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Thursday, Jun 29, 2017
Complete Earthquake list (worldwide) for today, Thursday, 29 Jun 2017
Thursday, Jun 29, 2017
Volcano earthquake report for Thursday, 29 Jun 2017
World map showing volcanoes with shallow (less than 20 km) earthquakes within 20 km radius during the past 24 hours on 29 Jun 2017 Number in brackets indicate nr of quakes.
Thursday, Jun 29, 2017
Quakes detected near: Akita-Yake-yama (1 quake mag 3.2), Bardarbunga (2 quakes between mag 0.6-1.6), Clear Lake (14 quakes between mag 0.4-1.7), Etna (3 quakes between mag 1.4-2.2), Fourpeaked (2 quakes between mag 1.7-2.1), Grímsvötn (3 quakes between mag 0.2-1.0), Hayes (1 quake mag 1.5), Irazu (1 quake mag 2.0), Isarog (1 quake mag 2.1), Kilauea (2 quakes between mag 0.6-1.6), Long Valley (21 quakes between mag 0.2-2.1), Mammoth Mountain (10 quakes between mag 0.4-1.6), Maroa (16 quakes between mag 1.0-2.0), Mauna Loa (1 quake mag 2.0), Mount St. Helens (1 quake mag 1.2), Ontake-san (1 quake mag 3.5), Prestahnukur (2 quakes between mag 1.1-1.2), Reporoa (1 quake mag 1.3), Reykjanes (2 quakes between mag 1.2-1.6), Tjörnes Fracture Zone (5 quakes between mag 0.8-1.8), Tolbachik (1 quake mag 1.0), Yellowstone (4 quakes between mag 1.3-1.8) (updated 03h50) ... [more]
Earthquake report world-wide for Thursday, 29 Jun 2017
World map showing earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 29 Jun 2017
Thursday, Jun 29, 2017
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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Vanuatu Islands on Thursday, 29 June 2017
Thursday, Jun 29, 2017

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A selection of photos taken during our Expedition to Erta Ale and Dallol in early February 2017 by participant Stefan Tommasini - Fotografie mit Seele (website). This Danakil expedition was particulary unique: on one hand a new eruptions started at a fissure on Erta Ale´s flank which let to the partial collapse of the active craters in the summit caldera; on the other hand it was pouring with rain when our group was at Dallol, which is known to be the hottest and driest place on earth... The rain however intensified the colours and activity at Dallol´s hydrothermal deposits, and the flank eruption created a vast lava field with multiple lava lakes and pahoehoe flows. (You can find a short overview of the 2017 flank eruption and Erta Ale volcanic activity update at the end of June 2017 through this link) (Photo: Stefan Tommasini)
Erta Ale + Dallol Feb 2017 - photos of the flank eruption at Erta Ale by Stefan Tommasini (15 Images)
A selection of photographs taken by Ingrid Smet during our June 2017 Nyiragongo lava lake and mountain gorillas expedition in the DR Congo which included a 3 days / nights stay on Nyiragongo volcano. On 6 June the group completed their hike to the summit in dry weather (the people coming up in the next two days were not so lucky) but had to wait a few hours for a first glance onto the red hot lava lake until the clouds around the stratovolcano´s summit and the thick volcanic gasses inside the caldera had temporarily lifted. The next 2 days (7 and 8 June) visibility into the caldera was usually best in the mornings and at intervals during the night, with more clear circumstances in the early morning and right through to dawn and sunrise on the 8th of June. The world´s largest lava lake (about 220 m across) is situated some 400 m below the rim of Nyiragongo´s summit caldera (a diameter of 1.2 km). When visible, the surface of the active lava lake was continuously in motion as exploding gas bubbles create small degassing fountains that recycle the cold black crust back into the red hot liquid lava. Strong degassing also occurred from the edges of the lava lake, the 2016 hornito and along the southern fracture zone. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Nyiragongo volcano (DR Congo): expedition to the lava lake (June 2017) (40 Images)
During the first part of June, activity at Stromboli volcano was one of the most intense periods during several years. At most times, up to 6 or 7 vents were active, most notably the two eastern vents, closely followed and sometimes surpassed by the two western vents. The following pictures were taken on 9, 11, and 16 June, from various viewpoints and give an idea of this activity. Link: tours to Stromboli volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Stromboli volcano (Eolian Islands, Italy), June 2017: strong activity (60 Images)
After a relatively rainy winter 2016/17, spring on the Greek islands was fantastic! Santorini, one of the most famous islands of the Cyclades, was no exception and offered a paradise for photographers: flowers and green everywhere, with the blue and white of the traditional houses and chapels. The following photos were taken during our Santorini photo tour in April 2017. Photo copyright: Tobias Schorr / Nature Discovery Tours. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Santorini (Greece): spring on the island (April 2017) (104 Images)
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