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ozone_aurora
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 12:56:47 AM

Wolf Volcano, on Galapagos Islands, has produced a major eruption;

http://www.igepn.edu.ec/noticias/1007-informe-especial-galapagos-no-2-2015.

(Article in Spanish)

Galapagos is a geological hot spot, with 15 known active/dormant volcanoes. It's last eruption occurred in 2009 on Fernandina Island.

Originally Posted by: ozone_aurora 

A new article about the eruption at Wolf volcano here;

https://volcanocafe.wordpress.com/2015/05/25/eruption-of-big-bad-volcan-wolf/.

 

Maunder Minimum
Friday, May 29, 2015 11:07:47 AM

Japan - Mount Shindake has erupted:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11637512/Japans-Mount-Shindake-volcano-erupts.html

 Just as a point of interest - is the World going through one of its more active geological phases at the moment?


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Saint Snow
Friday, May 29, 2015 2:11:38 PM

Japan - Mount Shindake has erupted:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11637512/Japans-Mount-Shindake-volcano-erupts.html

 Just as a point of interest - is the World going through one of its more active geological phases at the moment?

Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum 

 

Hopefully!

I never want people to lose their homes or even lives, but a bit of geological excitement would be good - especially if of a substantial enough nature to cause a bit of climate cooling just in time for winter 2015/16


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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 10:41:39 AM

 

 

Hopefully!

I never want people to lose their homes or even lives, but a bit of geological excitement would be good - especially if of a substantial enough nature to cause a bit of climate cooling just in time for winter 2015/16

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

I think your desired climate cooling has arrived already!

ozone_aurora
Sunday, June 21, 2015 11:17:02 AM

Sinabung volcano of Sumatra, Indonesia, has been very actively lately, producing lava domes that collapse spectacularly forming pyroclastic flows;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3132521/Thousands-villagers-flee-Indonesian-volcano-continues-spew-rocks-ash-hot-gas-15-kilometres-away.html?ito=social-facebook.

 

AIMSIR
Sunday, June 21, 2015 5:37:44 PM
That reminds me of Montseratt. a little.

Frightening stuff indeed.

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Friday, July 24, 2015 6:26:26 PM
ozone_aurora
Monday, August 3, 2015 9:41:40 PM

Some spectacular lava flows from Piton de la Fournaise volcano, of Reunion Island, in Indian Ocean;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33764763.

 

ozone_aurora
Friday, August 14, 2015 6:05:57 PM

Cotopaxi volcano erupts for first time since 1940s;

http://www.wired.com/2015/08/cotopaxi-ecuador-erupts-first-time-since-1940s/.

 

AIMSIR
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 11:29:43 PM

Seen worse in Glastonbury.

Joking aside.

Cotopaxi is a big problem.

Ecuadorian Volcano Threatens 325000

ozone_aurora
Monday, September 14, 2015 8:40:21 AM
doctormog
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 5:44:44 PM
Possibly worth a mention?

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2015/09/14/bardarbunga_to_blow_again/ 

If Bardarbunga was to erupt big style it would be rather interesting to say the least.

However we could also see another rifting eruption to release any build up of magma. That aside there are e usual cheats of things opin a geological time frame. "Soon" could be a few months, years or decades. (Or it could be next week!)


Dougie
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 6:23:46 PM

Possibly worth a mention?

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2015/09/14/bardarbunga_to_blow_again/

If Bardarbunga was to erupt big style it would be rather interesting to say the least.

However we could also see another rifting eruption to release any build up of magma. That aside there are e usual cheats of things opin a geological time frame. "Soon" could be a few months, years or decades. (Or it could be next week!)

Originally Posted by: doctormog 

 

This, a few days ago from Jon Frimann.

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/ 


Ha'way the lads
doctormog
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 6:25:58 PM
Yes, it was on Jon's site that I found that link. There certainly seems to be a lot of (very) low level activity in Iceland in the last few weeks.
ozone_aurora
Thursday, September 24, 2015 9:40:42 AM

Increase in activity at Tungnafellsjökull volcano;

http://www.jonfr.com/volcano/.

 

Patrick01
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 11:04:23 PM

A jökulhlaup (glacier flood) is being reported stemming from Vatnajökull today - I wonder if this will lead to anything?

