Seismology: EarthQuakes, Volcanoes, Continental Drift, More

Indeed, Mystery! The Ancient Mayans predict the end of the world in 2012, or something. A recent conversation this was brought up we got talking about the Earth presently reversing it's poles. You know that's going to create and feed some havoc! Team that with human pollution/global destruction, along with a few peak Sol emissions years, Earth might not just bounce back like it always has! Certainly with the single factor of global warming, we have an further polarization of water on Earth, from land to ocean. In ocean, acting as a seismic lubricant, increasing earthquakes, and I think to far more severe extents than mere increase in occurances and menial strength, but I suspect at the peak end of it, all factors amplifying, we might have some continental plate battle going on, and in a small time frame. I tend to feel that the icecapped poles hold that chaos from unleashing. They're going and the rest is going to go. I don't think it ever has or will 'end' or 'settle' as much as it just 'takes a break', because after the violent hot chaos, it blocks out the sun, halting warming sharply, with clouds of dust, and freezes up into another ice age! If you have studied projected evolution of continental plates, Northern Atlantic Ocean looks like one of the safest spots. Mainly in the next stage or two. Looks like Antarctica is going to loosen and tear on through into India, at one point. A lot more, it's a very interesting study.... http://www.scotese.com/future.htm http://www.scotese.com/future1.htm http://www.scotese.com/future2.htm

STRESS BUILDUP PRECEDES LARGE SUMATRA QUAKES, May 28 The island of Sumatra, Indonesia, has shaken many times with powerful earthquakes since the one that wrought the infamous 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Now, scientists from the California Institute of Technology and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences are harnessing information from these and earlier quakes to determine where the next ones will likely occur, and how big they will be. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131184867.html WORLD'S FASTEST-GROWING MUD VOLCANO IS COLLAPSING, SAYS NEW RESEARCH, May 28 The world’s fas-*test*-('")-growing mud volcano is collapsing and could subside to depths of more than 140 metres with consequences for the surrounding environment, according to new research. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news131198817.html

Greek Quake & Predictions
There has been a fairly strong quake in Greece. Quakes are common in Greece however there has been some recent research into predicting quakes in this region, of course it has almost been as if the Earth has been ringing from the shock waves of all the current quakes. This is not to diminish from this most recent quake that has taken lives in Greece, the people are staying in the streets from fear of an even greater quake; that would be unfortunate if you read the link that warns of a possible terrible quake that could be on the way.Links; New Quake Terrible Quake Predicted for Greece Mystery

Japan Rocking
Japan has been Rocked by magnitude 7.2 Earthquake causing damage and some deaths. Also reported were some leaks in a nuclear power plant although those are hoped to be contained. Aftershocks are continuing and this is breaking news. Japan Rocking Mystery

SURPRISINGLY RAPID CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S CORE DISCOVERED, July 07 In a recent paper published in Nature Geoscience, the geophysicist Mioara MANDEA from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam and her Danish colleague Nils OLSEN from the National Space Institute/DTU Copenhagen, have shown that motions in the fluid in the Earth’s core are changing surprisingly fast, and that this, in turn, effects the magnetic field of our Planet. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news134642306.html This speaks DROVES to global warming. This is my main theory. Caps, mountains melt, and that gives way to increased seismic activity - volcanoes, earthquakes, tectonic shifting. Violence. Turns out the inner of the planet IS LOOSENING UP AND INCREASING. This is it, folks, this is it. This is the final stage before the shit hits the fan! All that water serves as a lubricant to seismic activity, on top of it. The cold, frozen parts of the planet that once held seismic activity at bay, that's disappearing. Also, here I want to note something further. I have noticed varying temperatures in the upper Northern Hemisphere, but more work needs to go into it. I think if you look at the temperatures around the Northern Hemisphere, you'll find that the pole is OFF. This might mean the world will shift to re-adjust itself to a new pole. This is a very large discussion. I'm telling you right now, this is the final piece of the puzzle - the innards of Earth. Now that they are reacting as well, everything else - hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, everything else is just a pawn of seismology when it comes down to it. Pandora is f**king awakened. Look out. :diablo:

Volcano eruptions increase
Just a few very recent (Today) updates about increasing eruptions; Hawaii The Patagonian volcano

Chile This last is just breaking news and will update as news becomes available, amazing photo above. Mystery

Amazing shot!!!! Here's a bigger one:

FULL VERSION:\ http://monscooch.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/volcano.jpg And 20080708 Volcanic Eruption With Lightning Of Unknown Origin But I think it's the same volcano, maybe from years earlier...

