GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Tracking Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Activity - A Single Deflation-Inflation Cycle Event Occurred This Week, Shifting The Lava Lake Levels!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - HAWAII </span></b>- A lava lake within the Halema‘uma‘u Overlook vent produced nighttime glow that was visible via HVO’s Webcam during the past week. A single deflation-inflation cycle (DI event) occurred during the week (as of Thursday, November 7), and the lava lake level fell, then correspondingly rose again.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DkKFJyLrrTI/Unzn0pbOQkI/AAAAAAABNec/-Lhrs591E8o/s1600/kilauea01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DkKFJyLrrTI/Unzn0pbOQkI/AAAAAAABNec/-Lhrs591E8o/s1600/kilauea01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Active pāhoehoe breakouts are scattered across portions of the Kahaualeʻa 2 flow. This photo shows a<br />nice example of ropy pāhoehoe active near the flow margin. Photo courtesy of USGS/HVO</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />On Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone, a breakout from the Peace Day tube above the pali was active early in the week, but no activity was observed on Thursday, November 7. The Peace Day flow, which started on September 21, 2011, is no longer active. <br /><br />The Kahauale‘a 2 flow, fed from a spatter cone on the northeast edge of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, is now the only active flow. The Kahauale`a 2 flow continues to advance slowly across old flows and into the forest. Its tip was 6.4 km (4.0 miles) northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō when mapped on November 7.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mAD5lcKSEVs/Unzn9_SaoxI/AAAAAAABNek/Mv4ycPJf8II/s1600/kilauea02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mAD5lcKSEVs/Unzn9_SaoxI/AAAAAAABNek/Mv4ycPJf8II/s1600/kilauea02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small-scale map showing Kīlauea’s east rift zone flow field as of November 7, 2013. The Peace Day flow<br />(light orange), which began September 21, 2011, is no longer active. All east rift zone eruptive activity is<br />now focused into the Kahaualeʻa 2 flow, which is advancing slowly toward the northeast from<br />Puʻu ʻŌʻō. The Kahaualeʻa 2 flow as of October 21 is shown in pink, while advancement of the<br />flow as of November 7 is shown in red. Older lava flows are labeled with the years in which<br />they were active: episodes 1–48b flows (1983–1986) are shown in gray; episodes 48c–49 <br />flows (1986–1992) are pale yellow; episodes 50–55 flows (1992–2007) are tan; <br />and episodes 58–60 flows (2007–2011) are pale orange. The active lava<br />tube is shown with a yellow line.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />No earthquakes were reported felt on the Island of Hawai‘i during the past week. <br /><br />Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. - <a href="http://www.hawaii247.com/2013/11/08/volcano-watch-kilauea-activity-update-for-november-7-2013/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Hawaii 24/7</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Nicaragua's Momotombo Volcano Shaken By 300 Quakes In JUST ONE DAY - Volcano Hasn't Erupted In 108 Years!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - NICARAGUA </span></b>- A seismic swarm in the Momotombo volcano in August claimed nearly 300 microearthquakes in a single day, more than twice as common tremors reported the same month, reported the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INET). <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IgxCGzSxCcE/UnzmzQajdHI/AAAAAAABNeU/yPp2_FqkD_U/s1600/momotombo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IgxCGzSxCcE/UnzmzQajdHI/AAAAAAABNeU/yPp2_FqkD_U/s1600/momotombo.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />According to the Monthly Bulletin of Earthquakes and Volcanoes of INET, the Momotombo swarm of microearthquakes caused 284 on August 17. The Momotombo, located north of Lake Managua, presented 524 microearthquakes between 16 and 18 August, according to the report. The microearthquakes are earthquakes with magnitudes less than the magnitude of 1.0 on the Richter scale, which are not perceived by the population. <br /><br />The swarm in August Momotombo volcano did not cause any damage in Nicaragua. Regarding the normal seismic activity, the INET recorded 177 tremors with a magnitude of 1.0 Richter or more, both on the Pacific Ocean, and in the volcanic chain and northern Nicaragua. <br /><br />The tremors under the Pacific Ocean were located off the coast of Corinto , Masachapa and The Small mouth, in the subduction zone, ie at the point of collision of continental plates Cocos and Caribbean, according to the report. The earthquakes in the volcanic chain were located in San Cristobal volcano, Masaya and Concepcion. <br /><br />The northern tremors occurred in the provinces of Estelí, Madriz, Nueva Segovia and the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). Most of the earthquakes, ie 54, had magnitudes between 3.0 and 3.9 Richter. <br /><br />Another 50 earthquakes showed a magnitude of between 2.0 and 2.9 Richter. The rest had magnitudes between 1.0 and 1.9 Richter, according to the bulletin. Nicaragua is considered a country with high frequency of earthquakes. 2,000 tremors occur each year on average, according to statistics from INET. - <a href="http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/301372-enjambre-sismico-volcan-momotombo-causa-300-microsismos"><span style="color: orange;"><b>El Nuevo Diario</b></span></a>. [Translated]<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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November 08, 2013 - NICARAGUA - A seismic swarm in the Momotombo volcano in August claimed nearly 300 microearthquakes in a single day, more...

