it falls," he said, before pointing out that this information is essential to develop plans for prevention and mitigation.

El Hierro, the westernmost of the Canary Islands, has experienced over the last three months up to 10,000 earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, underwater two, one at 5 kilometers from the coast and about a thousand feet deep, and another 3.5 miles south of La Restinga, 600 meters below sea level.

Hervé

14th October 2011, 11:33

Finally found out why "Leon Thevenin" is drifting around Santa Curz:

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

Update 13/10 – 13:57 UTC : Our dreams will finally not come true! What happened? The French cableship Leon Thevenin was making cable inspection trips for the Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica. Telefonica, aware of what looked as a unique way of using the technology aboard the ship, offered the ship to the authorities. However …. negotiations (probably to charter the ship) did not deliver result as the ship is owned by a consortium of France Telecom, Portugal Telecom and Telefonica and talks were broken off.

Update 13/10 – 16:47 UTC : An additional note why the Leon Thevenin will not be contracted. The main issue in not sending the ROV ship to the area is that the Canary Governments did NOT want to take the risk that a ROV would be damaged or even destroyed, a condition that Telefonica consortium was setting before the Leon Thevenin would sail out. We @ earthquake-report.com can understand such a position from the local government, but we remind Mr. Zapatero on his Monday formulated words “everything which is needed”

Update 13/10 – 17:56 UTC : Diario de Avisos (http://www.diariodeavisos.com/2011/10/13/actualidad/el-instituto-espanol-de-oceanografia-envia-otro-buque) reports that the ship ‘Ramon Margalef‘ currently anchored in Vigo, will navigate towards El Hierro and arrive there on Tuesday. The Ramon Margalef will carry the ROV “LIROPUS 2000″, a remotely operated vehicle able to dive to depths down to 2,000 meters.
The “Ramon Margalef” is one of the newest ships from the ‘Instituto Español de Oceanografía”.
The crew of the Ramon Margalef will consist of geologists, biologists and physicists.
We enjoy this news at earthquake-report.com, hopefully not too late.

http://earthquake-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/elhierro-13102011-4.jpg (http://earthquake-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/elhierro-13102011-4.jpg)
Image courtesy ba.ieo.es (Centro Oceanografic de les Balears and Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia

Update 14/10 – 09:21 UTC : The press people are all returning their back to La Restinga and the lava area in the sea and are heading for La Estaca, the port where the ship “Profesor Ignacio Lozano”‘ WITHOUT a ROV is awaited. This ship will enter the ‘supposed’ eruption waters and will take and analyze many samples. Another ship with a ROV aboard will set sails to El Hierro on Monday and will hopefully arrive at the eruption spot on Tuesday. This ship will enable us to see what happened at the Ocean floor.

http://earthquake-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/elhierro-14102011-1.jpg (http://www.estoc.es/)
Oceanographic ship Profesor Ignacio Lozano - image courtesy estoc.es

Hopefully some confirmations will come out of this?

randles

14th October 2011, 11:43

"we remind Mr. Zapatero on his Monday formulated words “everything which is needed”

:lalala:

Guess its down to the money then... :rolleyes:

randles

14th October 2011, 12:28

.................."Profesor Ignacio Lozano"' being prepared to leave for el hierro

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

randles

14th October 2011, 12:59

EFE / Madrid

The 1803-02, scientific name of the volcano El Hierro

An accident of geography, mythology, folklore and popular imagination are the usual origin of the name of the volcanoes, which in the case of El Hierro is known by scientists with the 1803-02 numbers.

These numbers identify the volcano: 18 corresponds to the region (Spain), the 03 to the subregion (Canary Islands) and 02 the number of the volcano (the 01 is the Teneguía in Palma, and 03 is the Teide in Tenerife).

Speaking to EFEverde volcanology professor of the Complutense University of Madrid, Eufemio Ancochea, said that most volcanoes are related to the mythology of cultures and sacred places.

In the unlikely event that a new volcanic island arose as a result of the eruptions in El Hierro, Ancochea said that "there is no criterion to give a name, unless the fishermen referred to in some way to that area."

The area where the two eruptions have occurred is known as the sea calms.

Today, the research vessel "Professor Ignacio Lozano" arrive at the port of Stake in Valverde (El Hierro), to assist in the management and evaluation of submarine eruptions that have occurred in the vicinity of La Restinga.

From this ship will be several vertical profiles of physicochemical parameters and geochemical as well as dissolved gases in water.

...............BUT WE KNOW HER AS POLLY :)

kathymarie

14th October 2011, 13:06

http://ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/atlantic-tsunami-warning-heads-up/

This just came in an email from James Gilliland this morning. It purports the military and tptb know of an impending tsunami due to hit east coast USA from the El Hierro activity....I'm not spreading fear porn....just informing you about what someone else says. Who knows when a kernel of truth can be found in a dung heap?

randles

14th October 2011, 13:30

:dirol:

Hello Katymarie :) Good Morning :)

Just had a word with Polly who is currently having a bath :bathbaby:
Polly says relax, don't 'buy in' to the 'Fear Porn'.. she has heard it all before, besides she does not have a Visa to take a vacation to You :)

Stay happy and smiley, centred and focused ||!!

http://ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/atlantic-tsunami-warning-heads-up/

This just came in an email from James Gilliland this morning. It purports the military and tptb know of an impending tsunami due to hit east coast USA from the El Hierro activity....I'm not spreading fear porn....just informing you about what someone else says. Who knows when a kernel of truth can be found in a dung heap?

