Tag: spain

• Friday Eruption Update for September 23, 2011: Cleveland, El Hierro, Etna and more

  8 months ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Quick update for late on Friday - much more to say on Monday. I promise. Really. Anyway, some brief news: Alaska: The dome is continuing to grow at Cleveland in Alaska - and we now have some images of the dome growing in the crater (see top left). Right now the concern is what happens if/when ... Read More

• Deformation at El Hierro in the Canary Islands

  9 months ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Well, we've been wondering when we might see more signs of magma rising underneath El Hierro in the Canary Island and now we seem to have got some. Over the last month, the island/volcano has experienced thousands of earthquakes that have waxed and waned in number, but seem to be increasing over ... Read More

• Mystery Volcano Photo #40

  9 months ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  It is a busy Friday, so it seems that today would be a great day for a new Mystery Volcano Photo. If we think back to the last MVP, #39, you'd remember the image of El Teide (top left) in the Canaries that Philip Mulholland landed on the first shot. Maybe it was a little too easy for its own good ... Read More

• Earthquakes under El Hierro in the Canary Islands: What can we expect?

  10 months ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of buzz in the volcano world (at least in the internet) after some seismicity under El Hierro, one of the many volcanoes that make up the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. The seismicity, although mostly of low magnitude (< M2), has been of high ... Read More

• Eyjafjallajökull Update for 5/11/2010

  about 2 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  I an in the home stretch for grading exams, so just a quick update for today: The evidence of floods from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, taken on May 1, 2010 by Dr. Joe Licciardi. Airports now as far south as Spain, Morocco and the Canary Islands are facing closures due to the ... Read More

• Wednesday Whatzits: Yellowstone earthquakes, Hawaiian lava and the hazards at Gran Canaria

  over 2 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Quick news updates for a Wednesday... The island (and volcano) of Gran Canaria in the Atlantic Ocean. It last erupted in ~20 B.C. The earthquakes keep coming at Yellowstone - up to a M3.5 in the last 24 hours. Time has already put up an article wondering about whether people need worry ... Read More

• Some new NASA Earth Observatory Images

  almost 3 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  In case you don't frequent the NASA Earth Observatory, I thought I'd call your attention to some images they recently posted that are, again, excellent shots of volcanism captured from space. The current plume from Tavurvur Crater at Rabaul was shot by the MODIS imager on Terra in early August ... Read More

• Terrible volcano journalism (and the weekend open thread)

  about 3 years ago

  Erik Klemetti in Eruptions

  Satellite image of the island of Tenerife with the main vent of the volcano (El Teide) in the central part of the island. I will be out of town for the next few days, so I thought I'd leave this thread for breaking volcano news that any of you Eruptions readers notice. However, I couldn't ... Read More