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Scores Flee As The Volcano Cover Nearby Vilages In Thick Ash! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - INDONESIA </span></b>- A plume of steam and ash rises as lava rolls from the crater of the Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption as seen from the Karo district on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cCu0zf2ArVU/UnzgSdwepLI/AAAAAAABNcs/XsEn-W5L_as/s1600/sinabung01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cCu0zf2ArVU/UnzgSdwepLI/AAAAAAABNcs/XsEn-W5L_as/s1600/sinabung01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung in Indonesia has erupted for the third time in as many months. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B76Tq5kjg4k/UnzgSurA5sI/AAAAAAABNc0/sLGhHtOpEqo/s1600/sinabung02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B76Tq5kjg4k/UnzgSurA5sI/AAAAAAABNc0/sLGhHtOpEqo/s1600/sinabung02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung spewing ash over 4 miles into the air and covering nearby villages in gray powder. <br />(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X_lqMXBJ-qI/UnzgSYgMwEI/AAAAAAABNcw/_HynXdKj36A/s1600/sinabung05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X_lqMXBJ-qI/UnzgSYgMwEI/AAAAAAABNcw/_HynXdKj36A/s1600/sinabung05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-avFN36cDwL4/UnzgSwHZ8CI/AAAAAAABNdE/soiPsEMtP7k/s1600/sinabung06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-avFN36cDwL4/UnzgSwHZ8CI/AAAAAAABNdE/soiPsEMtP7k/s1600/sinabung06.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICfNiZwFyM0/UnzgTdfGdzI/AAAAAAABNdI/gRxTLC0kClM/s1600/sinabung07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ICfNiZwFyM0/UnzgTdfGdzI/AAAAAAABNdI/gRxTLC0kClM/s1600/sinabung07.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Hundreds of residents have been evacuated to safer areas as the volcano erupted anew following September eruptions. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YCknt4VGzE/UnzgodSwysI/AAAAAAABNdc/TRJHIbFwd3M/s1600/sinabung03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3YCknt4VGzE/UnzgodSwysI/AAAAAAABNdc/TRJHIbFwd3M/s1600/sinabung03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A flower blossoms from vegetation covered with volcanic ash. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QisVt3ax8YM/UnzgoCBtYcI/AAAAAAABNdU/9WeUAD_9Yxg/s1600/sinabung04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QisVt3ax8YM/UnzgoCBtYcI/AAAAAAABNdU/9WeUAD_9Yxg/s1600/sinabung04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students wear masks to protect their respiration from the volcanic ash from the eruption of <br />Mount Sinabung at an elementary school. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mgh0vULdDE/UnzgoSB6nXI/AAAAAAABNdY/ZxMrERVfXcM/s1600/sinabung08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mgh0vULdDE/UnzgoSB6nXI/AAAAAAABNdY/ZxMrERVfXcM/s1600/sinabung08.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girl walks to school in masks, to protect their respiration from the volcanic ash from the eruption of <br />Mount Sinabung at an elementary school. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c15oAmq9zzs/UnzgpC6tE_I/AAAAAAABNds/UCnF4o8QCh8/s1600/sinabung09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c15oAmq9zzs/UnzgpC6tE_I/AAAAAAABNds/UCnF4o8QCh8/s1600/sinabung09.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Villages covered in ash from Mount Sinabung. (Binsar Bakkara, AP)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The 2 600m-high volcano has been erupting since Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope. - <a href="http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/World/Hundreds-flee-as-Indonesia-volcano-erupts-20131107"><span style="color: orange;"><b>News 24</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: Hawaii's Only Alpine Lake Is Now Shrinking At An Alarming And "Unprecedented" Rate - Lake Waiau Is ALMOST GONE!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - HAWAII </span></b>- Lake Waiau, the tiny lake that sits at 13,000 ft. above sea level near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island, is almost entirely gone.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yitzcBKsfkI/UnzaaLIWQbI/AAAAAAABNb8/_L5yWyE4CGc/s1600/lakewaiau01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yitzcBKsfkI/UnzaaLIWQbI/AAAAAAABNb8/_L5yWyE4CGc/s1600/lakewaiau01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USGS Photo, looking north, at what remained of Lake Waiau on September 26, 2013. The water area was just<br />15 meters (yards) wide at this time. Prior to 2010, the lake occupied the entirety of the now-dry lake bed, <br />which is about 100 meters (yards) wide. The astronomical telescopes at the summit off <br />Mauna Kea are visible on the skyline</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The Aloha State’s only alpine lake has been shrinking at an “alarming” rate since 2010, say scientists with the United State Geological Survey. Rangers with the Office of Mauna Kea Management, working with the Department of Land and Natural Resources’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife – which manages the Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve where the lake is located – have been monitoring the lake closely and have tracked this remarkable reduction in the lake size with repeat photography. The changes have also been documented by cultural practitioners and environmentalists. The images of the unique lake slowly disappearing have been startling to long time visitors to the top of the mountain.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D7UCqqLA5HU/UnzaqDhC5NI/AAAAAAABNcE/436GXszzBWQ/s1600/lakewaiau02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D7UCqqLA5HU/UnzaqDhC5NI/AAAAAAABNcE/436GXszzBWQ/s1600/lakewaiau02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">USGS photo.