randles

14th October 2011, 15:32

http://www.antena3.com/clipping/2011/10/14/00166/30.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDIumCg5JTw

antena3canarias | Canaries
The stains generated by underwater eruption in the sea of moving towards the coast of restinga ... these are the latest images taken by a Civil Guard helicopter that place a little over a mile from the village of La Restinga. They can see that they have acquired a tan that scientists believe may be due to an issue fumaroliana to a depth of 150 meters. The Renewable Energy Technology Institute have warned that carbon dioxide emissions have exceeded the normal values of 339 tons per day to 990 have gone with something more cyclical vibrations of volcanic tremor reflect the movement of magma in the subsurface of the island. The stain is visible from space.
In addition, the National Geographic Institute has said that magma has already begun to go in a straight line eastward into new cracks closer to the coast.

randles

14th October 2011, 16:03

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/3333(48).JPG&Width=250&Height=239&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
Foto: ESA

A satellite photograph of El Hierro weeks before the eruption

http://www.diarioelhierro.com/
IRIN, Madrid (10.14.2011. 13:56 pm)

The imaging satellite Envisat medium-resolution spectrometer has photographed the island of El Hierro on 8 September, about a month before a volcano erupted underwater.

Thus, the European Space Agency (ESA, for its acronym in English,) comments on El Hierro that earlier this week, the submarine eruption of a volcano on the southeastern coast of El Hierro forced authorities to evacuate hundreds of residents of the smallest island of the archipelago.

In addition, the photographs also show the west coast of Africa and the Canary Islands subtropical, which indicates that its favorable climate and beaches, attract 12 million visitors a year, and that some of the visitors to go to the Canarian beaches are surprised to see the many contrasts in dark blue waters of the north.

This is because the archipelago is away from areas with lots of light pollution in large cities and its location "ideal" for astronomical observations. Thus, says the island of La Palma is home to the observatory of El Roque de los Muchachos, while Tenerife with Teide Observatory.

ESA also noted that Tenerife has the third largest volcano in the world, Teide, and that the similarities environmental and geological conditions between the Teide National Park and the planet Mars have led many specialists to travel to the island with material and instruments for testing in order to travel to Mars someday.

randles

14th October 2011, 16:25

http://img.irtve.es/imagenes/erupcion-submarina-restinga-hierro/1318607868971.jpg
Image provided by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography of the robot Liropus 2000

RTVE.ES / AGENCIES - Valverde (IRON) 14.10.2011 - 17:34 h

The research vessel "Professor Ignacio Lozano" has docked at about 17.00 hours on Friday at the port of Stake in Valverde (El Hierro), according to RNE, to assist in the management and evaluation of underwater eruptions that have been produced in the vicinity of La Restinga. This ship will join in the coming days another, the research vessel Ramon Margalef, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO).

From this ship, owned by the Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society of the Canary Islands, will be different vertical profiles of physicochemical parameters and geochemical as well as dissolved gases in water, after last night was detected an earthquake, which occurred at 00.51 hours, at magnitude 1.7 on the Richter scale at a depth of 16 kilometers.

The "Professor Ignacio Lozano" has come to El Hierro after 25 hours of journey, from it's base in Taliarte, on the island of Gran Canaria, with several hours of delay dur to the poor state of the sea, and six scientists traveling aboard from different agencies.

At the moment there are meetings taking place to discuss whether the ship will sail this afternoon to La Restinga or whether it will do so tomorrow, according to RNE.

Carlos Barrera, a researcher of the Continental Shelf of the Canary Islands, explained to journalists that the ship is equipped with instrumentation to measure parameters such as salinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, temperature or water in the area.
An opportunity to study the phenomenon

Barrera has highlighted the opportunity of studying a phenomenon like this, which is unpredictable and unknown, and therefore scientists take all protective measures are necessary.

Barrera explained that the implementation of the "Professor Ignacio Lozano" has a probe to obtain samples to a depth of 1,500 meters.
Another ship will assess the situation of the sea

Furthermore, to assess the condition of the sea, where they have located two sources of underwater eruption southwest of La Restinga, one to two nautical miles (3.70 kilometers) from shore and 750 feet deep and another 1.5 miles (2.77 miles) and 500 meters under the sea, is expected to send the Spanish Institute of Oceanography Vigo on Monday from the ship "Ramon Margalef", a ship with a submarine robot.

It is a floating laboratory robotic submarine that carries Liropus 2000, which may extend to two thousand feet deep.

The "Ramon Margalef", which is in Galicia, is a ship of 46 meters in length with a system of double helices of five wings, capable of carrying eleven investigators, in addition to the twelve members of the crew.

randles

14th October 2011, 16:48

rtve.es

newscast
"On this island, the whole world is watching lava stains"
October 14, 2011

The people of La Restinga look with concern at the stains from the lava. Gradually they have been able to return home and pick up some belongings. Research vessels head for the island of El Hierro to study the impact of eruptions on the sea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZp8URbqQ_E

randles

14th October 2011, 19:10

"The eruption could come to eject the equivalent of 40,000 Olympic swimming pools of lava"

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/000(8).JPG&Width=635&Height=174,625&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

IRIN, Madrid (10.14.2011. 19:05 pm)

The submarine eruption is occurring in the area near La Restinga could drive "at most" 0.1 cubic kilometers of lava, ie, equivalent to 40,000 Olympic swimming pools, according to volcanologist of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC ), Joan Martí.

