Volcanoes rumble across the planet as 2014 draws to a close

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Volcanoes rumble across the planet as 2014 draws to a close

by The Extinction Protocol
January 2015 – GEOLOGY – People living near the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico had an explosive New Year’s celebration. The volcano had almost 30 eruptions in less than 24 hours, according to the latest update. People within 10 km have been asked by Mexican officials to evacuate their homes. The Centre for Disaster Prevention released a press release on Wednesday where they said that the volcano had erupted 28 times and released smoke more than 450 times. At least five strong tremors were also felt in the area. –Weatherwork

Mexico – The Colima volcano in western Mexico is continuing to produce emissions that have put civil protection authorities in the states of Jalisco and Colima on alert, and they are not ruling out undertaking a possible evacuation of local residents if the situation worsens, officials said Monday.

The head of the Civil Protection and Firefighters Unit in Jalisco state, Trinidad Lopez Rivas, said at a press conference that “the evacuation of the people (will be undertaken) if it’s necessary,” that is, if there is an event involving the volcano that is more serious than what has occurred so far. “We’re prepared for that,” she added. Last Saturday at 8:57 a.m. the volcano exploded, emitting a column of smoke and gas that reached 3,000 meters (almost 10,000 feet) into the sky over the crater and four hours later there was another explosion that produced a smoke column 1,200 meters (about 4,000 feet) high.

Neither of these events caused property damage or casualties, but ash fell in at least seven nearby towns – Tuxpan, Tonila, San Gabriel, Zapotlan el Grande, Tamazula de Gordiano, Poncitlan and Ocotlan – all of them in southern Jalisco. Since Saturday, the volcano has been continuing to emit gas and smoke columns up to 800 meters (2,600 feet) high. Lopez told reporters that civil protection personnel had been deployed in three towns located on the slopes of the volcano with the aim of providing help to local residents, if needed. In addition, vehicles and a shelter that can house about 320 people have been readied if evacuations need to be made. Colima stands 3,820 meters (about 12,530 feet) above sea level and is considered to be one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico. –Fox News

Kamchatka – The volcano, the highest mountain in the Kamchatka peninsula – Russia’s Land of Fire and Ice – is active again after one year’s relative calm. ‘The crater is filling up with fresh lava and volcano’s activity is steadily growing. There is a constant volcanic trembling, thermal anomaly and glow above the crater’, said the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences. There is a warning to aircraft flying at 6,000 meters altitude. Klyuchevskaya Sopka, also known as Klyuchevskoi – which rises some 4,750 meters above the sea level – is one of the planet’s most active volcanoes. Its last active phase was from August to December 2013. Increased seismic activity was noted from 19 December. A small plume was detected from 2 January. A thermal anomaly is visible on satellite data and during clear weather, glow can be seen from the summit at night….more here

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Volcanoes rumble across the planet as 2014 draws to a close