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To: Errant; The Cajun; machogirl

Further out than the volcano but given the swarm it has to be associated...?


2 posted on 12/27/2013 10:24:38 AM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper
Looks like they've had a recent swarm under the island as well:

"December 23, 2013 – CANARY ISLANDS - The new earthquake swarm under the island’s central-SE sector continues. So far, about 120 quakes of magnitudes above 1.8 including a handful of possibly felt ones (up to magnitudes 3.2) have occurred since yesterday morning. Preliminary GPS data suggest a new phase of uplift has started as well, which supports the idea that a new magma intrusion is occurring at the base of the upper crust beneath the volcanic island. A new earthquake swarm started under the island on December 22nd. The earthquakes are located at about 15 km depth under the southeastern central part of the island. IGN recorded more than 40 quakes with magnitudes up to 3.2 so far. Whether the earthquakes are related to new magmatic intrusions at depth is a unknown but a possible scenario."

Seismic unrest: new earthquake swarms reported at El Hierro Island

9 posted on 12/27/2013 10:33:32 AM PST by Errant
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To: winoneforthegipper

on google earth it looks like only half the caldera is above sea level


50 posted on 12/27/2013 1:09:16 PM PST by beebuster2000
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