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Harrat Lunayyir and the Saudi Arabian earthquake swarm
I have finally gotten together enough to create a Google Earth image (below) of the location of the Saudi Arabian earthquakes and their depths/magnitudes. I only have the data from the USGS earthquake...
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More signs point towards a Saudi Arabian eruption … or not? UPDATED
UPDATE 5/21/2009 4:30 PM Pacific: The latest news suggests that there are little to no evidence of volcanic gases since Wednesday according to the SGS, but they continue to monitor. Lava flows from a...
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Friday Flotsam
Pohutu Geyser in Rotorua, New Zealand. Image taken by Erik Klemetti in January 2009. It has been busy busy week for me, capped off today with a talk about my field work in New Zealand (see above), so...
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Earthquakes subsiding in Saudi Arabia
Al-Qider volcano in western Saudi Arabia. Image courtesy of Ahmed Al-Hussaini. After a week’s worth of worry, it appears that the seismicity in western Saudi Arabia is subsiding. The latest statement...
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Wednesday Whatzits
You’ll have to excuse the curtness of this post. An bad hop in softball will do that to you. Here’s some news: Mt. Dempo in Indonesia Xinhua offers some nice pictures of the current activity going on...
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Earthquakes continue in western Saudi Arabia
Fissures formed by seismicity in the Al-Ais region of Saudi Arabia. Image courtesy of Ahmed Al-Hussaini. Although it seemed last week that the earthquakes in western Saudi Arabia were subsiding last...
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Quick Update on the Saudi Arabian Earthquakes
One brief note before I head out the door … Fissures formed in western Saudi Arabia during the earthquake swarm near Harrat Lunayyir during May and June 2009. Image courtesy of Ahmed Al-Hussaini. The...
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2009: The Volcanic Year in Review
Here it is, my attempt to recap a year’s worth of volcanic events. By no means is this supposed to capture every event, but rather the highlight/lowlights and what most captivated me during 2009. I’ll...
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The 2009 Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year goes to …
2009 is over! If you missed the Volcanic Year in Review, check out my summary of the volcanic events that captivated many of us over the past year. However, only one event will get the coveted 2009...
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