Marti explained that "you can not determine" the total volume for the moment, it is unknown how much lava is coming out but, in his view, the maximum volume should not be out "very different" to the historic eruptions in the Canaries . "At most it may be lava output of 0.1 cubic kilometers maximum volume is large but not very important in these magnitudes. This would amount to about 100 million cubic meters or, which is the same, about 40,000 Olympic swimming pools, "she added in remarks to Europa Press.

In this context, explained that this volume will continue to contribute to the construction of an underwater mountain range that takes thousands, millions of years forming south of El Hierro and therefore "this episode of eruption is more within a building the area, so from this point of view, this should be seen as part of the normal. "

On the material that is coming out abroadhe, said that molten basalt is mainly touching the water cools and becomes rock and as the turquoise blue of the stain is seen on the water, explained that "probably" will be due to remobilization of sulfur and clay from the ocean floor that gets stirred up and becomes turbulent waters.

SITUATION "CONSTANT"

The volcanologist has said that at present the situation continues and is "constant" so that the eruption is constant, ie, the magma that is coming through a crack and can have several points of fissure more concentrated. "Hopefully this situation will continue for days or even weeks, depending on the amount of magma that has to leave," he added.

On the other hand, from the point of view of the involvement of the ecosystem, has emphasized that the eruption is a natural process, so that nature is "wise enough to self-balance itself." Furthermore, this type of eruptions are "very common" normal in these volcanic areas.

In fact, he added that there had been "many eruptions" of this character in the area, even in recent times, only they were not observed because there were no current devices, but in this case "yes" is being pursued because there is appropriate instrumentation in the right place.

Therefore considers that there will be little change from the environmental point of view because these ecosystems recover "very fast". Marti believes that if an eruption in the middle subaerial environment recovers so fast, submarine eruptions in "much more", so that the impact will be "minimal."

In any case, acknowledged that the gases are mixed with water, mixed with sulfur are not very good at these depths, but gradually be balanced ecosystem, because it is diluted quickly once cool the lava that have come .

Precisely, said fish deaths occur because this material is washed out "en masse" but when the eruption stops or recess, will return to the previous situation, without causing serious problems.

On the other hand, does not exclude the "possibility" that if the fracture is prolonged to subaerial part of the island, it can cause a rash on the island of El Hierro, but has "the feeling" that the situation is "quite stable "and is relaxing on a continuous basis, so there is no effect of overpressure.

The odds, with caution, would be low, but can not be excluded. I would not give many chances, but a possibility exists and should be taken into account.

Some 40 experts

As for the scientific team that is deployed in El Hierro, said that the National Geographic Institute, there are 30 people, including technicians and scientists and 10 other people of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). There are other scientists and interested in the topic. In control of the situation and responsible for volcano monitoring would be looking at between about 40 people.

As a volcanologist, Joan Marti pointed out that the situation has gotten along well from the beginning, because they have done things "as they have to do," since the beginning of the abnormal situation to date. On the performance of the National Geographic Institute believes that it has been "perfect" and has also emphasized that have been applied "good" emergency protocols Canarian Government.

From the scientific point of view, has assessed that the situation raises "a great interest because it is the first time you have a complete record from the beginning to the end of an eruption." He has also held that, subsequently, will have to analyze the data, for a long time to interpret and make this information would be beneficial for other areas or for the same in the future.

randles

14th October 2011, 19:55

Local Evening Island News:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNDsCLlk90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh7NQ5-TCSU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ZKla6Aduo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n7-1uuMb9w

randles

14th October 2011, 20:02

http://img.irtve.es/imagenes/atraca-hierro-buque-estudiara-zona-eruptiva/1318612652752.jpg

The research vessel "Professor Ignacio Lozano" has docked at about 17.00 hours on Friday at the port of Stake in Valverde (El Hierro), according to RNE, to assist in the management and evaluation of underwater eruptions have produced in the vicinity of La Restinga. This ship will join in the coming days another, the research vessel Ramon Margalef, Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO).

From this ship, owned by the Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society of the Canary Islands, will be different vertical profiles of physicochemical parameters and geochemical as well as dissolved gases in water.

randles

14th October 2011, 20:26

Newscast
rtve.es
October 14, 2011

Residents and businesses of El Hierro are calling for the tunnel to be reopened in Los Roquille, which was closed in late September as a preventive measure against landslides caused by earthquakes that have occured on the island since July.

The Fishermen are desperate to get back out to sea, and the "Professor Ignacio Lozano" sails into Valvadere...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5KcedlU4Nc

Hervé

15th October 2011, 07:39

Recent peek from space:

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110//233565-1g.jpg

http://www.irishweatheronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/MODIS-image-of-El-Hierro-on-the-afternoon-of-Friday-14-October-2011.jpg

Hervé

15th October 2011, 08:27

Scientists focus on whether magma or only gases emissions
Loreto Gutiérrez http://www.canarias7.es/i/autores/mas.jpg (http://www.canarias7.es/titulares.cfm?autor=Loreto%20Guti%C3%A9rrez) / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Not all scientists think the same about the volcanic phenomena of El Hierro. Vice President of the Association of Geologists, Jose Luis Barrera, doubt that the volcanic fissures detected on the seabed off El Hierro have been drooling magma as has been said. "It has been said that the lava has come to surface and that is incorrect, because the lava first never floats up and especially because it is still unknown whether lava was expelled since no one has seen it, he says.