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />In its weekly Volcano Watch article, scientists with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory discuss the vanishing lake, reporting that they have recently been watching these changes, as well. After all, Mauna Kea was once an active volcano. <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>“The results are compelling. Prior to 2010, the lake surface area fluctuated between about 5,000 and 7,000 m2 (1.2-1.7 acres), with the variability presumably due to recharge from winter storms balanced by loss due to evaporation. Sometime in early 2010, however, the lake surface area began to shrink and, by late September 2013, had declined to just 115 m2 (0.03 acres) – that is, about 2% of its normal surface area.<br /><br />Geography professor Donna Delparte, formerly of University of Hawai`i at Hilo and now at Idaho State University, has also been monitoring the recent changes. Her group has made detailed measurements of lake geometry using advanced techniques, such as laser scanning and photogrammetry. Prior to 2010, the maximum depth of the lake was about 3 m (yards), but today the lake is less than 30 cm (1 foot) deep. This means that the current volume of the lake is less than 1% of its normal (pre-2010) value.<br /><br />Using air photos to extend the time series of lake surface area back to the 1950s, we see no other drops of such scale. Historical photographs taken through the last hundred years, and written reports going back to the early 1800s, give no indication of the lake ever being as small as it is today. This suggests that the current reduction in size is unprecedented in modern times, but we cannot say this with absolute certainty, because there were large time gaps between the recorded observations in the 1800s and early 1900s. Nevertheless, the reduction in lake size that we see today appears to be highly unusual. ”</i></blockquote><br />Some Native Hawaiians who frequent Mauna Kea and feel spiritually connected to the sacred mountain have wondered if the shrinking lake is a sign that the mountain is in peril. Many of the practitioners who visit the lake oppose the development of the summit for astronomy purposes. Pua Case and her ohana have been visiting the lake on a near monthly basis, photographing the changes and posting to Facebook. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TnvagClSKK4/Unza5ZY17OI/AAAAAAABNcU/Edxf1Hll0es/s1600/lakewaiau03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TnvagClSKK4/Unza5ZY17OI/AAAAAAABNcU/Edxf1Hll0es/s1600/lakewaiau03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A September photo shows Pua Case and her cousin Kanoe, who is seen kneeling by the vanishing<br />lake with spring water brought from Hilo, a gesture to “start to refill the lake”.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br />In one message, Case wrote:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>words written by my cousin Kanoe that I too believe in and will stand by, words of truth:Extreme decrease of our waters upon our Mauna, at lake Waiau, began in 2010. In three years time it has been rapidly dissipating, disappearing. Revelation was given that our kupuna who reside there would be leaving for there is no way that the spirits can dwell in this kind of capacity of overwhelming development. I believe in our kupuna, I believe! I will not leave them. We will stand with them until the time comes when they tell us otherwise! Me Ke aloha nui nui!Perhaps All will be restored when the mauna is in balance once again! I have much hope and I believe!</i>  </blockquote><br />The USGS is considering the shrinking lake as a symptom of a another change on the mountain. <br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>“An obvious culprit would be the ongoing drought in Hawai`i that began in 2008. The Mauna Kea visitor center weather station shows very little precipitation for several consecutive months in early 2010, which may have been a trigger for the level drop that was sustained by low precipitation over the subsequent few years. The National Drought Mitigation Center shows that the drought across Hawai`i intensified in early 2010, consistent with this local weather data.<br /><br />Could other factors be contributing to the potentially unprecedented nature of these changes? Lake Waiau is a “perched” water body, in which water is held in a depression by an impermeable substrate. This substrate consists of layers of silty clay, interbedded with ash layers, and it has been proposed that permafrost also underlies the lake.<br /><br />It has also been proposed that permafrost surrounds the lake and provides a catchment that directs water into the lake. Could changes in the presumed permafrost have altered the water balance in the lake over the past few years? So far, there is no hard evidence to support this possibility, but we cannot yet count it out. We simply don’t know at this point, and more research needs to be done.”</i></blockquote><br />The USGS asks that if you have historical photos of the lake that you are willing to share, please contact HVO (askHVO@usgs.gov).<br /><br /><blockquote><i>“Given its cultural significance and its uniqueness, the disappearance of Lake Waiau would be a great loss for Hawai`i. The future is far from certain for Lake Waiau, and DLNR, rangers, and scientists will continue to watch this situation closely.” </i></blockquote><br />- <a href="http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2013/11/07/hawaiis-only-alpine-lake-shrinking-almost-gone/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Big Island Video News</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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November 08, 2013 - HAWAII - Lake Waiau, the tiny lake that sits at 13,000 ft. above sea level near the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island...

