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	^Teneriffe/ Mnt Teide live webcam Activity report here will ony follow, if new events take place. For other environmental reports, please visit the solar and terrestrial blog on my homepage -------------------------- ACTIVITY- DECEMBER 01- 31 2015: December 22- 2015: MOST SHALLOW MICROQUAKE SINCE DECEMBER 2013: Microquake activity continued over the past week mainly around the mantle plume of the hot spot near El Hierro but also on varying places within the old Caldera between the island, mainly in its eastern part. TREMORS meanwhile (over the past week) intensified on all islands, while the signals ( amplitudes) had been still rather low at time of the last update. The low tremor amplitudes, while microquake actvity increased   obviously indeed  (and as I assumed) was  an indicator for new new and  hotter magma coming up through the mantle plume ,  that would have less resistance and can easier melt the rock, thus causing less tremor signals. Signals on December 22  are- as usually-relatively  strongest on Gran Canaria : What was not known at the time of the last update ( below) was,  that event 1358063 on December 14-2015 occured in depth of just 2 km below surface/ sea level, what marks the MOST SHALLOW microquake yet since the third activity phase began in December 2013, being part of a continuing evolution of  single microquakes coming from time to time from a more shallow depth .This began already in 2013, when the most shallow quakes was still in 9 km depth, continuing since then with about one single quake all two month from one km less( 8km, then 7 km a. s. o.) .  2 km below sea level sets now  new mark, to which height the mantle magma already has risen. The earth is a round body and as higher this magma gets as more space it also finds where it can run to, However-in  that final state- before finally reaching the surface, the process seems logarithmically to slow down, while the magma current from below might even increase While that magma cools down and hardens quicker and easier at its edges, such a hot spot volcano obviously is  building up a  new chamber with hot magma right in the middle of the expansion volume.  .  1358063 14/12/2015 08:55:29 27.9533 -18.1717 2 2.1 mbLg NW FRONTERA.IHI [+] < Gran Canaria/ 20151222 The difference is. All prior shallow quakes occured near Mount Teide on Teneriffe while the last two ones now occured near El Hierro, what means that the shield volcanic feature there has currently less resistence than the volcanic construction of the Mount Teide massive. As the velocity , magma rises up with , gets slower towards the surface , the final break through might so still  take 2 - 4 month and would be then a larger- but rather harmless and not explosive lava flow anywhere likely around the edges of the volcanic shield of El Hierro. The other scenario is, that the mantle magma likely  might at anytime and at this depth come in contact with water. This can immidiately create explosive mixtures and lead in the FIRST PHASE  to an more or less strong explosive eruption with the possibility of pyroclastic emissions,  The second part then would be rather a lava flow, possibly- accomponied by thick smoke, what was the typical scenario of the last known on Mount Tiede in the 18 century.  Evento Fecha Hora(GMT)* Latitud  Longitud  Prof. (km) Int. Máx. Mag. Tipo Mag. (**) Localización Info 1358868 21/12/2015 13:27:37 27.9997 -16.7893 30 2.2 mbLg SW ADEJE.ITF [+] 1358748 19/12/2015 15:12:13 27.7650 -18.2214 35 2.8 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1358735 19/12/2015 09:03:17 28.5012 -14.1171 19 II 2.7 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1358531 17/12/2015 20:57:21 27.7384 -18.2355 34 2.8 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1358440 17/12/2015 08:58:10 27.7060 -18.0273 11 1.5 mbLg W EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1358406 17/12/2015 05:54:10 27.7396 -18.2211 34 2.5 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1358405 17/12/2015 05:06:56 28.1445 -16.2027 21 2.3 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1358400 16/12/2015 21:40:26 27.7563 -18.2104 34 3.2 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1358349 16/12/2015 13:16:15 27.8172 -18.1495 30 2.6 mbLg NW FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1358269 15/12/2015 22:33:42 27.8078 -17.2610 12 2.4 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] --------------------- December 14- 2015: Still increased magmatic activity- mainly offshore  the South West of El Hierro near to La Fontera. Tremors however decreased since the last update on all islands, what also may be a sign of new and still very hot magma being present in the underground . Evento Fecha Hora(GMT)* Latitud  Longitud  Prof. (km) Int. Máx. Mag. Tipo Mag. (**) Localización Info 1358063 14/12/2015 08:55:31 27.8959 -18.1049 2.0 mbLg NW FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1358030 13/12/2015 15:40:52 28.7617 -16.0670 39 2.3 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1358016 13/12/2015 03:47:11 27.7985 -18.2646 34 