Volcano and Earthquake watch

[farmerbarleymow]

Quite a hefty quake off New Zealand earlier

Thousands of New Zealanders allowed to return home after tsunami alert

Residents on North Island instructed to evacuate after three earthquakes felt across the country in one day

www.theguardian.com

 

[peterkro]

Three quakes plus after shocks, Tsunami warnings for large parts of coast, people heading for higher ground. That is off North East N.Z. , Tsunami expected in a few minutes.

 

[2hats]

 

[MrSki]

Hmmm roast seagull.

If roast seagull tasted good there would not be so many of the fuckers.

 

[2hats]

Meanwhile in SW Iceland, over 18,000 earthquakes in the past week as magma is on the move. Might lead to less violent effusive flows.

South-west Iceland is shaking – and may be about to erupt

The last time south-west Iceland experienced a turbulent period of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions was in the 1300s.

theconversation.com

 

[StoneRoad]

Yesterday, the 11th March ...

A decade since the devastation from the Sendai earthquake & tsunami.
Japan's triple disaster 10 years on: The day ‘tomorrow didn’t come’ - BBC News
Especially this ...
Fukushima disaster: What happened at the nuclear plant? - BBC News

 

[StoneRoad]

A summary of recent events ...

Etna: Life beneath the volcanic dust of repeated eruptions - BBC News

 

[2hats]

Meanwhile in SW Iceland, over 18,000 earthquakes in the past week as magma is on the move. Might lead to less violent effusive flows.
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South-west Iceland is shaking – and may be about to erupt

The last time south-west Iceland experienced a turbulent period of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions was in the 1300s.

theconversation.com

 

[2hats]

"The first image of the eruption. Taken from the Coast Guard helicopter. The southern end of the tongue is about 2.6 km from Suðurstrandarvegur. According to initial information, the fissure is about 200 m long."

 

[StoneRoad]

That eruption made the news on the radio this morning ...

and the BBC Icelandic volcano erupts near Reykjavik - BBC News


The clips seem to show effusive lava rather than explosive ash eruptions.

 

[InfoBurner]

Live webcam

 

[planetgeli]

Live webcam

Brilliant. I could watch this all day.

 

[magneze]

You can see all the people climbing up to get a better look. It's a bit like that Lemmings game, but you can't control anything.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Get that dna to the moon asap.

 

[magneze]

Apparently the people are "scientists and people from the government" and are "100% safe". So says the video caption.

"100%"

 

[StoneRoad]

Thanks IB
I'm going to come back to that later, and watch it after dark ...

e2a - a chopper has just flown past !

 

[InfoBurner]

Apparently this is the exact location, 63.889309, -22.272964

 

[magneze]

The people on the hill do seem to be slowly more and more cut off

 

[InfoBurner]

I think it's increasing activity. The lava seems more viscous. Can't stop watching.

 

[InfoBurner]

 

[StoneRoad]

Much as I like volcanoes, no way would I want to get that close, without making VERY sure of my escape route.

It looks as though the steam has been dammed by these flows. (a little behind & to the left of the camera's position ~ as in #410)

 

[Treacle Toes]

Earthquakes in Japan and Mexico in the last 24 hours. 5+ both.

 

[StoneRoad]

Direct webcam link

Live feed from Iceland volcano | RÚV (ruv.is)

 

[magneze]

Great close up video

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Great close up video

I'd love to get that close to a volcano - fascinating things. I could also dispose of broken mobile phones at the same time too.

 

[krtek a houby]

Earthquakes in Japan and Mexico in the last 24 hours. 5+ both.

Yup. Were finishing up at work and the building rocked a bit. Strong newish building so not as scary as the one a few weeks ago.

 

[StoneRoad]

Iceland volcano: Lava-spewing Fagradalsfjall 'subsiding' - BBC News

I've been watching the live feed ...
The eruption is going great guns at the moment, quite spectacular, in fact.
{Early afternoon, part of the main vent / splatter cone collapsed. Since then the cone's been rebuilt and grown even bigger and the lava flows are still growing to cover even more of the valley}

 

[planetgeli]

Wow that looks pretty full on. Geezer needs to move his head out the way.

 

[teqniq]

It's pretty spectacular now, indeed. This drone footage from earlier in the day is worth a watch too:



Also from the same thread, footage of the cone collapsing:

 

[StoneRoad]

Iceland volcano: Lava-spewing Fagradalsfjall 'subsiding' - BBC News

I've been watching the live feed ...
The eruption is going great guns at the moment, quite spectacular, in fact.
{Early afternoon, part of the main vent / splatter cone collapsed. Since then the cone's been rebuilt and grown even bigger and the lava flows are still growing to cover even more of the valley}

Went back for another watch (I like volcanic eruptions, especially effusive ones like these) ...
about 21:05 our time, the cone either had another partial collapse, or part of the rim was overtopped. There was a considerable lava flow as a result.

This feed seems not to have audio ... pity, as the strombolian type rumble is quite relaxing.