Re: Volcano eruptions increase
The Patagonian volcano

:shock4: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1508-041

NASA Earth Podcast On Space-Age Quake Research http://www.nasa.gov/mp3/146887main_quake-podcast.mp3 Narrator: I'm Jane Platt and you're listening to a podcast from JPL -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. April 18, 1906 - a massive, deadly earthquake left the city of San Francisco in shambles. One hundred years later, earthquake research has changed dramatically. Various agencies are studying quakes, including NASA and JPL, which are bringing space technology into the mix. We can't actually travel back in time to study the 1906 earthquake directly, but scientists are doing the next best thing - re-creating the earthquake inside a computer. Glasscoe: So we're using computer models to model the 1906 earthquake and the deformation that occurred as a result of this earthquake. Narrator: Maggi Glasscoe, a JPL geophysicist. She and her colleagues use math and physics to figure out how the Earth buckled and shifted during the 1906 quake. They try to re-create that scenario in the computer. Glasscoe: We have a good idea of how the physics of the Earth work and we have the observations, so we try to fit our model as best we can to the observations. Narrator: This helps them understand the forces behind earthquakes, the quake cycle, and where and how strain is building up that might lead to future quakes. Glasscoe: This modeling project is specifically looking at the deformation associated with the 1906 earthquake, but we are also applying these computer models to look at different areas, including the Los Angeles basin. Narrator: The hope is that this experimental research into different regions will help scientists find some patterns. Maggi Glasscoe has worked closely at JPL with Dr. Andrea Donnellan, a foremost authority on earthquake research. We caught up with her out in Northridge, California, site of the 1994 big earthquake, and it's also the site of a Global Positioning Satellite receiver that's used for JPL earthquake studies. Donnellan: This is a GPS receiver, so it tracks the GPS satellites up in the sky. The signal goes down to that box there and then it's radioed back to JPL and the U.S. Geological Survey and Caltech. From that we understand how this site is moving relative to other sites. So we know that in the Northridge earthquake, this area actually moved upward from the earthquake, as did these mountains over here, which grew about 15 inches in the earthquake. We can study it, it actually, when the earthquake fault broke, it broke, but then it kept slipping for two more years after the earthquake. And we can measure it with this type of technique, because we're not just measuring the shaking part of an earthquake. Narrator: And this information, along with radar satellite data, can help scientists track earthquake faults. Donnellan: What this information tells us is where the faults are active, how active they are and where future earthquakes may occur. They also tell us how the Earth's crust responds to earthquakes. And we know now that earthquakes like this Northridge earthquake that occur transfer stress to other faults and those faults could start moving as a result. Narrator: So 100 years after the devastation in San Francisco, how far have we come? A long way, according to Donnellan. Donnellan: They didn't even really know the San Andreas fault existed, let alone all the neighboring faults in that earthquake. Since then we've been able to step back, use seismology to understand earthquakes better, map the faults better, and then we've added these space technologies, which really I think are going to revolutionize our understanding of earthquakes because we'll see all these movements we never saw before. Before we could measure the shaking from earthquakes. Now we'll be able to measure the strain in between the earthquakes as well, and all the quiet things that occur. Narrator: You're probably sitting there wondering, with all this new technology, will they actually be able to predict earthquakes? Donnellan: We don't know how to predict earthquakes in the sense that we don't know how to say it's going to happen tomorrow but what we are doing is refining the hazard maps. So the outlook used to be 30 years, we'd say this entire region could have an earthquake that's going to do damage in the next 30 years. Now we're refining those down to 10 years and five years. And when you get those refined hazard estimates, that are also refined in space, so we know exactly where the damage may be, then you can really target your retrofitting for those areas. And again, if you're prepared for the earthquakes, you're not going to experience so much damage from them. This information helps us know where we need to retrofit buildings, where we need to prepare, where the next earthquakes may be and how big they are. We just don't know if it's going to be tomorrow or in five years from now, but that's a much better estimate than 50 years from now. Narrator: For more information on some of JPL's quake research, go to http://quakesim.jpl.nasa.gov . Thanks for joining us for this podcast from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. REMOTE ALASKA VOLCANO ERUPTS, SPEWING ROCK AND ASH, July 13 (AP) -- A volcano erupted Saturday with little warning on a remote island in Alaska, sending residents of a nearby ranch fleeing from falling ash and volcanic rock. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news135159318.html VOLCANO ERUPTS, FISHING BOAT RESCUES 10 PEOPLE, July 14 (AP) -- A fishing vessel rescued 10 people after a volcano erupted, sending rocks and ash down on a cattle ranch on a remote island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news135221173.html ICELANDIC VOLCANOES HELP RESEARCHERS UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF ERUPTIONS, July 14 (PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, researchers have taken a detailed look at what lies beneath all of Iceland's volcanoes – and found a world far more complex than they ever imagined. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news135253427.html

