Wellington Earthquake warning ! - New Zealand

[zorgon]

Ruapehu


The eruption of Ruapehu, June 1996.




http://info.geonet.org.nz/display/volc/Ruapehu

[Somamech]

Found this Video of White Island in regards to Volcano Expert's and Tourism :O

[zorgon]

Found This...

Volcanic Alert Level Summary

Has live cameras on several of the volcanoes

I likez live cams   

http://geonet.org.nz/volcano/

Felt Quakes List

http://geonet.org.nz/quakes/

[Somamech]

CSIRO teaching Kids about Earthquake's :O

http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencemail/activities/earthquake.html

[Gigas]

White Island leaking GREEN OOZE

So thats either a natural process of oozing anti freeze production or, thats where they dump the recycled anti freeze, or, maybe not.  I demand this be investigated.

[Somamech]

LOL

Yeah i have seen down the local drain!  and i shudder

Sulfer gone mad

[The Matrix Traveller]

1st I will present these 2 latest Quakes (Moderate)
All these Quakes have been Shallow !


Public Id: 2013p626288
NZST: Wednesday, August 21 2013 at 5:26:17 am
New Zealand region intensity ?: moderate
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 13 km
Magnitude: 4.0
Location:  15 km east of Seddon


Public Id: 2013p626006
NZST: Wednesday, August 21 2013 at 2:56:23 am
New Zealand region intensity ?: light
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 18 km
Magnitude: 3.9
Location:  20 km east of Seddon

[The Matrix Traveller]

Hi Soma

There was no evidence to link White Island's volcanic activity to the Seddon earthquakes, Mr Miller said.

Do you believe them ?

My answer to them is. "Yea right course there isn't"  LOL.

Everything is Connected and NOT one part can be separated Out.....  (&#&% Monkeys !


The Earth is a complex bit of machinery where its Components (esp. Plate Tectonics) are interactive.

It's a bit like designing internal combustion engines.... (Thermal Converters)

Change one component and it affects the interplay of ALL the other Components involving Thermodynamics.

To suggest that the actions taking place in the earths Crust are not connected with each other, is plain Stupidity
and blind Ignorance on the part of these Scientists making such stupid and irresponsible claims.

[rdunk]

Just FYI.

White Island.........I did a little look-up after seeeing the pics. The island rises to a little over 1,000 feet above sea level. But, White Island is a volcanic mountain, that rises a little over one mile above the seafloor. At its base, White Island is like 9 miles x 11 miles wide.

Uninhabited 2 x 2.4 km White Island, one of New Zealand's most active volcanoes, is the emergent summit of a 16 x 18 km submarine volcano in the Bay of Plenty about 50 km offshore of North Island. The 321-m-high island consists of two overlapping andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcanoes; the summit crater appears to be breached to the SE because the shoreline corresponds to the level of several notches in the SE crater wall. Volckner Rocks, four sea stacks that are remnants of a lava dome, lie 5 km NNE of White Island. Intermittent moderate phreatomagmatic and strombolian eruptions have occurred at White Island throughout the short historical period beginning in 1826, but its activity also forms a prominent part of Maori legends. Formation of many new vents during the 19th and 20th centuries has produced rapid changes in crater floor topography. Collapse of the crater wall in 1914 produced a debris avalanche that buried buildings and workers at a sulfur-mining project.

[robomont]

at this moment things look creepy calm.this is the deadest ive seen it in weeks.

[zorgon]

So thats either a natural process of oozing anti freeze production or, thats where they dump the recycled anti freeze, or, maybe not.  I demand this be investigated.

Sulfur  seems likely  yellow mixed with blue goes green

Can someone pop over there and scoop up some for me ? Running low on Sulfur

[The Matrix Traveller]

Sulfur  seems likely  yellow mixed with blue goes green

Can someone pop over there and scoop up some for me ? Running low on Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur ?   LOL.

Aha so that's what the smell is out there.   100% correct Z and tones of it....  LOL.

Along with bird Poo.