For Barrera, the only evidence is that there has been a release of gas at shallower depths for three days, which has enabled "bubbling out to the surface." In any case, it is deemed necessary to wait for the analyses of the patches that have appeared in the ocean in order to know its exact composition.

The expert geologist also considers "very interesting" to have a boat with an underwater robot to see what is happening under the sea. "We will see if it's gas only or if it also oozes out lava," he says, "and that helps create the eruption pattern of the area for when there is another similar situation." Barrera believes that, since the earthquakes have almost disappeared, for now, "there is a risk that may arise from other volcano in the north-south band in which there have been previous seismic crisis," while acknowledging that such an evolution is difficult to predict .

WE KNOW IT"S MOVING. "What is known is that the magma just below keeps moving, because the seismic signals so indicate" he states, "It is true that it appears to move with less force, perhaps because the gas has been released through the fissure, but it keeps moving and we have to keep watching to see how the movement evolves," he adds.

If an eruption were to occur around one hundred meters deep, which implies a closer proximity to the coast of the island, the vice president of the Association of Geologists warned it would be "riskier" than an eruption on the ground.

"When an eruption occurs at more than one thousand meters, the water pressure does not allow any visual manifestation to escape to the surface, only the temperature can be measured", he explains, "but with a hundred meters or less of water column, it can have an impact and may have more serious consequences since the mouth of the volcano turns water into steam, the vapor pressure is greater and the fragmentation of the magma is much higher, and that's always more dangerous than an eruption on land that has no water " .

randles

15th October 2011, 08:29

Good Morning Avalon, its a lovely day here in the Canary Islands !!
Polly is look gorgeous, and is still doing a leisurely breast stroke in the direction of La Restinga... :)

Hervé

15th October 2011, 08:44

Here is what Jose Luis Barrera is speculating about:

3YOs0zHVTZw

randles

15th October 2011, 09:05

Ooooooooooooooooh !!
Trying desperately to book a ferry to see that little gem :)

Here is what Jose Luis Barrera is speculating about:

3YOs0zHVTZw

Hervé

15th October 2011, 09:09

Strongest so far (no data):

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-15_11-12.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-15.jpg

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

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-15_sp.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

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

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they remain in the El Julan Sea of Calm:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

Hervé

15th October 2011, 09:14

Ooooooooooooooooh !!
Trying desperately to book a ferry to see that little gem :)

Here is what Jose Luis Barrera is speculating about:

3YOs0zHVTZw

Well, until that happens or the ROVs return some pictures of magma coming out; what seems the best bet for now is that the magma chamber has only been releasing... gas.

However, because of the uncertainty, the authorities have rightfully taken the safer way and got everybody out.

randles

15th October 2011, 09:39

http://www.canarias7.es/fotos/o/1110/233573-1p.jpg

The oceanographic vessel of the Canary Islands arrived in El Hierro to start today the first sampling of water where the big emerging green stain that grows to La Restinga and south of the island. Scientists claimed yesterday that the eruptive process had stabilized the last 24 hours.

The green spot that extends over the Sea of calms and that since Thursday was to be seen not only much of the southern coast of El Hierro but from space is acquiring, by the day, although larger, "because ocean currents. "Researchers at the National Research Council (CSIC) and the National Geographic Institute (IGN) said yesterday through a statement released around seven in the evening, the eruption of El Hierro process "remains stable" since within 24 hours "has maintained a low seismic activity, dispersed in the environment of the mid-west, and continues the same trend in the deformation of the ground."

The non-appearance of the researchers, for the first time since the beginning of the volcanic crisis in El Hierro, coincided with the arrival yesterday of Professor Ignacio Lozano ship the Canary Institute of Marine Sciences (ICCM), which starts today making data and samples in the area over the stain. The instruments carried on board (Niskin bottles to collect water, and a multiparameter probe) will reveal the variations that may have occurred on parameters such as sea temperature, salinity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen or chlorophyll of water in the area where the stain.

Carlos Barrera, coordinator of the research team, which will consist of six researchers from various agencies, said yesterday that the results obtained from sampling could "have evidence of the depth" to which may be the eruptive fissure but that "in no case" will know "what makes up the stain."

Precisely the composition of the stain and its origin is what is creating the most controversy among different scientific family are studying the phenomenon and can not be resolved until next week's arrival at the island the ship from the National Oceanographic Institute Ramon Margalef, equipped with an underwater robot camera. CSIC researchers claim that the magma is already flowing, but others, mainly related to ITER, estimated that the coloration of the water are only causing gases (fumarole submarine).

Hervé

15th October 2011, 10:13

There you go, beautiful shot:

http://www.canariesnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/el_hierro_j.jpg
Compared to:
10542

http://www.canariesnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/el_hierro_2j.jpg

Hervé

15th October 2011, 11:05

A closer look at the "green" plume from yesterday:

3LzioTeVqGo

randles

15th October 2011, 14:39

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/44444(21).JPG&Width=634&Height=291&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

Image sampling boat this morning where is the big stain

Watching the boat

Today, Saturday, El Hierro hopes further information on what is really happening in the depths of La Restinga, a fishing village whose fleet is grounded since Tuesday, and where people do not know what future awaits. Losses in La Restinga, a town closed under lock and key, are innumerable.

Indeed, these new data on the eruptive process can facilitate the oceanographic ship that arrived yesterday tp El Hierro to start today first sampling of water where the green staining is. And, according to data gathered by the Diario El Hierro it is growing considerably.

