Icelandic Volcano Set To Erupt

Geologists in Iceland have detected a new high risk situation. A series of earthquakes have been taking place near the island's second largest volcano. This is making geologists worry that an eruption is on it's way. In addition the area is showing high signs of activity. They believe the earthquakes, which are the highest recorded in recent times, is pushing the lava upwards. But without proper equipment he can not accurately tell how deep it may be. The geologists say we have "Every reason to worry". looks like i will have another current event to write about here soon.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/8311924/Icelandic-volcano-set-to-erupt.html

Earthquake Hits West of Scotland

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck western scotland January 25th. No damage was done and civilians in Inverness say they felt small tremors. This earthquake follows on of similar size only 2 weeks ago.  This goes along with the average for earthquakes per year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-12262293

Mt Etna Erupts Again.

January 13th Mount Etna erupted and shot out plumes of ash and lava, which forced airports to shut down the night. Mt Etna is Europe's tallest volcano and most regularly active but causes little to no damage.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12185543

Pakistan Hit By A 7.2 Earthquake.

Southwestern Pakistan got hit my an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 7.2 tuesday January 18. It was 68 kilometres.2 people died, 200 homes were destroyed. Earthquake occurred as a result of faulting in the subducted arabian plate.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2011ggbx.php#details

Silent Volcano Becomes Active

February 4th,the volcano Shinmoedake became active and erupted in Japan after 52 years of silence. It started erupting on January 27th and continued on to shoot ash and smoke to heights of 3000 meters. On a side note, this is the volcano from the 1967 james bond movie,You Only Live Once.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-envisat-captures-volcanic-eruptions-japan.html

Sulphur Mining In An Active Volcano

There is several hundred men that work, or mine rather, in an active volcano.The volcano is Ijen in Indonesia. The walk down to an acidic crater lake multiple times a day to gather sulfur multiple times a day, carrying loads up to 90 Kilograms. They are exposed to dangerous gasses like hydrogen sulfide  and sulphur dioxide. they can not afford masks making only 10- 15 dollars a day.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12301421

Rare Earthquake in Germany

A 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale took place in Germany February 14th. Scientists claiming it is a rare to see an earthquake of that magnitude in the area. No damage was caused even though its epicenter was near a town and just 28km from Koblenz. Minutes later there was an aftershock of 2.8.

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110214-33101.html

6.8 Earthquake hits Chile

Friday February 11th Chile got hit by a 6.8 earthquake in the same spot that it got hit by a 8.8 earthquake. Only this time no tsunami was created because of it. It was 45 kilometres from the city of Conceprcion, were it caused skyscrapers to sway and people franticly running around. hours later it was also hit by a 5.3 temblor.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/02/11/chile-earthquake.html?ref=rss