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La Palma: Seismic activity is picking up again with two M5.0 earthquakes within 24 hours and record ash emission! Houses and even cemeteries are buried under meters of volcanic ash
SS ^ | 10/31/21 | SS

Posted on 11/03/2021 11:08:28 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

Here some bad news about the ongoing eruption on La Palma. The volcano is spewing record amounts of ash while two M5.0 earthquakes hit the island within 24 hours.

More ash According to specialists from the Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan (Pevolca), the volcano has started emitting much more volatile material in recent hours.

“We are currently facing record amount of ash. The amount of ash that is falling on the western part of the island is the largest since the beginning of the eruption.”

Particules smaller than 10 micrometers are excessive: 499 µg / m³ compared to 50 µg / m³ (threshold). This episode could be caused by intense degassing.

This ash cloud mainly affects the entire west and northwest part of the island; but especially Los Llanos de Aridane and El Paso, the towns outside the exclusion zone from which the volcano is best seen.

The technical director of Pevolca recommends the use of FPP2 masks and protective glasses in the two above-mentioned municipalities and also in the towns of Tazacorte, Puntagorda and Tijarafe.

The increase in the emission of ash could affect air traffic. On the other hand, the emission of sulfur dioxide fell this Saturday for the sixth consecutive day.

Its concentration in the air did not exceed the daily limit at any time. The eruptive column and scattering cloud emitted by the volcano reached a height of 4,500 meters, higher than the last few days.

And as the volcano emits more ash, it spits out also more lava. As of now, more than 963 hectares have been buried by the 10 currently active lava flows.

“An increase in lava emission has been observed on the west flank of the main cone.”

Lava is also more fluid and flows over the already cold magma, increasing its surface. The below drone footage taken by the National Geographic Institute on Saturday, shows rivers of liquid lava flooding out of Cumbre Vieja’s main crater and down the side of the volcano.

“There are areas where the lava already measures more than 30 meters in depth!”

Out of the 10 lava flows which have been seeping out of the volcano, only one located near the Las Hoyas area, is moving slowly southwards. The remaining lava flows are practically stationary at the moment.

As expected, the morphology of the cone changes repeatedly due to successive growth, collapse and reconfiguration processes. The formation of new vents around the main cone within the exclusion zone, is not ruled out.

Spain’s Meterorological Agency AEMET reported 16 volcanic rays on La Palma in under an hour late on Saturday night. The rays are produced by friction of rock fragments, ash and ice particles which create a static charge similar to lightning in an electric storm.

Due to the increased level of lava productionsesidents of five municipal areas advised to stay in-doors: Los Llanos, El Paso, Tazacorte, Puntagorde and Tijarafe.

Seismic activity A M5.0 earthquake was recorded today at 5:52 p.m. It has been felt and reported across all the island.

It hit less than 24 hours and at the same location than the M5.0 quake that hit Villa de Mazo, on the east side of La Palma Saturday morning (06:24 a.m.).

This tremor has occurred after a considerable drop in seismic activity for almost all of Saturday and most of Sunday. Pevolca experts had warned before this afternoon M5.0 that “the current level of seismicity continues to indicate that it is possible that more felt earthquakes occur and cause small landslides in sloping areas.”

Meanwhile, residents living close to the erupting volcano refuse to evacuate…


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: atlantic; canaryislands; catastrophism; lapalm; lapalma; science; spain; volcano; volcanoes
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1 posted on 11/03/2021 11:08:28 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Those pictures don’t even look real. They look like digital graphics.


2 posted on 11/03/2021 11:09:43 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Ordinarily I don't regard a volcanic eruption to cross the threshold of Catastrophism, but ya gotta see these photos. Thanks Roman_War_Criminal.



3 posted on 11/03/2021 11:11:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

How many years of human activity does this one eruption equal?


4 posted on 11/03/2021 11:19:46 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa

How many years of human activity does this one eruption equal?


Don’t you know that you’re not supposed to ask THAT question?


5 posted on 11/03/2021 11:27:41 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: Seruzawa

Start a factory to make Lava soap I guess.


6 posted on 11/03/2021 11:28:47 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

What an Ash hole!


7 posted on 11/03/2021 11:30:03 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Safrguns

LOL


8 posted on 11/03/2021 11:34:37 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

At first was told this would be a mild event and over in a short period of time. Then as it was calming down more slowly than expected was still being told it wouldn’t regain in intensity.


9 posted on 11/03/2021 11:36:05 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: Seruzawa
"How many years of human activity does this one eruption equal?"

Good question. I read in Ian Plimer's book "Heaven and Earth" that the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1992 put a year's worth (at least) of human CO2 production into the atmosphere. And so what happened? The Earth cooled about 1 degree C the next year. That was of course from the sulfur aerosols that led to more cloud formation and the more reflection of sunlight back into space.

But for the climate nutcases it's all human-produced CO2 all the time and there are no other factors.
10 posted on 11/03/2021 11:37:32 AM PDT by KamperKen (u)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

‘intense degassing’ can be a serious problem.


11 posted on 11/03/2021 11:48:42 AM PDT by kanawa ((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
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To: KamperKen

their logic states that volcanoes are going to erupt as part of nature, but man’s emissions make the natural levels worse...


12 posted on 11/03/2021 11:54:00 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: kanawa

that’s what Joe said.


13 posted on 11/03/2021 12:03:40 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: teeman8r
"their logic states that..."

Their "logic".
14 posted on 11/03/2021 12:19:44 PM PDT by KamperKen (u)
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To: KamperKen

yep their logic says no matter how bad the co2 is naturally... man makes things worse by whatever they contribute to it... so the .04% of the atmosphere that is co2, even though man’s share is very minimal, it always makes it worse.

it is failed logic, but their logic.


15 posted on 11/03/2021 12:27:25 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: rarestia; Roman_War_Criminal

They’re quite real. I’ve been watching that eruption since day one and the ash it’s putting out the last few days is unreal.

Someone has a drone that gets REALLY crisp footage and my guess is these are stills from some of that footage.


16 posted on 11/03/2021 12:28:07 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: teeman8r
"it is failed logic, but their logic.

So true and I suppose this is the mentality of the acolytes of all apocalyptic religious cults. They are utterly impervious to facts or reality.
17 posted on 11/03/2021 12:47:45 PM PDT by KamperKen (u)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Reminds me of New Mexico after a spring dust storm.


18 posted on 11/03/2021 1:10:08 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: kanawa
‘intense degassing’ can be a serious problem.

But La Palma feels better, and isn't that what's important?
19 posted on 11/03/2021 1:22:35 PM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: KamperKen

it is sad, but mostly true...

a reckoning is coming... and there will be plenty of torn clothing and wailing... i almost wrote whaling... might be that too.


20 posted on 11/03/2021 1:29:40 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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