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Scientists State That Lake Toba's Dormant Supervolcano, Could Erupt At Any Time In Indonesia!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 06, 2013 - INDONESIA </span></b>- A dormant supervolcano lying beneath Lake Toba in Indonesia has the potential to erupt again, scientists have said.<br /><br />Geologists believe Mount Toba, which has erupted at fairly regular intervals over the last 1.2 million years, still poses a threat with its huge magma chamber and should be studied to assess the risk of a fresh eruption. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qxtxkNuJFtM/Unsg1KENfII/AAAAAAABNUs/651nm3dggjs/s1600/laketoba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qxtxkNuJFtM/Unsg1KENfII/AAAAAAABNUs/651nm3dggjs/s1600/laketoba.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The president of the Indonesia Geological Experts Association, Rovicky Dwi Putrohari, has told the Jakarta Post about the danger Mount Toba poses. <br /><br />"Our researchers were able to find the location and dimensions of the magma chamber of Mount Toba," he said. "Later research will find out the potential volume of magma in the volcano for triggering an eruption." <br /><br />Tomography studies detected the magma chamber beneath Lake Toba. They found it was located at a depth of between 20 and 100km. <br /><br />Putrohari said that a number of studies relating to the supervolcano were presented during a three-day conference held by the Indonesian Geological Experts Association and the Indonesian Geophysics Experts Association. <br /><br />Studies showed that Mount Toba has erupted four times in the past - 1.2 million years ago, at 840,000 years ago, 500,000 years ago and then again around 74,000 years ago.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e1OJyYkt_d4/Unsg_92nmYI/AAAAAAABNU0/Bti_3_UnOeQ/s1600/sinabung.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e1OJyYkt_d4/Unsg_92nmYI/AAAAAAABNU0/Bti_3_UnOeQ/s1600/sinabung.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung in Indonesia erupted earlier this month (Reuters)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The last eruption is recognised as the biggest known eruption ever to have taken place on Earth. The Toba catastrophe theory relating to this eruption suggests the event caused a decade-long global volcanic winter that was possibly followed by 1,000 years of cooling. <br /><br />The blast was 100 times greater than the largest volcanic eruption in recent history - Mount Tambora in 1815. <br /><br />Indonesia has around 120 active volcanoes currently being monitored, one of which has become increasingly active in recent months. <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/519396/20131104/mount-sinabung-indonesia-volcanic-erruption-alert-raised.htm">Mount Sinabung spewed ash 7km into the sky earlier this month</a>, leading over 1,600 to evacuate their homes. <br /><br />Putrohari said the magma chamber still inside Mount Toba could erupt at any time if the Sumatra fault line reactivated, as it runs directly through the volcano. <br /><br />"A quake could reactivate the magma chamber which is so far dormant. That's why we believe Mount Toba could erupt again at any time. When it will be, we don't know. Thorough and continuous research is needed to find that out." <br /><br />Andi M Adiwinata, from the Indonesian Geophysics Experts Association, added: "The researchers are currently working to find out how big the potential threat from Mount Toba is. Despite being categorised as inactive, its development needs further monitoring." - <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/519700/20131105/lake-toba-mount-volcano-magma-chamber-eurption.htm"><span style="color: orange;"><b>IBT</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Global Volcano Report For November 6, 2013 - Updates On Sinabung, Klyuchevskoy, Karymsky, Shiveluch, Zhupanovsky And Batu Tara!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 06, 2013 - WORLDWIDE VOLCANOES </span></b>- The following constitutes the new activity, unrest and ongoing reports of volcanoes across the globe, courtesy of  <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Volcano Discovery</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news.html">Sinabung (Sumatra, Indonesia)</a></b>: <span style="color: #666666;">(5 Nov</span>) The frequency and size of explosions seems to be picking up. Another eruption occurred this afternoon around 15:20 local time, sending an ash plume to 25,000 ft (7.5 km) altitude (VAAC Darwin).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ToezwrmWJ18/Unp3kN9hIzI/AAAAAAABNPI/wigDKk3vsMU/s1600/sinabung.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ToezwrmWJ18/Unp3kN9hIzI/AAAAAAABNPI/wigDKk3vsMU/s1600/sinabung.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eruption of Sinabung this aftenoon (VSI webcam).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: lime;"><b>WATCH:</b></span>  A small pyroclastic flow occurred during the explosion as well, visible on the following webcam time-lapse video: <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="321" src="https://www.youtube.com/v/maXWrof-yhU?showinfo=0&version=3" width="570"></iframe></div><br /><br />Another explosion occurred this morning and produced an ash plume rising to 10,000 ft (3 km) altitude (VAAC Darwin). <br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/klyuchevskoy/news.html">Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka)</a></b>: KVERT reports moderate seismic activity (amplitude of volcanic tremor: 5.11 mcm/s), which has doubled over the past days. Video data showed strong gas-steam activity of the volcano. (KVERT)<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kamchatka/karymsky/news.html">Karymsky (Kamchatka)</a></b>: KVERT reports ongoing (likely) strombolian and weak vulcanian activity. A thermal anomaly was detected on satellite data over the volcano and an ash cloud moved to 110 km to the east of the volcano. Ash emissions continued this morning.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/kamchatka/sheveluch/news.html">Shiveluch (Kamchatka)</a></b>: Activity remains elevated. A new ash plume (likely from another partial dome collapse or explosion) was detected this morning at 03:22 GMT at an estimated altitude of 14,000 ft (4,2 km) extending to the east.