Name that Volcano Riddle!

The week has been calm eruptionwise, but fairly frisky earthquakewise in Iceland. The transform faultline north of Siglufjördur kicked into high gear with continous medium sized earthquake swarms. The active faultline is one of two major faults making out two of the boundaries for a microplate that is seismically locked at its southeastern corner under…

Originally posted on lithics:
Earlier I posted an info bulletin about this morning’s Banda Aceh earthquake.  Rather than muddle it with more and more stuff, I thought it might be better to include this update as a separate post, as it is more of a discussion than a news piece in any case. The truth…

Earthquake – Focal beach balls

Stand in the place where you live Now face North Think about direction Wonder why you haven’t before Now stand in the place where you work Now face West Think about the place where you live Wonder why you haven’t before If you are confused check with the sun Carry a compass to help you…