This Week in Volcano News – Hunga Tonga is Erupting, Hualalai Earthquake
In the last week, it was discovered that the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano is still erupting. New information shows that the volcano produced a VEI 6 eruption, deepening its caldera by more than 700 meters or 2000 feet. Meanwhile in Hawaii, a moderate magnitude earthquake occurred on the flanks of the Hualalai volcano, leading some to suspect that it … Continue reading
This Week in Volcano News – Yellowstone Earthquake, Unrest at Andes Supervolcano
In the last week, there was significant seismic activity at a supervolcano. One of these supervolcanoes has an ongoing intrusion of magma at 3 miles or 5 kilometers depth in Chile and could produce an eruption in the next several months. Also, in Yellowstone National Park, a magnitude 4.2 quake occurred which led some people to speculate that it was … Continue reading
Plumes From Earth’s Mantle Could Cause Supervolcano Eruptions, Continental Breakdown
“This instability can have a lot of implications for the surface tectonics, and also earthquakes and supervolcanic eruptions…” by Andrei Dergalin via Sputniknews Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 / Argonne National Laboratory / Composition of Earth’s mantle The new research suggests that the two large low-shear-velocity provinces, located beneath Africa and the Pacific respectively, differ in how close to the surface … Continue reading
Ecuador’s ‘Throat of Fire’ Volcano Showing Signs of Imminent, Devastating Collapse
Scientists are warning that the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador is showing early signs of impending catastrophic collapse, after satellite data showed substantial internal damage from ongoing magma activity. Tungurahua, has been persistently active since 1999 so wear and tear was inevitable, especially given that the ‘Throat of fire,’ or ‘Black giant’ as the Quechua indigenous people named it, has already … Continue reading
Krakatoa Volcano Stirring to Life
This would be big trouble in respect to global cooling if this has a large eruption. You may also find this article to your liking (give it a read after): A Single Volcano is Capable of Changing Earth’s Entire Atmosphere via Watts Up with That: The volcanic island of Krakatau (previously called Krakatoa) is situated in the Sunda Strait between … Continue reading
The US Has 169 Volcanoes that Could Erupt, Here is Where They Are
It’s not just Hawaii! No! The U.S. has 169 volcanoes that could erupt anytime. There are potentially active volcanoes all over the West and Alaska as well as Hawaii, and about 50 are considered high priorities for monitoring. Here is where to find them. Volcanoes are full of tricks. They can build to a major eruption in a crescendo of … Continue reading
A Single Volcano is Capable of Changing Earth’s Entire Atmosphere
A single volcano can change the world’s atmosphere, even permanently, depending on the intensity of the volcanic eruption, a pollution expert said. According to Mylene Cayetano, PhD, the head of the Environmental Pollution Studies Laboratory of the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology at University of the Philippines Diliman, on top of being a fiery spectacle of nature, volcanoes are … Continue reading
Powerful Volcanic Eruptions to Become More Common in The Future, Scientists Warn
I tend to question the reason or cause that they are giving for the increase when there is obvious reasons like a migrating magnetic pole that is about to flip and also there is the slowing of Earths rotation that can be strongly related to the coming increase in the volcanic activity and strength. via Science Alert / Business Insider: … Continue reading
Six Scary Volcanoes That Could BLOW in 2018
So as we all probably have heard or read by now, scientists are expecting a rise in large earthquakes in 2018 due to the slowing of Earth’s rotation and based on that info. I had a feeling volcanic activity would logically rise as well, now I’m not saying there is definitely a connection but there could be. via Express UK: … Continue reading
Earth’s Volcanoes Re-Awakening Globally, Dire Affects to Come
With the massive eruption at Bogoslov Volcano in the Aleutian chain near Alaska, air travel was restricted and still remains “hazardous”. Something similar happened in 2010 when air travel was restricted over Europe and an Icelandic volcano erupted. Now Steam vents are opening through the Greenland ice sheet and Katla is on yellow elevated warning with over 500 small quakes … Continue reading