A SINGLE BOULDER MAY PROVE THAT ANTARCTICA AND NORTH AMERICA WERE ONCE CONNECTED, July 17 A lone granite boulder found against all odds high atop a glacier in Antarctica may provide additional key evidence to support a theory that parts of the southernmost continent once were connected to North America hundreds of millions of years ago. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news135518754.html That would be something else -- that would shock me! I wonder how that drift would've gone... Separation between the two where South America pushed in?? Or could've it ran straight down the Pacific?

CHINESE EARTHQUAKE PROVIDES LESSONS FOR FUTURE, July 21 The May 12 Sichuan earthquake in China was unexpectedly large. Analysis of the area, however, now shows that topographic characteristics of the highly mountainous area identified the mountain range as active and could have pointed to the earthquake hazard. Topographic analysis can help evaluate other, similar fault areas for seismic risk, according to geologists from Penn State and Arizona State University. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news135861756.html STRONG EARTHQUAKE JOLTS NORTHERN JAPAN, July 21 A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted northern Japan on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news135863558.html

UNDERSEA 'BLACK SMOKERS' FOUND OFF ARCTIC: SWISS SCIENTISTS, August 04 Jets of searingly hot water spewing up from the ocean floor have been discovered in a far-northern zone of the Arctic Ocean, Swiss-based scientists announced Monday. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news137079920.html Another part of the whole exponential number of global warming reactions.....not good - this obviously factors in to a major increase in polar ice loss, and spurs on far more warming... :grimsanta:

