Posts Tagged ‘magma’

Spanish authorities knew about La Palma volcano’s magma accumulation months before the eruption but DID NOTHING about it

(NaturalNews) (Natural News) A recent article published in Nature Geoscience revealed that Spanish emergency management officers knew about the magma accumulation underneath the La Palma volcano three and a half months before the eruption, but did not warn people about it.The question now is whether the United States Geological Survey and similar … [Read More…] Source

Yellowstone: 200 quakes in just 10 days after warning that magma is causing strain on the surface

     A new swarm of earthquakes has cropped up at the Yellowstone supervolcano, with more than 200 small temblors detected in the last 10 days alone. According to experts with the US Geological Survey, the latest swarm began on February 8 in a region roughly eight miles northeast of West Yellowstone, Montana – and, it’s […]

‘Worst case scenario’: Underwater magma chamber ‘could kill 100 million people’

Experts from the Kobe University Ocean Bottom Exploration Center (KOBEC) have confirmed that a giant caldera or large crater exists in the Japanese Archipelago. The crater, measuring 32 cubic kilometers, is said to be the largest of its kind and the result of an explosive underwater eruption 7,300 years ago, according to their latest study. […]

Yellowstone super volcano under strain from magma chamber pressure

     A process known as deformation, where subsurface rocks subtly change shapes, is occurring beneath the surface of Yellowstone which alerts experts. Researchers state deformation occurs when there is a change in the amount of pressure in the magma chamber and experts are keeping an eye on the development. Seismologists from UNAVCO, a nonprofit university-governed […]

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