6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Northeastern Japan - Irish Weather Online

6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Northeastern Japan - Irish Weather Online

Another strong shaker in Japan not far from Honshu Island....no tsunami alert!

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Bobby Sharpe

Rare Volcanoes Discovered On Far Side of the Moon | Moon Photos & Lunar Exploration | Moon Volcanoes | Space.com

Rare Volcanoes Discovered On Far Side of the Moon | Moon Photos & Lunar Exploration | Moon Volcanoes | Space.com

Volcanoes on the "far side of the moon". Hmmm, wonder if Pink Floyd knows about these....:-)

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Bobby Sharpe

Channel 6 News » 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts the Philippines

Channel 6 News » 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts the Philippines

Mid size shallow quake hits Philippines with little or no damage or tsunami...

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Bobby Sharpe

Japanese Earthquake: 6.4 Temblor Rattles Northeast

Japanese Earthquake: 6.4 Temblor Rattles Northeast

Another strong quake hits northern Japan. Will it ever end?

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Bobby Sharpe

Channel 6 News » Strong 6.0 earthquake hits off the Solomon Islands

Channel 6 News » Strong 6.0 earthquake hits off the Solomon Islands

This one took place in the Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands early Thursday morning.

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Bobby Sharpe

Powerful Earthquake Hits Central Asia - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011

Powerful Earthquake Hits Central Asia - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011

This is but one of a few strong quakes to hit various areas in the last couple days. Surely, there will be following aftershocks.

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Bobby Sharpe

AP MOBILE: NASA spacecraft is orbiting massive asteroid

A story from AP Mobile:

NASA spacecraft is orbiting massive asteroid

Download the free AP Mobile app for your iPhone from the App Store today!

Sent from my iPhone

Indonesian Volcano Becomes More Violent

Indonesian Volcano Becomes More Violent

Big eruption Sunday sent 5000 people scrambling for safety. Not over yet!!

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Bobby Sharpe

Indonesia’s Mount Lokon Volcano Erupts

Indonesia’s Mount Lokon Volcano Erupts

It was just a matter of time before this one blew. Not quite as bad as Mt Merapi, which is one of the worse!

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Bobby Sharpe

Ridley Scott's Prometheus Filming In Iceland On An Active Volcano - CinemaBlend.com

Ridley Scott's Prometheus Filming In Iceland On An Active Volcano - CinemaBlend.com

Can't wait for this film to be done and ready to roll out. However, I am disappointed that they are shooting this at Hekla. My story/book "Dragon, Book of Shang" should have been shot there first.

Bobby Sharpe

Volcanoes may cause more rain than realized - Science Fair: Science and Space News - USATODAY.com

Volcanoes may cause more rain than realized - Science Fair: Science and Space News - USATODAY.com

Takes these rocket scientist way too much time to figure out stuff that alot of us already know....but, better late then never I guess!

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Bobby Sharpe

Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy) erupts again on July 9 2011 + Eruption video

Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy) erupts again on July 9 2011 + Eruption video

Weird stuff going on with this volcano. But hey, it's Mt Etna, what do you expect?

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Bobby Sharpe

Icelandic Authorities Monitor Katla Volcano

Icelandic Authorities Monitor Katla Volcano

Another of Iceland's notoriously active volcanos is starting to act up along with Hekla. This is a cool page with some nice links and, a webcam link...

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Bobby Sharpe

Icelandic Volcano Could Erupt Soon

Icelandic Volcano Could Erupt Soon

ABOUT HEKLA

Hekla is a stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 metres (4,892 ft). Hekla is one of Iceland’s most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874. During the Middle Ages, Icelanders called the volcano the “Gateway to Hell.”

According to the Institute of Earth Sciences, Iceland’s most famous volcano is built up on a WSW-ENE trending fissure by repeated fissure eruptions, forming a vaulted ridge about 5 km long and split lengthwise in major eruptions.

“Hekla has had a number of large postglacial eruptions, producing vast amounts of tephra which repeatedly covered up to two thirds of the country with light-coloured tephra (i.e. 7000 B.P., 4500 B.P., 2900 B.P., A.D. 1104 and A.D. 1158). During historical time the first eruption (A.D. 1104) was a tremendous explosive eruption which destroyed the Þjórsárdalur valley. This eruption produced about 2.5 km3 of rhyodacitic tephra, which was carried towards NNW. The following eruptions in Hekla, producing both lava and tephra, occurred in 1158, 1206, 1222, 1300, 1341, 1389, 1510, 1597, 1636, 1693, 1766, 1845, 1947, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2000. Some of these eruptions caused great damage, especially the eruptions in 1510, 1693 and 1766.”

More info on Hekla....

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Bobby Sharpe

Icelandic Volcano Could Erupt Soon

Icelandic Volcano Could Erupt Soon

ABOUT HEKLA

Hekla is a stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 metres (4,892 ft). Hekla is one of Iceland’s most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874. During the Middle Ages, Icelanders called the volcano the “Gateway to Hell.”

According to the Institute of Earth Sciences, Iceland’s most famous volcano is built up on a WSW-ENE trending fissure by repeated fissure eruptions, forming a vaulted ridge about 5 km long and split lengthwise in major eruptions.

“Hekla has had a number of large postglacial eruptions, producing vast amounts of tephra which repeatedly covered up to two thirds of the country with light-coloured tephra (i.e. 7000 B.P., 4500 B.P., 2900 B.P., A.D. 1104 and A.D. 1158). During historical time the first eruption (A.D. 1104) was a tremendous explosive eruption which destroyed the Þjórsárdalur valley. This eruption produced about 2.5 km3 of rhyodacitic tephra, which was carried towards NNW. The following eruptions in Hekla, producing both lava and tephra, occurred in 1158, 1206, 1222, 1300, 1341, 1389, 1510, 1597, 1636, 1693, 1766, 1845, 1947, 1970, 1980, 1991 and 2000. Some of these eruptions caused great damage, especially the eruptions in 1510, 1693 and 1766.”

More info on Hekla....

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Bobby Sharpe

TheStar Tsunami warning cancelled after 7.6 earthquake shakes New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands

TheStar Tsunami warning cancelled after 7.6 earthquake shakes New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands

Poor New Zealand, can't catch a break. At least this did not hit the mainland..

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Bobby Sharpe

Iceland's Hekla volcano shows signs of activity

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Scientists are monitoring unusual underground activity that could signal an eruption at the Hekla volcano in southern Iceland.

University of Iceland geophysicist Pall Einarsson said Wednesday that magma appears to be moving deep beneath the volcano. He says that does not necessarily mean an eruption is imminent. But scientists expect Hekla, one of Iceland's most active volcanoes, to erupt soon.

In the past few decades, Hekla has erupted about every 10 years, most recently in February 2000.

Iceland, in the remote North Atlantic, is a volcanic hotspot. In April 2010 ash from an eruption of its Eyjafjallajokul volcano grounded flights across Europe for days, disrupting travel for 10 million people.

In May, the Grimsvotn volcano erupted, causing minor disruption to air travel.

Hekla, is known as the "gateway to hell". It nearly wiped out the population of Iceland at one point in it's history. Hekla is also where my first book, "Dragon, Book of Shang", ends. It is also a factor in the follow up book, "Dragon, Book of Iyce".

I will be following this developing story and will post updates.

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Bobby Sharpe

Volcano in Central Indonesia erupts | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

Volcano in Central Indonesia erupts | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

This eruption took place earlier Sunday and there has been no evac ordered as yet.

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Bobby Sharpe