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/zhupanovsky/news.html">Zhupanovsky (Kamchatka, Russia)</a></b>: A small ash plume was reported this morning rising to 7,000 ft (2.1 km) altitude. Most likely, more phreatic explosions occurred again (such as already week ago).<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/batu-tara/news.html">Batu Tara (Sunda Islands, Indonesia)</a></b>: Eruptions (strombolian to vulcanian type) continue at the remote island. An ash plume was spotted this morning on satellite images.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/today.html">Complete Earthquake list (worldwide) for November 6, 2013.</a></b><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Volcano Discovery</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: New Ash Explosions From The New Southeast Crater At Italy's Mount Etna - Seismic Unrest And Earthquake Swarm Indicate That "Something" Could Be In The Making?!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: yellow;"><b><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 06, 2013 - ITALY </span></b></b></span>- Seismic unrest continues and gives the general impression that "something" could be in the making at the volcano. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hrhCbkhFBzM/Unpqe9cz6dI/AAAAAAABNNI/5vxKiSBrLqE/s1600/etna01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hrhCbkhFBzM/Unpqe9cz6dI/AAAAAAABNNI/5vxKiSBrLqE/s1600/etna01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ash emission from Etna's New SE crater.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8KNMh8yeNZ4/Unpqe3eWqzI/AAAAAAABNNM/WE9oWvaZ0cM/s1600/etna02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8KNMh8yeNZ4/Unpqe3eWqzI/AAAAAAABNNM/WE9oWvaZ0cM/s1600/etna02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ash emission from Etna's New SE crater.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />A swarm of earthquakes at depths around 15-20 km has been going on under the SW flank, suggesting magma could be rising from deeper reservoirs into the volcano's shallower storage areas. <br /><br />Tremor has been showing a rising tendency, but so far, no particular eruptive activity has been observed.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o8jqJE7x9x4/UnpqsJ_lkZI/AAAAAAABNNY/9e4Ey7wP2y0/s1600/etna03.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o8jqJE7x9x4/UnpqsJ_lkZI/AAAAAAABNNY/9e4Ey7wP2y0/s1600/etna03.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Depth vs time of earthquakes under Etna during the past 7 days.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AuVHaM8e4Gg/UnpqsodgR_I/AAAAAAABNNk/1mAHYRnJK5E/s1600/etna04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AuVHaM8e4Gg/UnpqsodgR_I/AAAAAAABNNk/1mAHYRnJK5E/s1600/etna04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map of recent earthquakes under Etna.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBr1MSTZy8U/Unpqshkuv5I/AAAAAAABNNg/9s1fKHUb8L8/s1600/etna05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBr1MSTZy8U/Unpqshkuv5I/AAAAAAABNNg/9s1fKHUb8L8/s1600/etna05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current tremor signal (ESLN station, INGV Catania).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Since about an hour ago, some relatively strong explosions re-appeared to occur at the New SE crater. This could be a signal that it is heading towards a new paroxysm in the near future. <br /><br />Tremor continues to rise slowly. The next days (if not hours) will probably give the answer. - <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/etna/current-activity.html"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Volcano Discovery</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /> <br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: The Most Dangerous Volcano In The United States Is Roaring To Life - Yellowstone National Park's Recent Earthquake Swarm Noted By Scientists!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - UNITED STATES </span></b>- Southwestern Montana and Yellowstone National Park are certainly no strangers to earthquakes, but in September, several clusters of earthquakes were raising the eyebrows of scientists. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FKGfhwNjk2U/UnmOCet_2KI/AAAAAAABNHg/eNXwToN-Vr4/s1600/yellowstone01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FKGfhwNjk2U/UnmOCet_2KI/AAAAAAABNHg/eNXwToN-Vr4/s1600/yellowstone01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellowstone National Park's recent earthquake swarm noted by scientists.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Small earthquakes are normal around Yellowstone National Park, but between September 10th and 16th, early 130 small magnitude earthquakes with different epicenters ratled the park. <br /><br />These clusters of earthquakes are known as swarms. <br /><br />Mike Stickney, the director of Earthquake Studies at Montana Tech in Butte, said, "Earthquake clusters kind of come in two flavors. One is a main shock-aftershock sequence where the main shock is a big earthquake followed by smaller earthquakes that typically die away with time. A swarm is just is a bunch of earthquakes without any outstanding earthquake. You get numerous earthquakes with similar magnitude in that sequence of events." <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JtGtjfMxHMA/UnmOB9f32vI/AAAAAAABNHY/VIJ-C3_4ETc/s1600/yellowstone02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JtGtjfMxHMA/UnmOB9f32vI/AAAAAAABNHY/VIJ-C3_4ETc/s1600/yellowstone02.