Category Archives: Special report

Special report: New eruption vent (or vents) might have opened up in El Hierro volcano eruption

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Jón Frímann

The current tremor data now suggests that a new vent or vents have opened or are about to open up just outside north-west coast of El Hierro volcano. The depth where the main earthquakes have been taking place … Continue reading →

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Special report: Rift zone eruption continues at El Hierro volcano

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Jón Frímann

This is going to be a short blog post about what is going on in El Hierro. But I have a longer blog post planned for tomorrow. The current eruption in El Hierro volcano is a fissure eruption. … Continue reading →

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Special report: New magma intrusion into El Hierro volcano, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Jón Frímann

Few days ago a new magma intrusion did start in El Hierro volcano, Canary Islands, Spain. But this means that the pressure is increasing inside El Hierro current magma still. The new magma is going the same path … Continue reading →

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Special report: Update 6 on the eruption in El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Jón Frímann

Special note: Please notice that my (personal) watching system is also going to include the mainland of Spain (mainland Spain has two volcanoes that I am aware of, along with some earthquake activity) when I change it next … Continue reading →

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Special report: Update 5 on El Hierro eruption, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Jón Frímann

This is a special report on the eruption in El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain. *** From the harmonic tremor data during the current eruption in El Hierro. It seems that the eruption has dropped in strength during the … Continue reading →

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Special report: Update 4 on the eruption in El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Jón Frímann

Short note on comments: During the eruption in El Hierro there has been a lot of comments on this blog. Over the past 4 days (or so) there have been about ~1500 comments. If your comments is held … Continue reading →

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Special report: Update 3 on El Hierro eruption in Canary Islands, Spain

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Jón Frímann

I am going to fully integrate Canary Islands into my watch volcano monitoring system in the beginning of next month, but Canary Island won’t be part of my emergency system until I move to Canary Island (that is … Continue reading →

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Special Report: Update 2 on the eruption in El Hierro

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jón Frímann

This is a special report on the eruption in El Hierro. This is also a good time (as any) to announce that I plan to write about volcanoes in Canary Islands in the future. As I plan on … Continue reading →

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Special report: Update on El Hierro volcano eruption

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Jón Frímann

While everything is quiet in Iceland. I am going to continue my coverage of the eruption in El Hierro volcano. Information in English also seems to be lacking for some reason. Please note that I have little understanding … Continue reading →

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Magma on the move in El Hierro, Canary Islands

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Jón Frímann

This is happening faster then I expected. But it seems that magma is now on the move upwards in El Hierro volcano in Canary Islands. This is evident by the earthquake patterns that are emerging from the volcano. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canary Islands, Dike intrusions, Earthquakes, El Hierro, Inflation, Magma, Monitoring, Special report, Swarm, Volcano | 159 Comments