The ship, Professor Ignacio Lozano has bottles 'Niskin', to collect water, and a multiparameter probe, which will reveal the variations that may have occurred on parameters such as sea temperature, salinity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen or chlorophyll of water in the area where the stain is.

http://www.canarias7.es/fotoamplia.cfm?src=o/1110//233585-1g.jpg

randles

15th October 2011, 14:52

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/11111(23).jpg&Width=635&Height=241,3&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
Image of smoking (small black colored rocks that appear above the sea)

Sergio Gutierrez, Tecorón, El Pinar (15.10.2011. 14:43 pm)

The president of the Cabildo de El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, just confirmed they have found magmatic material (smoking pyroclatics) two kilometers from La Restinga. "evidence of a volcanic eruption," he said. "There is no doubt-he added, that there is, no further testing needed, He added that speculation about gases has gone The Presient said, "They also now know that there's a volcano under there, a mile away".

The Cabildo has told reporters that at that depth, there is no danger for the population. "However, the Civil Guard has tightened controls in the area and established a new perimeter up to about two miles from the intersection of Tacorón, and will remain to monitor the area.

Thus, the volcanic eruption in waters south of the island of El Hierro is already visible on the sea, where you can see at a glance material as a result of the effects of the volcano.

randles

15th October 2011, 15:33

Newscast
RTVE.es 15.10.2011

The volcano off the island of tp El Hierro has erupted magma and errupted just two miles from the coast, as reported by Álgela Alcover, TVE. The council has confirmed the news and says there is no risk of explosion.

However, the authorities have asked TVE team leave the area for safety. They are evicting residents of La Restinga and have asked the research vessel to return to port.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXu29FtKdfQ

The appearance on the sea surface from a mixture of gases and magma, known as pyroclastic flows, has forced the closure of the entrances to the port of La Restinga and the prohibition of flying helicopters and airplanes in the area.

http://img.irtve.es/imagenes/epicentro-del-volcan/1318690705871.jpg
Epicenter of Eruption IGN

The pyroclastic flow is a mixture of gases and solids ejected during the eruptions of volcanoes that form pyroclastic lava flows, also called "burning clouds".

This compound is produced when The Presient said, with high content of dissolved gases (eg dioxides, sulfur or water vapor) is cooled and decompressed when they reach the surface during a volcanic eruption.

No risk to the population

El Hierro Cabildo president, has confirmed that the magmatic material has been detected at two kilometers from the coast of El Hierro, which corroborates the existence of an underwater volcano off the port of La Restinga.

He added, that the material is due to a magmatic eruption underwater to 900 meters deep. The president said that there is No risk to the Population

randles

15th October 2011, 16:30

And here it is, video of the smoking stones that Polly is coughing up !!
I do hope that Amzer Zo has a better description of this than me :)

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

randles

15th October 2011, 17:06

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/443(3).JPG&Width=448&Height=300&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0

Image of the zone today

The Civil Guard reinforces its presence in El Hierro

DIARIOELHIERRO.ES, El Pinar (15.10.2011. 17:24 pm)

The Civil Guard has increased its presence on the island of El Hierro in order to assist in maintaining public safety, the protection of people and goods, and in every case in support of the population, reported a Civil Guard statement.

Thus, to develop this work so far has shifted to the island 7 ATVs Rural Safety Group (GRS) No 8, 2 terrain vehicles scuba Command Communications - 2 IDR belonging to the Command of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1 GATEPRO belonging to the Command of Las Palmas, 1 IDR - 1 and 3 GATEPRO INMARSAT satellite telephones belonging to the Telecommunications Service of the Directorate General of Civil Guard.

Material has also been taken to ensure specific transmission autonomously as well as panel material Underwater Civil Guard (GEAS) with a Zodiac boat of 11 meters, 1 compressor and 5 diving equipment.

In turn, also sent is a helicopter of the Air Service of the Guardia Civil in the Canary Islands which has regularly flown over the area to assist in the operation from the onset of seismic activity.

The Civil Guard said that the displaced help must include personnel assigned to the top job. Already sent into Valverde, (35 troops), 20 components of the GRS No. 8 in command of a lieutenant of the unit and provided with suitable material, as well as 12 members of the Public Safety unit Command (USECIC).

Friday saw the arrival of Civil Guard Patrol Pico Teide Provincial Maritime Service, with five crew for control and monitoring functions of the maritime area which is prohibited to navigation established by the Maritime Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife , covering a defined area of the sea. This boat has a provisional berth in the port of Stake

In addition to material and personnel that the Guardia Civil has already moved to the island, awaits activation, if necessary, component of the Group of Mountain Rescue and Intervention (Greim) functional unit and components NRBQ Group transmissions Command (ITAG).

randles

15th October 2011, 17:16

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/3333(49).JPG&Width=635&Height=228,203125&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
The Civil Guard has tightened security in the area due to the risk of eruption.

Sergio Gutierrez, DiarioElHIerro.es, Valverde (15.10.2011. 17:52 pm)

The eruption detected on Saturday in the waters of El Hierro has a focus at 2.4 km from the coast of La Restinga and 150 meters deep in the sea, explained in a press conference on Security and Emergency Director of the Canary Islands Juan Manuel Santana.

In response, the Canary Islands Government has decided to raise the emergency situation in La Restinga a red light, Level 1, in which, in addition to the mandatory evacuations, mobilized the necessary resources for intervention activities and logistics. This was transmitted by Pevolca in an address to the people of La Restinga, which must follow closely the recommendations of the authorities and members of civil protection.