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The rumbles that hit Yellowstone in September fall into the second category. <br /><br />Stickney says, "They were actually very dramatic swarms if you were looking at seismograph centered near the epicenter of those earthquakes." <br /><br />"There would be two, three or four-minute earthquakes going off every minute. Most of those were tiny magnitude one or smaller earthquakes," he said. <br /><br />Visitors to the park likely didn't even known it was happening. <br /><br />"Depending on how excited they were about the animals they might not have even noticed the earthquake," Stickney said. <br /><br />He says that there are fairly logical explanations and one of them isn't necessarily that Yellowstone's volcano is roaring back to life. <br /><br />"There is good evidence to suggest that as magma, the molten rock at depth, cools, and crystallizes, it releases volatile water and gasses and those make their way out through fractures in the earth to the surface we see those as geothermal features in the park," he says. <br /><br />"That fluid migrating through the earth's crust, we can think of that as lubricating some of those fractures and can produce some of those earthquakes. Probably those swarms in Yellowstone are related to the overall volcanic activity at depth and not necessarily indicating that something is getting ready to erupt," Stickney explains. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pgko7WmAPjQ/UnmOCM__cBI/AAAAAAABNHc/YmRPPDqjkIM/s1600/yellowstone03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pgko7WmAPjQ/UnmOCM__cBI/AAAAAAABNHc/YmRPPDqjkIM/s1600/yellowstone03.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />In fact, according to Stickney, it could be quite the opposite. The volcanic activity might just be quieting down, and those swarms may be just the result of gasses being released. <br /><br />Stickney says that we know about 75 faults around western Montana that show evidence of seismic activity and only a handful of those faults have been studied in detail. <br /><br />Scientist hope to be able to study them in more detail to understand how and why those faults might move. - <a href="http://www.kxlh.com/news/yellowstone-national-park-s-recent-earthquake-swarm-noted-by-scientists/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>KXLH</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /> <br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Indonesia's Mount Sinabung Spits Powerful Burst Of Ash - Reaching Over 23,000 Feet High; About 1,300 Villagers Evacuated; Alert Raised To Second Highest Level! [STUNNING PHOTOS]

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - INDONESIA </span></b>- A volcano in western <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Indonesia" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Indonesia">Indonesia</a> erupted again Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky and forcing the evacuation of villagers living around its slope.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mtGsivyQZ-Q/UnmJiRh4ARI/AAAAAAABNGo/iq-UgiS2I28/s1600/sinabungvolcano02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mtGsivyQZ-Q/UnmJiRh4ARI/AAAAAAABNGo/iq-UgiS2I28/s1600/sinabungvolcano02.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Officials from the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) watch the activity of Mount <br />Sinabung at Simpang Empat village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 3, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTQdCtEo-I/UnmJiW1MWdI/AAAAAAABNGk/PdpgNCJciyg/s1600/sinabungvolcano05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TrTQdCtEo-I/UnmJiW1MWdI/AAAAAAABNGk/PdpgNCJciyg/s1600/sinabungvolcano05.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lightning strikes as Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash and hot lava, at Simpang Empat village<br />in Karo district, Indonesia's North Sumatra province, September 18, 2013. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Officials raised <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Mount+Sinabung" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Mount Sinabung">Mount Sinabung</a>'s alert status to the second-highest level after the 2,600-meter (8,530-foot) -high mountain erupted early Sunday, said National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.<br /><br />Authorities were working to evacuate residents from four <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/North+Sumatra" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: North Sumatra">North Sumatra</a> province villages located within the mountain's three-kilometer (two-mile) danger zone, Nugroho said. About 1,300 villagers have been relocated to safer areas so far.<br /><br /><div class="promotion-tag"><div class="promotion-tag-p"><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-Issues/2010/1026/World-s-most-active-volcanoes"></a> </div></div><a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/11/03/mt-sinabung-erupts-again.html" target="_blank">The Jakarta Post reported</a>: "A thundering sound was heard for around 10 minutes on Sunday morning as volcanic ash rose to around 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) above the peak of the volcano.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-szTFVs9UG9Y/UnmJ-Ce6P7I/AAAAAAABNG0/gqeHtS5X7UY/s1600/sinabungvolcano01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-szTFVs9UG9Y/UnmJ-Ce6P7I/AAAAAAABNG0/gqeHtS5X7UY/s1600/sinabungvolcano01.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mount Sinabung spews ash and smoke as it is pictured from Tiga Pancur village in Karo district, <br />Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 4, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fciBC9WP8BA/UnmJ-BXIb5I/AAAAAAABNG4/HkCg6byrUn0/s1600/sinabungvolcano03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fciBC9WP8BA/UnmJ-BXIb5I/AAAAAAABNG4/HkCg6byrUn0/s1600/sinabungvolcano03.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The ash from Sinabung volcano covers trees and houses at Mardingding village in Karo district, <br />Indonesia's north Sumatra province, November 5, 2013.  </td></tr></tbody></table><br />As many as 1,293 residents from Mardinding and Sukameriah villages have been evacuated due to an increase in seismic activities of the volcano. The figure is likely to increase as more residents from three villages – Bekerah, Simacem and Sukameriah – are prepared to evacuate to Namanteran."<br /><br />It was the volcano's second big eruption since late last month, with its Oct. 24 explosion prompting the evacuation of more than 3,300 people.<br /><br />In September, more than 15,000 people were forced to flee when Mount Sinabung rumbled to life after being dormant for three years.