El Hierro Volcano activity report

This is the most recent El Hierro Volcano eruption report You may follow also Facebook Volcano Page - Google+ Volcanoes - Twitter : @VolcanoReport With the collaboration of Joke Volta, an El Hierro resident and Julio del Castillo Vivero, photographer. Read also: links to all 59 prior parts of this eruption report please go to the bottom of this page Read also: The 2011 submarine volcanic eruption in El Hierro (Canary Islands), Spain Useful links : @VolcanoReport - Picasa Photo Album El Hierro Webcam (only 1 active) : Frontera-SabinosaFrançais - Nederlands - Español - Japanese (automatic translations) THIS PAGE WILL REFRESH AUTOMATICALLY EVERY 10 MINUTES, KEEP IT OPEN IN A BROWSER TAB

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Many thanks to all the people (among them a lot of volcano lovers) who have send us donations. May we ask the people of El Hierro, reading this page, to use our I HAVE FELT IT form when they feel the current earthquakes. The way you feel it will give us some additional information on what is going on (written on December 22 at 19:46 UTC). Click on this I HAVE FELT IT link. You can write in your own language.
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2016-01-02 21:30 UTC
Happy 2016 for all those coming to look around the corner now and then.
It has been rather calm lately. Recently only the earthquake below was worth mentioning but that is already some days ago too.

2015-12-17 09:13 UTC
2 new earthquakes . The first one a strong one at 34 km depth with a Magnitude of M3.2 and the second one a M2.2 at a depth of 30 km. The second one has approx. the same location as the first one (see map below). Something is happening down there but to be honoured as a new crisis, the number of earthquakes should increase considerably. Also to be said is that in that specific area, the magma was not able to break through the rock layers above, not even with very strong earthquakes.

2015-12-16 17:39 UTC
A M2.4 at 30 km depth earthquake earlier today (see google map for precise location epicenter). As you can see below, the same area than the earthquake 2 days ago.

2015-12-14 12:32 UTC
An M2.0 earthquake at the below location. No depth reported

2015-12-13 19:19 UTC
2 new earthquakes with only 1 minute difference. The strongest one west of the island but gradually the picenters are heading north.

2015-12-11 17:02 UTC
2 new earthquakes off the South Western coast of El Hierro. Both at a depth of 33 km (same depth as most of the previous quakes in that area)

2015-12-09 23:37 UTC
We have not forgotten about El Hierro but no more earthquakes since Sunday

2015-12-06 12:52 UTC
2 new earthquakes in the deeper zone South-West of the island (29 to 35 km). A shallower series in the 20 to 25 km range would be a significant change.

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2015-12-04 19:37 UTC
Thats a while ago. A relatively strong earthquake in the new cone eruption area. To follow up the following days and weeks.
Magnitude 2.8 at a depth of 12 km.

 

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2015-11-28 19:37 UTC
A new one today but again at a depth of 30 km. M3.0 is relatively strong

2015-11-28 12:11 UTC
An earthquake to follow up. M2.7 BUT at a depth of 22 km (almost all of the other earthquakes in that area were at a depth of +30 km) right on the western tip of the island. Especially the depth is interesting. The earthquake can be based on an intrusion or can be the result of the stress of the volcano itself. The near future will give us the answer.

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2015-11-25 13:14 UTC
Contrary to what we expected during the earthquakes from last week, the western tip deformation station HI05 showed a slight deflation instead of an inflation.

2015-11-25 10:25 UTC
No more El Hierro earthquakes since Sunday

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2015-11-22 23:30 UTC
A second M2.2 at 30 km earthquake today @ 17:18 UTC - Same epicenter area

2015-11-22 14:01 UTC
3 earthquakes so far today in the Canary Islands area however only 1 can be linked to the activity below El Hierro. Magnitude : 3.1 at a depth of 33 km.
The quakes we are describing are happening in the same direct area and all at an approximate same depth. Also they are relatively powerful. Some of them are felt by the islanders.