As is known, the researchers IGN-CSIC, spotted at the inspection carried out from a helicopter in the header area of the spot, about 2,400 meters from the nearest point on the coast, numerous steaming lava fragments in suspension , in an area of approximately 100 meters and surrounded by rows of gas bubbles. Also they were able to observe a change in the color of the headwaters, and this is more dark and of a turbulent aspect. This would mean that the eruption is occurring within 150 feet deep.

With this information, the direction of the Plan gave the order to close off access to the village of La Restinga, and prohibit air and sea traffic in the area. In this sense, Professor Ignacio Lozano vessel ceased research and returned to port.

NO GREATER RISK

From the direction of Pevolca they want to convey to the people that this situation does not imply increased risk for them, since they have already taken "at the time" proper precautions, Pevolca have also summoned the media to a hearing with the spokesmen of scientists so that they can clearly define the characteristics of this phenomenon. This will be held at the Headquarters in Cecoi in Valverde, at 19:00.

Scientists at the National Geographic Institute (IGN) and National Research Center have confirmed that this is a fissure submarine eruption in shallow waters.

randles

15th October 2011, 18:30

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/Semaforo_Volcanico/gif_semaforico/semaforo_rojo.gif

La Restinga
El Pinar

http://www.emergenciaselhierro.org/images/stories/Semaforo_Volcanico/gif_semaforico/semaforo_amarillo.gif

Applies to the rest of the Island of El Hierro

prensa@el-hierro.org

AVISO URGENTE

IGN-CSIC scientists confirm a fissure eruption type submarine in shallow waters

The Canary Islands government rises to the emergency red light, level 1
Residents should be reassured because preventive measures have been taken

Scientists at the National Geographic Institute (IGN) and National Research Center have confirmed, in the afternoon today, the leadership of the Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk, a fissure eruption type submarine in shallow waters.

In response, the Canary Islands Government has decided to raise the emergency to red light, Level 1, in which, in addition to the mandatory evacuations, mobilized the necessary resources for intervention activities and logistics. This was transmitted PEVOLCA address to the people of La Restinga, which must follow closely the recommendations of the authorities and members of civil protection.

As is known, the researchers IGN-CSIC, spotted at the inspection carried out from a helicopter in the header area of the spot, about 2,400 meters from the nearest point on the coast, numerous steaming lava fragments in suspension , in an area of approximately 100 meters and surrounded by rows of gas bubbles. Also have observed a change in the color of the headwaters, and this is more dark and turbulent aspect. This would mean that the eruption is occurring within 150 feet deep.

With this information, the direction of the Plan gave the order to close off access to the village of La Restinga, and prohibit air and sea traffic in the area. In this sense, Professor Ignacio Lozano vessel ceased research and returned to port.

From the direction of PEVOLCA they want to convey to the people that this situation does not imply increased risk for them, since they are already taken "at the time" proper precautions, and summons the media to a hearing with the spokesmen of scientists so that they can clearly define the characteristics of this phenomenon. The headquarters of this will be in CECOI in Valverde, at 19:00.

randles

15th October 2011, 18:38

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/4433556.jpg&Width=635&Height=424,65625&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
The mayor of El Pinar (right)
El Pinar, social and economic emergency

Sergio Gutierrez, El Pinar (15.10.2011. 18:37 pm)

The Municipality of El Pinar de El Hierro has just unanimously declared the state of social and economic emergency to the latest developments in the municipality with the evacuation of about 400 people from La Restinga on Tuesday, a fact that has led to a unprecedented economic stagnation.

With El Pinar, That now makes two of the three existing municipalities on the island of El Hierro (La Frontera did on 10 October) that are in this situation following the eruption process.

In this sense, the mayor of the Municipality of El Pinar de El Hierro, Juan Miguel Padrón, said the House has agreed to address the government and state Canary Islands, the European Community, to, MPs or MEPs canaries, the City Council of El Hierro and ask support.

Juan Miguel Padrón, however, sent a message of comfort to the inhabitants of the municipality and said that "El Pinar is not going to evacuate, I want to make that very clear to the neighbors they will not be evacuated," the mayor stressed.

randles

15th October 2011, 22:37

Polly meets the President, and a couple of dead fish..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lt2p12n6RE

randles

15th October 2011, 22:47

Goodnight Avalon :)

I hope that Polly is feeling better in the morning ;)

Flash

16th October 2011, 01:14

Good night randles and thanks to keep us informed.

Buenas noches a todo de las islas de Canarie tambien.

Hervé

16th October 2011, 05:06

Well, I am glad Randles left something to reverse engineer from the GoogleTranslate gobbledygook of the news-speak rendering of scientific babblings back to, somewhat, understandable English...

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/5555(36)(1).jpg&Width=635&Height=240,109375&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
Ramon Ortiz, head of Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

SPECIAL SEISMIC CRISIS - 15/10/2011 (21:02 pm)
BY RAMON ORTIZ

''If the process continues there will come a time when a new island is born''

The head of the Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC), Ramon Ortiz, said in Valverde on Saturday that if the eruptive process continues its course,''there will come a time when the lava will come out and create a new island.''

If a new island is born with the eruption at El Hierro ... what would you name it? Join us on Facebook of DIARIO EL HIERRO [DAILY IRON]. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diario-El-Hierro/139786129386610)CLICK HERE. (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Diario-El-Hierro/139786129386610)

Sergio Gutierrez, DiarioElHierro.es, Valverde (15.10.2011. 21:02 pm):

The head of the Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC), Ramon Ortiz, said on Saturday in Valverde that if the current eruptive process continues there will come a time when the lava will come out and create a new island," he said. This is one of the hypotheses that scientists are now following after observing the evolution of the eruptive phenomena in the last 24 hours, although other scenarios are not ruled out.