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYS1BR2wacE/UnmKP_XlJdI/AAAAAAABNHE/KOs_9P3FgqM/s1600/sinabungvolcano04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tYS1BR2wacE/UnmKP_XlJdI/AAAAAAABNHE/KOs_9P3FgqM/s1600/sinabungvolcano04.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Students wearing masks to protect themselves from volcanic ash from Sunday's Mount Sinabung eruption, as they <br />play with rattan rings at their school at Tiganderket village in Karo district, Indonesia's north Sumatra province</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ape-W4eXoCo/UnmKP6VvWBI/AAAAAAABNHI/9DOt_-yPlHM/s1600/sinabungvolcano06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ape-W4eXoCo/UnmKP6VvWBI/AAAAAAABNHI/9DOt_-yPlHM/s1600/sinabungvolcano06.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Villagers walk on a road covered with volcanic ash from Mount Sinabung's eruption in Mardingding, North Sumatra, <br />Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The volcano erupted Sunday, unleashing volcanic ash high into the sky. <br />(AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The volcano's previous major eruption, in August 2010, killed two people and forced 30,000 others to flee. It caught many scientists off guard because it had been quiet for four centuries.<br /><br />Mount Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the <a class="inform_link" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Pacific+Ocean" rel="nofollow" target="_self" title="Title: Pacific Ocean">Pacific Basin</a>. - <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1104/Indonesia-volcano-Mount-Sinabung-spews-ash-23-000-feet-high"><span style="color: orange;"><b>CS Monitor</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: Global Volcano Report For November 5, 2013 - Updates On Klyuchevskoy, Etna, Bagana, Manam, White Island And Fuego!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 05, 2013 - WORLDWIDE VOLCANOES </span></b>- The following constitutes the new activity, unrest and ongoing reports of volcanoes across the globe, courtesy of  <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Volcano Discovery</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/klyuchevskoy/news.html">Klyuchevskoy (Kamchatka)</a></b>: Tremor and degassing have increased with respect to the last report from KVERT. A steam plume rises about 2 km above the crater and a thermal anomaly over the volcano is visible on satellite data. This suggests that some volcanic activity (perhaps strombolian) has resumed (or continues).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlsySw9KImo/Unkq4l9jHBI/AAAAAAABNCk/RcSJMsIq0Ms/s1600/kly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UlsySw9KImo/Unkq4l9jHBI/AAAAAAABNCk/RcSJMsIq0Ms/s1600/kly.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current view of Klyuchevskoy volcano (KVERT webcam).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/etna/current-activity.html">Etna (Sicily, Italy)</a></b>: While the summit craters have remained calm, seismic activity shows continuing unrest at the volcano. A number of relatively shallow earthquakes occurred this morning under the volcano. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Wg_pfRTAg4/UnkrFkueCpI/AAAAAAABNCs/CcHKEbs5i8M/s1600/etna.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Wg_pfRTAg4/UnkrFkueCpI/AAAAAAABNCs/CcHKEbs5i8M/s1600/etna.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Location of the 2.9 earthquake under Etna this morning.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />The only quake located by an international agency was a <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/490355/M2.9-Tue-5-Nov--SICILY-ITALY.html">2.9 magnitude event at 05:30</a> (GMT) at 18 km depth under the SW flank, while the other earthquakes were too small to be included, but appear to be shallower. More precise data will hopefully be available soon from INGV Catania.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bagana/news.html">Bagana (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea)</a></b>: A relatively large SO2 plume from the volcano today indicates a surge in activity (ash explosions, strombolian activity?).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5LnH2gQo414/UnkrQAulNvI/AAAAAAABNC0/DdfMWVO8AN8/s1600/bagana.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5LnH2gQo414/UnkrQAulNvI/AAAAAAABNC0/DdfMWVO8AN8/s1600/bagana.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SO2 plume from Bagana volcano (NOAA).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/manam/news.html">Manam (Papua New Guinea)</a></b>: Elevated SO2 emissions are visible today on NOAA satellite data.<br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/white-island/news.html">White Island (New Zealand)</a></b>: No further eruptive activity has occurred since the moderate eruption on the evening of 11 October 2013. Seismic activity and gas flux from the volcano have been at a low level since the eruption. The Aviation Colour Code has been lowered from Yellow to Green. (GeoNet).<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wEInrkvyTUc/Unkra1gdOEI/AAAAAAABNC8/WOOe5eiK1lQ/s1600/whiteisland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wEInrkvyTUc/Unkra1gdOEI/AAAAAAABNC8/WOOe5eiK1lQ/s1600/whiteisland.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current webcam image of White Island (GeoNet).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/fuego/news.html">Fuego (Guatemala)</a></b>: The volcano observatory of INSIVUMEH reports an increase in activity today: A new lava flow started to descend on the southern flank towards the Trinidad canyon and currently has a length of 100 m. Another branch towards the Ceniza canyon is 50 m long. From both flow fronts, incandescent avalanches detach with run-out lengths of up to 500 m. <br /><br />The risk of pyroclastic flows triggered by collapse of the steep lava flow fronts is elevated. <br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-av_CGPeKWV4/UnkriMHP5YI/AAAAAAABNDE/Vn1pl3jWY-0/s1600/fuego.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-av_CGPeKWV4/UnkriMHP5YI/AAAAAAABNDE/Vn1pl3jWY-0/s1600/fuego.gif" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Current seismic signal from Fuego volcano (FG3 station, INSIVUMEH).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Accompanied by elevated seismic activity, more and stronger explosions have occurred today. Ash plumes rose up to 800 m height above the crater and often produced loud shock waves that rattled roofs and windows of houses in villages Panimaché, Morelia and Panimaché II. <br /><br />There are constant degassing sounds similar to a locomotive, and incandescent material is ejected to heights of 125-200 meters above the crater, generating avalanches on the upper slopes. <br /><br /><br /><b><a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/today.html">Complete Earthquake list (worldwide) for November 5, 2013.</a></b><br /><br />- <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Volcano Discovery</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

