El Hierro Volcano : Green and Yellow alert – 19 Earthquakes today, some of M 2.5+
Last update: June 14, 2012 at 2:54 pm by By Armand Vervaeck
Update 14/06 – 13:00 UTC
– An increasing number of earthquakes, what is called an earthquake swarm, took place in the early hours this morning. Up to 19 earthquakes in less than 3 hours. Magnitudes have been high, with one reaching M 2.8. All depths in between 19 and 26 km. According to IGN this is normal and part of the seismic process and not the eruption.
-Map done by AVCAN website with full list of earthquakes here:
| Event | Date | Time | Lat | Lon | Depth (km) |
Mag | Location | |||
| 1148498 | 14/06/2012 | 04:00:02 | 27.7251 | -17.9972 | 20 | 0.5 | NW EL PINAR.IHI | |||
| 1148500 | 14/06/2012 | 04:32:09 | 27.7622 | -18.0380 | 22 | 1.5 | W FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148507 | 14/06/2012 | 04:40:20 | 27.7481 | -18.0339 | 20 | 2.3 | W FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148514 | 14/06/2012 | 04:46:49 | 27.7432 | -18.0379 | 23 | 1.4 | SW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148515 | 14/06/2012 | 04:52:39 | 27.7834 | -18.0411 | 24 | 1.9 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148530 | 14/06/2012 | 04:59:27 | 27.7873 | -18.0422 | 21 | 1.3 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148531 | 14/06/2012 | 05:00:00 | 27.7596 | -18.0381 | 26 | 1.4 | W FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148542 | 14/06/2012 | 05:14:10 | 27.7519 | -18.0415 | 22 | 1.6 | W FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148536 | 14/06/2012 | 05:15:10 | 27.7306 | -18.0264 | 22 | 1.9 | SW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148544 | 14/06/2012 | 05:22:16 | 27.7896 | -18.0447 | 20 | 1.7 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148546 | 14/06/2012 | 05:27:00 | 27.7569 | -18.0432 | 23 | 1.3 | W FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148547 | 14/06/2012 | 05:34:31 | 27.8004 | -18.0500 | 19 | 1.3 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148549 | 14/06/2012 | 05:34:56 | 27.7735 | -18.0356 | 21 | 1.5 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148559 | 14/06/2012 | 05:41:04 | 27.7853 | -18.0509 | 21 | 1.8 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148561 | 14/06/2012 | 05:54:22 | 27.8062 | -18.0488 | 20 | 1.8 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148562 | 14/06/2012 | 06:01:52 | 27.7644 | -18.0395 | 22 | 2.3 | W FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148563 | 14/06/2012 | 06:05:07 | 27.7794 | -18.0525 | 22 | 2.8 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148565 | 14/06/2012 | 06:06:20 | 27.7726 | -18.0591 | 23 | 2.7 | NW FRONTERA.IHI | |||
| 1148568 | 14/06/2012 | 07:48:40 | 27.8015 | -18.0680 | 21 | 2.1 | NW FRONTERA.IHI |
Update 13/06 – 13:00 UTC
– 2 Earthquakes today after 5 days without any, making a total of 36 earthquakes registered by IGN since 1st June 2012.
– The strongest at 04:57 UTC with a Magnitude 1.8 and depth 25km. At 08:10 UTC a soft movement of Magnitude 0.3 and depth unknown. Both similar location, N Frontera.
Update 10/06 – 15:00 UTC
– Following the update containing the document from ULPGC, here is the video, showing the volcano at different depth, bubbles and fish swimming along. Recorded by the Qstar Crew of the Atlantic Explorer.
Update 09/06
– Joke Volta made a summary of events for the past week which can be download here. Also, here photographs from these days can be downloaded in this zip file here.
for more information and updates, go to: http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/