In this regard, Ortiz said that what is happening right now in the sea of La Restinga is that "the magma produced gases, the gases reach the surface and generate the colored patches," he said.

He explained that, in the first stage, which effects have been seen today, is the extrusion of "lava blobs which are gas-filled and once the gas escapes they sink." In a second stage, according to Ortiz, "a beautiful column of white steam can then be seen" which will then be followed by the third phase to be observed "black colored explosions known as rooster tails." Finally, "the growth of a small island that will flow lava in fountain jets," would then be witnessed.

Ramon Ortiz also said that the diameter of the mouth of the volcano should be about one meter in diameter and it has caused a bulging on the island tip of about five centimeters. He said that the eruption will be observable when it comes up to about 60 meters deep.

As for the time it will take for all of this to take place is difficult to quantify, "you can ask, but the volcano has not told me yet," Ramon Ortiz quipped.

However, Ortiz said that everything depends on how deep the eruption process might be at this stage, if it can not just accumulate any more lava because the lava blobs rise to the surface and sink; if this happened then we would know that the eruption would not go any further and everything returns to normal life."

NO DANGER TO THE PEOPLE

According to Ramon Ortiz, after the evacuation of La Restinga, "the danger for the inhabitants is nil, unless they get where they should not." Accordingly, the scientist rules out that the eruption would arrive at La Restinga, "if it did, it would cause minor damages such as breaking a couple of windows or a few rooms filled with ashes or a roof," he said.

Also, Ramon Ortiz ruled out, in principle, an eruption on land, but do not rule out large earthquakes (about magnitude 4 on the Richter scale).

For his part, Director General of Security and Emergency, Juan Manuel Santana, announced that there will be a further meeting of the Steering Committee Pevolca, this Sunday, the 16th, which will be attended by the President of the Government, Paulino Rivero, and the director of Plan and Minister of Economy, Finance and Security, Javier Ortiz. The meeting will take place at 13:00 pm in the City of El Pinar.

Hervé

16th October 2011, 05:16

Now, for these lava blobs that float up and then sink, from Wikipedia:

Pumice
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Teidepumice.jpg/220px-Teidepumice.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Teidepumice.jpg)http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Teidepumice.jpg)
Specimen of highly porous pumice from Teide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide) volcano on Tenerife (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife), Canary Islands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands). Density (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density) of specimen approximately 0.25 g/cm3; scale in centimeters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimetre).

Pumice / (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English)ˈ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key)p (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key)ʌ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key)m (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key)ɨ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key)s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key)/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English) is a textural term for a volcanic rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_rock) that is a solidified frothy lava (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava) typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano). It can be formed when lava and water are mixed. This unusual formation is due to the simultaneous actions of rapid cooling and rapid depressurization. The depressurization creates bubbles by lowering the solubility (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solubility) of gases (including water (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water) and CO2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide)) dissolved in the lava, causing the gases to rapidly exsolve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsolution) (like the bubbles of CO2 that appear when a carbonated drink is opened). The simultaneous cooling and depressurization freezes the bubbles in the matrix (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(geology)).

Properties

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Pumice_stone_detail444.jpg/220px-Pumice_stone_detail444.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pumice_stone_detail444.jpg)
Illustrates the porous nature in detail.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BishopTuff.jpg/220px-BishopTuff.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BishopTuff.jpg)
Rocks from the Bishop tuff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_tuff), uncompressed with pumice on left; compressed with fiamme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiamme) on right.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Pumice_on_20_dollars.jpg/220px-Pumice_on_20_dollars.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pumice_on_20_dollars.jpg)
A 15 centimeter (6 inch) piece of pumice supported by a rolled-up U.S. 20-dollar bill demonstrates its very low density.

Pumice is composed of highly microvesicular (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesicular_texture) glass pyroclastic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroclastic) with very thin, translucent bubble walls of extrusive (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrusive) igneous rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_rock). It is commonly, but not exclusively of silicic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicic) or felsic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felsic) to intermediate in composition (e.g., rhyolitic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyolitic), dacitic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacitic), andesite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andesite), pantellerite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantellerite), phonolite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonolite), trachyte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachyte)), but basaltic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basaltic) and other compositions are known. Pumice is commonly pale in color, ranging from white, cream, blue or grey, to green-brown or black. It forms when volcanic gases (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_gas) exsolving from viscous magma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magma) nucleate bubbles which cannot readily decouple from the viscous magma prior to chilling to glass. Pumice is a common product of explosive eruptions (plinian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plinian) and ignimbrite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignimbrite)-forming) and commonly forms zones in upper parts of silicic lavas. Pumice has an average porosity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porosity) of 90%, and initially floats on water.

