Monday, November 28, 2011

Equakes Monday

Recently there was a massive 6.4 earthquake that shook Puerto Rico. they've had some minor shakes previous to it but nothing this severe. There was also a 5.8 quake in the Bali Sea

The lat./long. for the quake in Puerto Rico is 19N 66W. for the quake in Bali Sea its 7S 117E

Monday volcanoes

Sangay fires up again south of the equator in Ecuador (2S 78W). The composite volcano had a possible eruption on November 20th but ash was not detected in satellite imagery. In Hawaii Kilauea is still spiting out basaltic lava. The most recent observation of the lava lake rising and falling took place November 16th-22nd

Friday, November 18, 2011

Mt. Etna & Manan Volcanoes

Among today's active volcanoes Mt. Etna and Manan have been spewing basaltic and basaltic-andestic lava since November. Manan has been spewing its basaltic-andesetic lava since the 1600's but has been fuming ash since November.

Central and South American volcanoes

Todays active volcanoes are Fuego and Tungurahua. Fuego, at 14N and 91W, is in Guatemala and is currently spewing ash. As of November 9th, Tungurahua has had gas and steam emissions.

Friday, November 11, 2011

African volcano erupts

The southern rift valley and Africa's most active volcano are at it again. Hierro continues it underwater eruptions and the usual suspects are fired up.