Yesterday an earthquake swarm started with a 3.4M earthquake at Herðubreið. So far the swarm has had 15 earthquakes above 2M, among those 3 where at Askja proper. This swarm as well as the previous ones at Herðubreið have been to the west of the volcano. And those earthquake swarms have been deemed to be lateral intrusions…
Few cities on the planet can even start to compete with Naples in being ominously placed from a geological standpoint. The city has not only a tremendous historical background; it is also totally surrounded with active super volcanoes. A few years ago I had the pleasure of having dinner in a villa on the slopes…
As most of you know I started to say that Askja is heading towards an eruption a couple of years ago. The reason back then was the persistant seismic activity in the Dreki area and the Herdubreid area. Later Hazel Rhymer published a paper with information about an inflation taking place within the caldera, and…
Very little is known about the volcano Zvezdnoye Ozero (Star Lake, 67D26’05’’N 102D24’26’’E) in the Kraznojarsk Kraj in Russia. It is situated in the northern end of the Siberian Traps, but is otherwise unrelated to the famous Igneous Province. It is believed to have erupted the last time about 600 000 years ago in a caldera…
Those of you who are an avid reader of Erik Klemettis fine blog have probably already read his heads up on Santorinis increased activity posted earlier today. For those that have not yet read it I seriously suggest that you do that. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/eruption-update-for-march-21-2012-santorini-nevado-del-ruiz-etna-and-iliamna/ After reading up on the paper that he is citing I felt…
VolcanoCafé 
You must be logged in to post a comment.