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The earthquake swarm in the Tjörnes Fracture Zone north off Iceland continues into its 10th day. After a decline in intensity during 25-28 Oct, the frequency of quakes has again picked up. There are often more than 100 quakes a day including some above magnitude 3. The Icelandic Met Office maintains a warning for a possible larger quake in the area. Previous newsVolcanic activity world-wide 26-28 October 2012: Kilauea, Popocatépetl, Fuego, Cleveland, Little Sitkin, Iliamna, Sheveluch, Karymsky, Klyuchevskoi, Kizimen, Gorely, Alaid, Havre Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 The lava lake at Kilauea volcano on Hawai'i within Halema‘uma‘u crater remains at high levels, althouth the inflation-deflation cycle has now entered deflation and the lake level has slightly dropped. Elevated earthquake activity continues to appear beneath the upper eastern rift zone. ...
[more]Friday, Oct 26, 2012 A modern witch hunt to find someone to blame for the 2009 Aquila (Italy) earthquake victims resulted in the highly disputable sentence of 7 scientists to 6 years in prison. The scientists were accused to have made false statements about the possibility of a large quake and misjudged the risk, and thus implicitly have caused the death of more than 300 people. ...
[more]Friday, Oct 26, 2012 Which are the world's most active volcanoes? ...
[more] Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 There has not been happening much in the volcano world these days. ...
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