Scoria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoria) differs from pumice in being denser. With larger vesicles and thicker vesicle walls, it sinks rapidly. The difference is the result of the lower viscosity of the magma that forms scoria. When larger amounts of gas are present, the result is a finer-grained variety of pumice known as pumicite. Pumice is considered a glass because it has no crystal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal) structure. Pumice varies in density according to the thickness of the solid material between the bubbles; many samples float in water. After the explosion of Krakatoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa), rafts of pumice drifted through the Pacific Ocean for up to 20 years, with tree trunks floating among them.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice#cite_note-0) In fact, pumice rafts disperse and support several marine species.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice#cite_note-1) In 1979, 1984 and 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vava%27u), underwater volcanic eruptions near Tonga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga) created large pumice rafts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice_raft), some as large as 30 kilometres that floated hundreds of kilometres to Fiji (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice#cite_note-PumiceRafts-2)

There are two main forms of vesicles. Most pumice contains tubular microvesicles that can impart a silky or fibrous fabric. The elongation of the microvesicles occurs due to ductile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ductile) elongation in the volcanic conduit or, in the case of pumiceous lavas, during flow. The other form of vesicles are subspherical to spherical and result from high vapor pressure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor_pressure) during eruption.

Uses

Pumice is widely used to make lightweight concrete (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete) or insulative (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_insulation) low-density breeze blocks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_masonry_unit). When used as an additive for cement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement), a fine-grained version of pumice called pozzolan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozzolana) is mixed with lime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lime_(mineral)) to form a light-weight, smooth, plaster-like concrete (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete). This form of concrete was used as far back as Roman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome) times. Roman engineers used it to build the huge dome of the Pantheon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome) and as construction material for many aqueducts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct).

It is also used as an abrasive, especially in polishes, pencil erasers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eraser), cosmetic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics) exfoliants (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exfoliation_(cosmetology)), and the production of stone-washed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_washing) jeans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeans). "Pumice stones" are often used in beauty salons during the pedicure process to remove dry and excess skin from the bottom of the foot as well as calluses. It was also used in ancient Greek and Roman times to remove excess hair.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice#cite_note-3) Finely ground pumice is added to some toothpastes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothpaste) and heavy-duty hand cleaners (such as Lava soap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_(soap))) as a mild abrasive. Pumice is also used as a growing substrate for growing horticultural crops.

Hervé

16th October 2011, 05:38

As for the "Rooster Tails" Ramon Ortiz mentioned in the above article, here are examples from Iceland at the end of this video:

jZdeavURhk8

Hervé

16th October 2011, 05:48

Well... El Hierro has now 10,077 tremors officially logged....

Meanwhile, this thread has enjoyed over 35,000 viewings....

Thank you for your support and for dropping by! :wave:

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e105/CommentCrazyGirl/Smileys%20Hello%20Wave/greet013.gif

thank you.......

Hervé

16th October 2011, 05:53

Strongest so far (2.5 at 13:23):

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/HORA/CHIE_2011-10-16_13-14.jpg

For the day:

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA/CHIE_2011-10-16.jpg

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

http://www.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/CHIE/imagenes_sismica/DIA_SP/CHIE_2011-10-16_sp.jpg

Refresh your browser to get the latest traces

The continuously changing scales keeps compressing the earlier graphs to the bottom and to the left!
http://www.02.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/energia_HIERRO.jpg

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

http://laspuntas.myipcamera.com:1024/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1?

Refresh your browser page to get the latest graphs and picture.

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:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/histograma_HIERRO_2011.jpg
As for the location of the most recent EQs (red dots), they now seem to have random occurrences over the area:

http://www.01.ign.es/ign/resources/volcanologia/jpg/Eventos_HIERRO_2011.jpg

Refresh your browser page to get the latest numbers and positions.

Hervé

16th October 2011, 06:40

Here they are these smoking pumices!

10555

10556

10557

Click on picture to enlarge.

Hervé

16th October 2011, 07:17

Polly is playing a soft tune...

10558

Click on picture to enlarge.

Hervé

16th October 2011, 08:58

From: http://maps.google.es/maps/ms?vpsrc=6&ctz=-60&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=215666127165747583019.0004af5a39c99601d754a&ll=27.63495,-17.979598&spn=0.017071,0.018583&t=m&source=embed

10559

randles

16th October 2011, 09:16

Good Morning Avalon :)

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

Hervé

16th October 2011, 09:48

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

http://earthquake-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/elhierro-16102011-1.jpg (http://earthquake-report.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/elhierro-16102011-1.jpg)
The meeting of the El Pinar council, yesterday afternoon

*** Edit ***

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]

Hervé

16th October 2011, 11:25

:dirol:

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

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

... just sayin'

My... what a bathtub!

http://fotos00.laprovincia.es/fotos/noticias/646x260/2011-10-16_IMG_2011-10-16_11:50:17_111.jpg
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)

http://comunidad.laprovincia.es/servicios/galeriasMultimedia/media/33706/imagenes/1318766041962_erupcion_hierro_1.jpg

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

randles

16th October 2011, 11:54

[QUOTE=randles;331985]:dirol:

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

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

... just sayin'

My... what a bathtub!

That is so cool !!
:cool:

Hervé

16th October 2011, 14:25

http://fotos01.laprovincia.es/fotos/noticias/646x260/2011-10-16_IMG_2011-10-16_14:58:40_tre111.jpg

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

Pamela

16th October 2011, 15:05

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...)

Hervé

16th October 2011, 15:25

http://www.diarioelhierro.es/aspjpg/send_binary.asp?Path=D:\wadhoo01\/imagen/26496/3333(50).jpg&Width=635&Height=309,5625&Interpolation=1&sharpen=0&sharpenvalue=&Rotate=0
Paulino Rivero declares the return of the inhabitants of La Restinga and the reopening of the tunnel. Gelmert Finol / www.dirioelhierro.es (http://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.