1.9 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1358014 13/12/2015 03:46:31 27.7619 -18.2147 36 2.9 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1357938 11/12/2015 15:41:11 27.7753 -18.2170 33 1.6 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1357908 11/12/2015 11:53:14 27.7876 -18.2207 33 1.7 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1357715 08/12/2015 21:41:24 28.5345 -16.9109 2.5 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1357512 06/12/2015 10:07:53 27.6749 -18.2634 30 2.9 mbLg SW FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1357511 06/12/2015 07:20:27 27.6334 -18.2141 27 2.4 mbLg SW EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1357472 05/12/2015 12:57:22 28.6703 -14.2111 2.0 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1357469 05/12/2015 11:22:25 28.1987 -15.0422 5 2.0 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1357453 05/12/2015 02:30:16 28.1076 -16.1551 22 2.1 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1357321 04/12/2015 09:35:57 27.6533 -18.0308 10 2.7 mbLg SW EL PINAR.IHI [+] ^TREMORS on 20151215 ( Gran Canaria) ------------------------------------ 20151202: Microquake activity continued with a major M 3.1 event on November 28 offshore  the SW  coast of El Hierro, near to la Frontera: Evento Fecha Hora(GMT)* Latitud  Longitud  Prof. (km) Int. Máx. Mag. Tipo Mag. (**) Localización Info 1357177 02/12/2015 15:50:04 28.7340 -16.9734 17 2.2 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1356688 28/11/2015 17:07:00 27.6947 -18.1847 30 3.1 mbLg SW FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1356570 28/11/2015 00:56:50 27.7231 -18.1564 22 2.6 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1356447 27/11/2015 06:51:03 28.1719 -15.0495 30 2.0 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1356422 26/11/2015 19:29:39 28.4156 -15.0885 30 2.3 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1355474 22/11/2015 17:18:25 27.7712 -18.2564 30 2.6 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1355459 22/11/2015 12:02:13 27.7645 -18.2021 30 3.1 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1355443 22/11/2015 09:17:57 28.4772 -14.3583 18 2.2 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1355444 22/11/2015 09:08:51 28.4790 -14.2797 30 2.1 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] --------------------------- ACTIVITY- NOVEMBER 01- 30 2015: November 24- 2015: Microquake activity is continuing on higher level also in the  second half of November 2015. The epicenter of the most quakes is near to the hot spot resp. within  mantle plume below El Hierro. At the same time the harmonic tremors on all islands increased in magnitude and show a muster  as never seen since the third activity phase began in December 2013. The earth is a round body-  and so- as  closer mantle magma comes to the surface as more space  it has  to expand . Out of that reason: Allthough the magmatic intrusion from the hot spot  may continue at the same pace ( same amount of magma per hour) the magma intrusion  JUST SEEMS to slow down as more it gets close to the surface. Nevertheless, resp out of these data  I strongly believe, that the magma that has assembled within the Canary caldera since the new activity phase began in Dec 2013  comes more and more close r to a surface eruption, that may already occure until the end of 2015 or in  the first months of 2016. ( this prediction is only valid if magma intrusion should NOT COME TO AN HALT UNTIL THEN!!) Evento Fecha Hora(GMT)* Latitud  Longitud  Prof. (km) Int. Máx. Mag. Tipo Mag. (**) Localización Info 1355474 22/11/2015 17:18:25 27.7712 -18.2564 30 2.6 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1355459 22/11/2015 12:02:13 27.7645 -18.2021 30 3.1 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1355443 22/11/2015 09:17:57 28.4772 -14.3583 18 2.2 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1355444 22/11/2015 09:08:51 28.4790 -14.2797 30 2.1 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1355402 21/11/2015 04:00:20 27.7660 -18.2339 30 2.3 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1355346 20/11/2015 15:45:59 27.7081 -18.2606 27 1.6 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354997 18/11/2015 22:44:24 27.7085 -18.2379 30 2.2 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354934 18/11/2015 15:06:50 27.7594 -18.2033 30 2.9 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354669 18/11/2015 06:06:59 29.0305 -13.7983 2.0 mbLg NW YAIZA.ILZ [+] 1354660 18/11/2015 04:44:07 27.7755 -18.2489 30 2.5 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354438 17/11/2015 06:21:10 27.9876 -18.1650 2.0 mbLg NW FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354419 16/11/2015 23:03:20 27.7594 -18.2592 30 2.3 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354410 16/11/2015 19:59:58 27.7517 -18.2594 31 2.5 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354306 16/11/2015 11:14:55 26.8737 -14.3384 30 3.7 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1354272 16/11/2015 05:01:34 28.0866 -16.1753 24 1.5 