From: http://en.vedur.is/#tab=vatnafar

Floodwater is beginning to drain from the eastern Skaftá ice-cauldron, located beneath Vatnajökull. According to GPS measurements, the ice-surface above the lake began to subside late on 27 September. The rate of subsidence is increasing progressively, reflecting heightened discharge from the lake. The flood (jökulhlaup) will travel a distance of 40 km beneath western Vatnajökull, before entering the Skaftá river. The closest gauging station on Skaftá is at Sveinstindur, about 28 km downstream from the ice margin. The jökulhlaup will reach Sveinstindur at some point between Wednesday evening and the early hours of Thursday. For details about flood hazards, see the news article on our home-page.

Written by a specialist at 29 Sep 22:28 GMT 

 

 

Dougie
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:31:56 AM

A jökulhlaup (glacier flood) is being reported stemming from Vatnajökull today - I wonder if this will lead to anything?

From: http://en.vedur.is/#tab=vatnafar

Floodwater is beginning to drain from the eastern Skaftá ice-cauldron, located beneath Vatnajökull. According to GPS measurements, the ice-surface above the lake began to subside late on 27 September. The rate of subsidence is increasing progressively, reflecting heightened discharge from the lake. The flood (jökulhlaup) will travel a distance of 40 km beneath western Vatnajökull, before entering the Skaftá river. The closest gauging station on Skaftá is at Sveinstindur, about 28 km downstream from the ice margin. The jökulhlaup will reach Sveinstindur at some point between Wednesday evening and the early hours of Thursday. For details about flood hazards, see the news article on our home-page.

Written by a specialist at 29 Sep 22:28 GMT 

 

 

Originally Posted by: Patrick01 

Quite a dramatic photo of the glacier subsiding ( 4m in last 24 hours) as the cauldron beneath empties out.

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2015/09/29/scientists_study_glacier_river_flood/ 


Ha'way the lads
doctormog
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 6:23:26 AM
http://brunnur.vedur.is/pub/vatnavakt/skafta/ska2_cauldron_gps_all.html 

I get the impression that the last similar event was in 2011?


Dougie
Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:37:22 AM
http://brunnur.vedur.is/pub/vatnavakt/skafta/ska2_cauldron_gps_all.html 

I get the impression that the last similar event was in 2011?

 

The rate of subsidence continues to be impressive, and had increased to something approaching 3m per hour. At 03.00hrs it was was measured at 34.5m.

http://en.vedur.is/photos/volcanoes/ska2_cauldron_gps_hlaup.png 

I have not looked at the 2011 event Doc, but flooding is going to become a major issue soon, especially if the glacier collapses.


Ha'way the lads
Patrick01
Thursday, October 1, 2015 10:16:49 AM

 

 

The rate of subsidence continues to be impressive, and had increased to something approaching 3m per hour. At 03.00hrs it was was measured at 34.5m.

http://en.vedur.is/photos/volcanoes/ska2_cauldron_gps_hlaup.png 

I have not looked at the 2011 event Doc, but flooding is going to become a major issue soon, especially if the glacier collapses.

Originally Posted by: Dougie 

 

http://en.vedur.is/#tab=vatnafar

The Skaftá outburst flood has been detected at Sveinstindur. Floodwater will reach populated areas of Skaftárdalur at midday today, where localised flooding is expected. A further update will be published later today.

Written by a specialist at 01 Oct 08:22 GMT

http://vmkerfi.vedur.is/vatn/temp/vdv_graph_759020683948213.png?nr=466306

All very interesting - I see the flow rate has gone from around 100 or so m3/s to over 700 at Skafta now and the water level has reached 5 metres. There were a couple of quakes in the area yesterday too.

doctormog
Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:44:06 PM
The glacier subsidence and flow continue to increase (at over 60m and 1300 cubic metres per second respectively). An impressive flooding event certainly, but as yet nothing massively unusual by Iceland's standards. The Skafta flow is now significantly higher than any other river flow in Iceland.
AIMSIR
Saturday, October 3, 2015 10:58:28 PM
Might be just a flash in the pan?.

http://en.vedur.is/photos/jarisls/151003_2250.png 

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