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GLOBAL VOLCANISM: The Most Dangerous Volcano In The United States Is Roaring To Life - More Earthquake Swarms Reported In Yellowstone During October, 2013!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 04, 2013 - UNITED STATES </span></b>- According to <a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/index.html"><span style="color: orange;"><b>Yellowstone Volcano Observatory</b></span></a> monthly update, University of Utah reported 168 earthquakes in the Yellowstone National Park region during October 2013. The largest event was a minor earthquake of magnitude 2.9 on October 30, 2013 at 06:58 UTC, located about 11.2 km (7 miles) north of Lake, WY.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d2c7OV8KqU0/UnfzB6Uo0JI/AAAAAAABM4c/kw-g7drJ70E/s1600/yellowstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d2c7OV8KqU0/UnfzB6Uo0JI/AAAAAAABM4c/kw-g7drJ70E/s1600/yellowstone.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The largest of the quakes shook the ground near Old Faithful Geyser. </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Comparing earthquake activity in October to the previous month, it seems seismicity returned to relatively normal background levels.<br /><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b></b><br /><div style="background-color: yellow;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>October</b> seismicity in Yellowstone was marked by three distinct clusters of episodic earthquakes:</span></b></div><br /><ol><li>A<b> swarm of 54 earthquakes</b>, ~12 km (7.5 miles) north of Old Faithful, WY, occurred on October 5th, the largest earthquake in the swarm (magnitude 2.8) occurred at 15:09 UTC ~12 km north of Old Faithful, WY.</li><li><span style="color: yellow;">A <b>small swarm of 16 earthquakes</b>,</span> ~21 km (13 miles) east-northeast of Island Park, ID took place October 20 - 23, the largest earthquake (magnitude 2.1) occurred October 20th at 08:28 UTC.</li><li>A<b> <span style="color: yellow;">small swarm of 15 earthquakes</span></b><span style="color: yellow;">,</span> ~9.6 km (6 miles) north of West Yellowstone, MT occurred October 12, the largest earthquake (magnitude 2.3) occurred at 07:35 UTC.</li></ol><br />During September 2013, there were 469 earthquakes reported in the Yellowstone National Park region. The largest event was a minor earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on September 15, 2013 at 16:53 UTC, located about 11.2 km (7 miles) north of Old Faithful, WY.<br /><br /><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></span><br /><div style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><b>September seismicity in Yellowstone was marked by five distinct clusters of episodic earthquakes:</b></span></div><br /><ol><li>A <span style="color: yellow;"><b>notable swarm of 246 earthquakes</b>,</span> ~8km (5 miles) north of Old Faithful, WY, began September 13 and tapered off September 20th, including the largest event of the month on September 15 (magnitude 3.6).</li><li><span style="color: yellow;"><b>81 events occurred in an episodic swarm</b></span> ~27.3 km (17 miles) east-northeast of West Yellowstone, MT, with swarm activity occurring September 13 and again from September 24, through September 30. The largest earthquake of the swarm (magnitude 3.5) occurred September 13, at 13:56 UTC~25.7 km (16 miles) south-southwest of Mammoth, WY.</li><li>A <span style="color: yellow;"><b>small swarm of 27 earthquakes</b>,</span> ~9.6 km (6 miles) north of West Yellowstone, MT, took place on September 27 and 28, with the largest event (magnitude 2.3) occurring September 27, at 16:40 UTC.</li><li>A <span style="color: yellow;"><b>small swarm of 23 earthquakes</b>,</span> ~14.4 km (9 miles) north-northeast of Old Faithful, WY, began September 3 and ended September 5. The largest earthquake (magnitude 2.2) occurred September 4, at 13:10 UTC ~14.4 km north-northeast of Old Faithful, WY.</li><li>The southernmost September 2013 <span style="color: yellow;"><b>swarm of 21 earthquakes</b>,</span> ~11.2 km (7 miles) south-southwest of West Thumb, WY, occurred September 10. The largest earthquake (magnitude 3.3) took place in the center of the swarm at 13:46 AM MDT.</li></ol>Yellowstone earthquake activity in September was at elevated levels during the above swarms but, has returned to a relatively normal background level by October 1, 2013.<br /><br />Slow subsidence of the caldera, which began in early 2010, continues. Current deformation patterns at Yellowstone remain within historical norms.<br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_monitoring_117.html">Repeating earthquakes suggest volcanic and tectonic origins of Yellowstone seismic swarms</a><br /><br />Click <a href="http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/yellowstone_multimedia_10.html"><span style="color: orange;"><b>HERE</b></span></a> for the Yellowstone Webcam.<br /><br />- <a href="http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/11/04/more-earthquake-swarms-reported-in-yellowstone-during-october-2013/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>The Watchers</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /></div>

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November 04, 2013 - UNITED STATES - According to Yellowstone Volcano Observatory monthly update, University of Utah reported 168 earthquak...

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