Massive explosions! Also if you check the Global Natural Hazards thread, there is more volcanic catastrophe in there, too. Quite an active summer for them! News Release U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Release Date: Aug. 7, 2008 Contacts: Jennifer Adleman, jadleman@usgs.gov, 907-786-7497 Clarice Nassif Ransom, cransom@usgs.gov, 703-648-4299 Third Aleutian Volcano Erupts Explosively Kasatochi Volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted explosively Aug. 7, sending an ash plume more than 35,000 feet into the air and forcing two biologists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to evacuate the island. “Kasatochi went from a quiet volcano to an explosive eruption within 24 hours and with very little warning,” said USGS volcano scientist Marianne Guffanti. “We are thankful our colleagues were able to get out before the eruption began. They were rescued just in time by a local fishing boat.” Kasatochi is the third volcano to erupt in the Aleutian Islands in three weeks. Okmok Volcano erupted unexpectedly and explosively on July 12, followed by Cleveland Volcano, 100 miles away, on July 21. Both volcanoes sent ash plumes skyrocketing and caused commercial airline flights to be diverted or cancelled. Scientists relied on seismic instruments on other volcano networks in the area to detect activity at Kasatochi volcano. "Fortunately, the existing seismic networks on nearby volcanoes picked up the activity at Kasatochi volcano," said Tom Murray, scientist-in-charge of the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO). "They were installed with funding from the Federal Aviation Administration to reduce the hazard to aviation from volcanic ash. These networks were crucial in recognizing that this volcano had entered the first stage of a major eruption.” “Our hope is to have monitoring equipment on all volcanoes that pose the grea-*test*-('") threats to public safety,” said Guffanti. “Satellite imagery is useful to see the big picture of what is happening and what is going into the atmosphere. But direct instrumentation, such as placing seismic monitors around a volcano, will help give an early warning and give people more time to plan for hazardous events.” Scientists are working around the clock to monitor the volcanoes and keep the public and emergency responders informed. Listen to a podcast interview with Guffanti at http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ID=91. You can learn about the USGS Volcano Hazards Program at http://volcanoes.usgs.gov. The AVO is a partnership of the USGS, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Information about all of the current volcanic eruptions in Alaska including activity statements, images, background materials and related hazards can be found at the AVO home page: http://www.avo.alaska.edu . The USGS provides science for a changing world. For more information, visit www.usgs.gov. Subscribe to USGS News Releases via our electronic mailing list or RSS feed.

NEW INSIGHTS INTO CENTRE OF THE EARTH, August 15 A new observation of the very deepest part of the Earth, the solid inner core, has been reported this week in Nature. The team from the University of Bristol also observed intriguing evidence of a ‘texture’ in the solid iron that may reflect the patterns left as the swirling liquid iron of the outer core freezes to form the inner core. Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news138024501.html Magnitude-5.4 Earthquake Rattles Los Angeles Area A magnitude-5.4 earthquake rattled Los Angeles on July 29, causing strong shaking and minor damage. The earthquake was felt from Arizona to Nevada. Nearly 50 aftershocks have been recorded so far: most of them small, many of them felt, and the largest being a magnitude-3.8. The last notable earthquakes causing significant damage in the area were the January 17, 1994, magnitude-6.7 Northridge earthquake and the October 1, 1987, magnitude-5.9 Whittier Narrows earthquake. In 1999, the magnitude-7.1 Hector Mine earthquake in a remote part of the Mojave Desert was widely felt through the greater Los Angeles region, but caused no damage. To listen to a podcast interview about the July 29, 2008, Los Angeles earthquake, visit http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ID=88 . Earthquakes cannot be predicted, but earthquake-prone areas such as Los Angeles can be prepared for earthquakes. The Great Southern California ShakeOut, a weeklong series of special events featuring a massive earthquake drill on November 13, 2008, in Los Angeles, is one way for the public to prepare for the next big earthquake. To learn more about the ShakeOut, visit http://www.shakeout.org/ . For more information, contact Clarice Nassif Ransom at 703-648-4299 or cransom@usgs.gov. Explosive Eruptions of Kasatochi, Cleveland, and Okmok Volcanoes in Alaska Kasatochi Volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands erupted explosively August 7, sending an ash plume more than 35,000 feet into the air. Kasatochi is the third volcano to erupt in the Aleutian Islands over the last month. Okmok Volcano erupted unexpectedly and explosively on July 12, followed by Cleveland Volcano, 100 miles away, on July 21. These volcanic eruptions may pose hazards to air travel in the area. Scientists are using a combination of seismic and GPS instruments on the ground and weather and radar satellites in space to track the progress of the eruption. The Alaska Volcano Observatory is responsible for issuing timely warnings of potential volcanic disasters to affected communities and civil authorities. It is also a joint program of the USGS, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. Information about the current eruption of these volcanoes, including activity statements, images, background materials, and related hazards can be found on the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s homepage at http://www.avo.alaska.edu/ . To listen to a podcast interview about the Kasatochi Volcano, visit http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ID=91 . For more information, contact Jennifer Adleman at 907-786-7497 or jadleman@usgs.gov.

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