El Hierro Volcano (Canary Islands) : Red alert – Most spectacular video of the action so far!

Earthquake Report ^ | October 17, 2011 | Armand Vervaeck and James Daniell

[Errant]

Update 17/10 – 17:29 UTC : The volcano discussion panel @ jonfr.com is expecting that we are in the stage of a surtseyan eruption. The vent opened in a very shallow depth of 150 m. That means that the magma can form pillow lava so that the “building” soon reaches the surface and then continues with phreatomagmatic eruptions.

[Errant]

In what order are the fears?

Normally, damage to the local area with the birth of a new island just offshore or a major addition to El Hierro itself.

It's worth watching though since it could cause other volcanoes in the area to start up due to recurring earthquakes from this one (same thing occurring in Iceland). If that happens, who knows what the ultimate consequences might be.

I do know that we're seeing a major increase (> 50%) in earthquakes and active volcanoes worldwide compared to the past several decades.

[JimRed]

El Hierro has the potential to destroy the entire East coast of the USA.

I think that one is el Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma.

[TheOldLady]

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[Kenny Bunk]

www.rense.com/general56/tsu.htm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jlaiJRwU6Q

articles.cnn.com/.../tidal.wave_1_tidal-wave-tsunami-cumbre-vieja?_

[winoneforthegipper]

Thanks bud...been following this very closely over the last two weeks.

Amazing to me is the now week long harmonics....just incredible and in my opinion quite the thing to watch.

Again thanks for the Ping!

[Errant]

No problemo. Check out the big bump in the magnitude of the harmonics over the last few hours at the site. If you haven't seen this video, it's awsome!

10/15/2011 -- Sakurajima back on line -- large lava eruption

[winoneforthegipper]

Good Stuff!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Captain Beyond.

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[Eaker]

Most spectacular video of the action so far!

They can't get a better phone to take the videos?

[Errant]

What did you think of the audio? lol

Someone must have been hanging out the window?

[Eaker]

LOL

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[NELSON111]

Perhaps you should actually READ the sites you posted. The first site specifically states that El Hierro caused a tsunami by collapse and that is what they are worried about with La Palma (which is what people have been trying to tell you). This eruption of El Hierro would not be a collapse.

On the second site (ATS), people debunk the myth that El Hierro would cause a tsunami if you read far enough into the thread. Why? For the above reasons.

So Again...WRONG ISLAND.

[winoneforthegipper]

Actually you could not be more wrong.

http://geomar.geo.ub.es/eurodom/documents/Massonetal01_ESR.pdf

Errant, if you have not read this paper yet, you will find it very comprehensive.

[Errant]

Thanks, saving to my library!

From the article:

The key characteristics of debris avalanches include a relatively narrow headwall and chute above 3000 m water depth on the island flanks...

I believe this applies to all the islands. If you removed the water from around El Hierro and stood on the highest peak, you'd be over 10,000' above the surrounding terrain.

[Errant]

Image from the site above that gives an idea of the island's underwater slope.

[winoneforthegipper]

exactly...people are concentrating on above surface thinking that El Hierro being already deflanked(LOL) could not create a tsunami because well there's not much left to it, but in reality there is above and below but more importantly it's history suggests that it's more than prone to collapse.

Secondly I remain severely troubled by the continuous harmonic tremor...if anything beside a full scale eruption that will weaken the earth it would be the non-stop tremor.

[Errant]

I'd be packing and moving to another Island, pronto! :)

At least the activity is south of El Hierro for now and that is most likely where a collapse would occur. If it does, it should lessen the force of a tsunami to the the other islands, northern EU countries or our East Coast?

Then again, these quakes started on the other side or underneath the island and worked themselves South until the magma vented. There could be a chance of the venting working its way back underneath the island. Imagine the catastrophe if the island split in half and one or both halves collapsed into the ocean!

[winoneforthegipper]

Yeah I am not to worried about the tsunami generation as for a global impact however it is a real threat for Africa, the Azores, the Cape Verde's and of course the other local Islands.

As for the quakes....my understanding from a geologist in Spain is that there is about 40k Olympic sized swimming pools worth of magma pretty much just sloshing around and through the rift zone. There is no natural chamber above 15km so it's fighting pressure from beneath to empty. Interesting is that the hotspot is located right under the western most side of El Hierro.

All this added up, I think at that depth if the magma ever does find an outlet the resulting quake will be between 5 and 6 in intensity. Will that be enough to trigger a collapse? Certainly the risk is rising the longer this plays out with the volcanic tremor being present for so long.

[AdmSmith]

It seems that something will happen the next few days...

Ash particles coming up today. Ships have been ordered away from waters around La Restinga and aircraft have been banned from flying over the island’s southern tip.

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

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks AdmSmith. I’d ping the Catastrophism list, but basically I’m waiting for El Hierro to put up or shut up. :’)