{"id":575858,"date":"2010-05-22T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752027331714385066.post-8901882377083411876"},"modified":"2010-05-22T19:42:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T23:42:03","slug":"katla-oh-katla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/575858","title":{"rendered":"Katla, Oh Katla!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Jx78YcF-F8U\/S_hrgISGf3I\/AAAAAAAAB_Y\/3jJjrFrSEZs\/s1600\/katla-volcano-earthquakes-21-May.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Jx78YcF-F8U\/S_hrgISGf3I\/AAAAAAAAB_Y\/3jJjrFrSEZs\/s320\/katla-volcano-earthquakes-21-May.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: solid #008ABE 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #008ABE .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in;\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #008ABE .75pt; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\">Not a lot to say yet, but this is not a volcano that is dormant and the prospect of a major eruption is quite real.&nbsp; It is still going to takes us by surprise no day.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #008ABE .75pt; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #008ABE .75pt; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\">The worst case scenario is in fact a worst case scenario that will be an order of magnitude larger than next door. Everything you can imagine becomes possible.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #008ABE .75pt; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #008ABE .75pt; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border: none; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #008ABE .75pt; mso-outline-level: 1; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 8.0pt 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b>Katla Volcano Update 21 May 2010<o:p><\/o:p><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/modernsurvivalblog.com\/natural-disasters\/katla-volcano-update-21-may-2010\/\">http:\/\/modernsurvivalblog.com\/natural-disasters\/katla-volcano-update-21-may-2010\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; margin-bottom: 9.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">The earthquakes at the Katla volcano site appear to possibly be increasing in frequency as of this moment (time will tell however). Since May 17 there have been four earthquakes at or very near Katla, while a 5th just on the edge of the Myrdalsjokull glacier.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Although 4 or 5 earthquakes at the volcano site in 4 days does not indicate a drastic change in pattern, the interesting notation at the moment is the fact that&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>the two most recent earthquakes occurred within 3 hours of each other on 21 May, 2010<\/i>, at depths of 5km and 13km. That in itself is an increase in occurrence. It may be an anomaly, but it justifies keeping one eye on Katla, the big sister of Eyjafjallajokull.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .1in; mso-outline-level: 3; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b><span style=\"mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">What do these volcanic earthquakes tell us about what is going on at the Katla volcano?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; margin-bottom: 9.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">One type of volcanic earthquake may indicate that changes are occurring due to magma moving in to an area of the rock which changes the pressure around it. At some point, the rock will break or move. If this type of earthquake becomes frequent, and a lot of earthquakes begin occurring or swarming (Earthquake swarms are when we suddenly start seeing clusters of earthquakes in the same general area over a relatively short period of time), it may be a precursor warning that an eruption is about to happen.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">What we are seeing at Katla, in my opinion is&nbsp;<u><span style=\"border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;\">NOT cause for immediate alarm<\/span><\/u>, but it is noteworthy to observe this recent activity and to stay up to date with what is happening there.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><b><span style=\"mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">There is&nbsp;<i>something<\/i>&nbsp;going on beneath the ice<\/span><\/b><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/modernsurvivalblog.com\/natural-disasters\/uh-oh-katla-volcano-just-rumbled\/\" title=\"Uh-oh-Katla-Volcano-Just-Rumbled\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Uh-oh! Katla Volcano Just Rumbled<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Katla historically erupts following the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull (April 14), is possibly 10 times more powerful, and has the potential to cause worldwide disruption.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 15.6pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Earthquake Map Source: Icelandic Meteorological office \u2013 their maps show only last 48 hours, so I have kept a separate view to include the Katla quakes since 17-May-2010 as of this post date<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: #FCF7F7; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Posted: May 21, 2010 | By: Modern Survival Blog<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: #FCF7F7; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\">Filed under:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/modernsurvivalblog.com\/category\/natural-disasters\/\" title=\"View all posts in natural disasters\"><span style=\"color: black;\">natural disasters<\/span><\/a><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/1752027331714385066-8901882377083411876?l=globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a lot to say yet, but this is not a volcano that is dormant and the prospect of a major eruption is quite real.&nbsp; It is still going to takes us by surprise no day. The worst case scenario is in fact a worst case scenario that will be an order of magnitude larger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}