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1354259 16/11/2015 03:15:46 27.7786 -18.2552 31 2.2 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354229 15/11/2015 12:38:48 27.7944 -18.2225 37 2.5 mbLg W FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1354228 15/11/2015 12:07:12 28.4200 -16.5719 I-II 2.3 mbLg W PUERTO DE LA CRUZ.ITF [+] TREMORS: < Tenerife/ 20151125 < Gran Canaria / 20151125 ----------------------- November 15- 2015: Microquake activity arpound the Canary hot spot  is still elevated aand even some higher as in Octrober 2015. Due to my statistic reserarch this is related again to some minor but effective proton events on the sun resp trhe subsequent electron accumulation following each SEP. Evento Fecha Hora(GMT)* Latitud  Longitud  Prof. (km) Int. Máx. Mag. Tipo Mag. (**) Localización Info 1353957 13/11/2015 06:39:19 27.6247 -18.0218 11 1.9 mbLg SW EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1353907 12/11/2015 14:20:32 27.7060 -18.0026 14 1.8 mbLg W EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1353888 12/11/2015 12:47:03 27.6927 -18.0062 14 2.8 mbLg SW EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1353567 10/11/2015 11:38:26 28.6204 -13.8993 28 II 3.1 mbLg E LA OLIVA.IFV [+] 1353347 08/11/2015 23:08:58 28.7587 -16.0949 30 2.1 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1353153 07/11/2015 20:01:13 27.7011 -18.0559 12 III 3.8 mbLg W EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1353015 07/11/2015 06:53:22 27.6822 -18.0080 6 1.6 mbLg SW EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1353013 07/11/2015 04:40:41 28.0939 -16.1463 29 2.0 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1352903 06/11/2015 11:38:25 28.0983 -16.2410 26 2.1 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1352870 06/11/2015 08:18:50 27.7801 -18.0066 13 1.6 mbLg NW FRONTERA.IHI [+] 1352827 06/11/2015 04:01:00 27.6214 -16.2530 30 II 3.7 mbLg ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS [+] 1352778 05/11/2015 20:56:47 27.6899 -18.0457 14 2.1 mbLg W EL PINAR.IHI [+] 1352728 05/11/2015 09:43:45 27.6776 -18.0643 21 1.9 mbLg SW EL PINAR.IHI [+] the most shallow  microquake are still measure in a depth of around 6 km. Harmonic Tremors where rather low at the time of this update,  but are still present throughout the islands: Values measured on  today`s Nov 15 were relatively highest on Gran Canaria: OTHER SEP EFFECTS: On November 12, the integral electron flux rose high above tresholds and > 2.0 Me Electrons exceeded 10.000 pfu. these high energetic electrons have the capability to heat up the earth mantle ( causing higher volcanic activities) as they also   lead to dramatic changes and paradox climate/  weather patterns with currently high temperatures and drought on the northern Hemisphere. As these electron accumulations  especially heats up of the Northern polar regions , the heat exchange over the sea currents is weakened, thus  the temperature exchange between North and South  happens/ shifts more through  the athmosphere  what ios acomponied by circum polar wind and storm systems  and two  typical latitudenal line where the two temperature streams- a coild form the North and a warm form the equator- meet each other causing heavy weathers and even regularly floodings -------------
GOOGLE BLOG ARCHIVE Seitenzahl: 03 Latest Post BLOG START/ NAVI EL HIERRO EVENT MAP useful links/ nützliche Links: EMSC Global Volcanism Program Facebook Seite der AVCAN IGN (Spain) Serie El Hierro Volcano-discovery.com Earthquake- report. com MEDIEN: TV Canarias Wochenblatt/Tf. Euronews KARTEN: Goberno Canarias SOLAR (SAT) SDO SoHO STEREO GOES SOLAR (info) solen.info USAF REAL TIME FEATURES: (click on the images to enlarge them) letztes Beben(Kanarische Inseln ( IGN) Bebenmap( El Hierro) GPS deformation measure stations on El Hierro MODVOLC/ Hawaii  thermal alerts: ^ near real time thermal alert for El Hierro, la Palma, Teneriffe and la Gomera ( updated once per week) volcano discovery. com : Earthquake within 30 km radius around El Hierro: ------- --------------- previous posts those contain articles about the Canary volcanism in general:  February 10- 16- 2014  January 15- 19- 2014 January 20- 27- 2014 January 28- February  02- 2014 Mnt Teide ( Teneriffe) related free online sources: VOLCANOES: "Eruptions that shook the world" a very interesting and freely avaible  source how volcanoes work where you find all what you want to know about volcanoes Sources of the volcanic activity at El Hierro ( since 2011): Some may like to read a review on the volcanic activity below El Hierro in 2011: Here is a data based report  by earthquake .com- an excellent site regularly reporting (what you never get in the news) about Earthquakes and related volcanism worldnews.com: Special environmental reports about the Canaries  Miscanellous:  Geschichte Teneriffas (deutsch)  Fataga ( Gran Canaria)  San Cristóbal de La Laguna in 1880 (Tenerife) Caldera de Taburiente National Park (La Palma). Garajonay (La Gomera)    (BBC/ 20111204)Canary Island volcano: A new island in the making?

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