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2015-11-21 09:08 UTC
New M2.3 @ 35 km depth earthquake to the West of Frontera. Too soon to say for sure that magma is rising again but the least we can say is that the the indications are going in that direction

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2015-11-20 20:15 UTC
New slight earthquake but nevertheless in exactly the same area and at the same debt that the November 18 ones.
In 2014 this particular area got very strong earthquakes but the magma underneath was not able to break to a much more shallower depth.

2015-11-18 21:45 UTC
4 earthquakes yesterday and nothing so far today. Flat graphics

2015-11-18 21:45 UTC
Time to follow up the earthquakes and activity again.

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2014-12-09 10:07 UTC

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2014-12-03 17:49 UTC
Seismicity almost completely stopped the second part of November

2014-10-06 14:38 UTC
Seismicity since the last update.

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2014-09-25 12:54 UTC
El Hierro may be dormant for a while, but the earthquakes (even weak) are continuing below the island. Just waiting for another crisis and/or eruption. Iceland shows today what partly happened on El Hierro in the Las Calmas sea, a short-lived fissure eruption (remember the many whirlpools along the coast at the time of the eruption).

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2014-09-03 23:01 UTC
This evening people on the island felt an earthquake since long time. A M3.8 off the coast at the western side of the island was responsible for this. NO specific tremor on the graphs. Depth 16 km is still very deep.

2014-08-26 15:09 UTC
We are sorry not to have posted more information on El Hierro, since late July. A lot of earthquakes in the world and now recently the Iceland Bardarbunga volcano are part of the reason. Here is the list of the El Hierro seismicity over the last 28 days.

2014-07-28 11:09 UTC
Nothing spectacular the last couple of weeks. If a sudden revival would happen we will jump in with a new information stream of course.

2014-07-05 13:34 UTC
It's about time to report the earthquakes of the last couple of weeks (Sorry Susanna). Here is the list of the preceding weeks.

2014-06-12 22:52 UTC
Very little action to report during the last couple of weeks

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2014-05-20 16:34 UTC

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2014-05-17 09:52 UTC

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2014-05-12 08:44 UTC
No important changes in the seismicity pattern

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2014-05-03 14:29 UTC
Only 2 El Hierro earthquakes since our last update, but that does not mean anything of course 🙂

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Links to earlier parts of this extensive El Hierro eruption report : (28/7 – early 09) – (25/09 – 10/10) - (11/10 – 13/10)- (14/10 – 17-10) - (18/10 – 21/10) - (22/10 – 26/10 ) - (27/10 – 31/10 ) – (01/11 – 03/11 ) - (04/11 – 06/11 ) – (07/11 – 08/11) – (09/11- 11/11) – (12/11 – 15/11) - (16/11 – 19/11) – (20/11 – 23/11) – (24/11 – 27/11) – (28/11 – 02/12) -(03/12 – 07/12) – (08/12 – 11/12) – (12/12 – 15/12) – (16/12 – 18/12) – (19/12 – 25/12) – (26/12 – 31/12) – (01/01 – 03/01) – (04/01 – 07/01) – (08/01 – 13/01) – (14/01 – 19/01) - (20/01 – 25/01) - (26/01 – 30/01) – (31/01 – 04/02) – (05/02 – 10/02) – (11/02 – 16/02) – (17/02 – 23/02) – (24/02 –29/02) – (1/03 – 10/03) – (11/03 – 18/03) - (19/03 - 23/03) - (24/03 - 28/03) - (29/03 - 03/04) - (04/04 - 10/04) - (11/04 – 21/04) - (22/04 – 30/04) - (01/05 – 10/05) - Part 43 (11/05 – 31/05) - (01/06 – 14/06) - (15/06 – 24/06) - (25/06 – 26/06) – (27/06 – 28/06) – (29/06 – 01/07) - (02/07 – 06/07) – (07/07 – 31/07) - (01/08 – 31/08) - (01/09 – 11/09) - (12/09 – 30/09) - Part 54 (01/10 – 15/12) - Part 55 (16/12 – 16/03) - Part 56 (16/03 – 26/03) - Part 57 (27/03 - 30/03) - Part 58 (31/03 - 12/08) - Part 59 (13/08 - 30/11) - Part 60 (1/12 - 25/12) - Part 61 (25/12 - 31/12)- Part 62 (01/01 - 30/04)

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