The White Island Sulphur Co.

http://www.whiteisland.co.nz/white_island.html

White Island is one of the most fascinating and accessible volcanoes on earth, carrying with it
an A grade level of scientific importance.  As New Zealand's only live marine volcano,
scientists and volcanologists worldwide are attracted by its unique features.

The volcano is estimated to be between 100,000 and 200,000 years old.  However, the small portion
of the island that is visible above sea level has been in its present form for an estimated  16,000 years -
evidence of a continually changing landscape.

Walking on White Island is like walking on the moon.  Virtually no vegetation survives the harsh
acidic environment inside the crater walls.  Instead, lush beds of yellow and white sulphur crystals
grow amongst hissing, steaming, bubbling fumaroles.

Giant mounds, remnants of the 1914 Great Landslide, dwarf visitors as they wind their way up to the Main Crater.
Venturing to the edge, they are greeted by an amazing sight - an immense crater, with towering walls
shielding its spectacular lake and punctuated by steamy vents from which the power of the inner earth
constantly belches forth.

Neighbouring Donald Duck and Noisy Nellie Craters each have their own stories to tell and a view
from on high.  Down below, bright yellow chimneys of delicate sulphur crystals enhance the alien landscape
and lure the visitor for a closer look.

Serious exploitation of sulphur on the island did not begin until 1885, when joint owners at the time,
Aucklanders Henry James Johnson and Mr Justice Wilson formed an enterprise called
the New Zealand Manure & Chemical Co.
Their intention was to produce both fertiliser and sulphur ore to be used in the production of sulphuric acid.
In order to do so, a base on the mainland was needed.  Even though Whakatane was the closest port,
its river entrance was obstructed by a bar which made entry for shipping difficult.
A site was therefore acquired on the shore of Tauranga Harbour at what came to be known as Sulphur Point.

Production got underway but was abandoned in a great hurry a year later as a result of one of the greatest
volcanic eruptions of all time, the Tarawera eruption. Ash from that eruption blanketed White Island
and as White Island was the closest active volcano to Tarawera and part of the same geological structure,
it was thought that it would erupt in the same way.

Operations resumed in 1898.  Fair amounts of sulphur ore (about 1500 tons per year on average)
were produced at the start of operations but in the fourth year these started to dwindle
and the operation was closed down.

Ownership of the island changed hands several times over the next 11 years but it does not appear
that there was any effort made to work the mineral deposits during this time. It wasn't until Dr John Browne
and Archibald Mercer, an Englishman with connections in Vancouver, Canada, purchased the island
for Canadian $20,000 in 1913, that another attempt was made to mine.
The name of their company was The White Island Sulphur Co. of Vancouver and its aim was to concentrate
on sulphur production.

The operation was plagued by production problems and disaster from the beginning but the most devastating
of these halted the works completely.  In September 1914 a section of the southern rim of the crater wall
slumped, causing a massive lahar that wiped out all the buildings on the island as well as the men
who were living there.

After this disaster, the island was left alone for 9 years until Mercer, ever optimistic and having raised
capital in Canada, resumed production in 1923.  The venture showed promise of being fairly successful.

Mercer formed a new company, White Island Agriculture Chemical Co. Ltd, headed by prominent
local people, and looked to attract prospective investors.  To help, he enlisted the services
of someone familiar with the local capital market to take charge of the distribution of shares to the public –
Auckland sharebroker, George Raymond Buttle and the firm, GA Buttle & Co.  So began the Buttle family's
association with White Island.

This particular venture, which ended up being the last, continued for 10 years until, with the Depression
and consequent reduced demand for fertiliser, it went bankrupt and was closed down in 1933.
The island was left alone for the next 3 years and then was put up for tender in 1936.
It was through this tender that George Raymond Buttle acquired White Island and it has been in his family
ever since, now being owned by the Buttle Family Trust.

The new owner commented that "he rather liked the idea of owning a volcano".  Later, he wrote:
"I am setting the impossible task of trying to let you have some idea of the fascination that White Island
has for us..... Strange as it may seem, the island is unbelievably beautiful and beyond description.
Surely it is one of the wonders of the world...."

[The Matrix Traveller]

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/393756/28/New-Zealand-volcano-spewing-steam

So where is all the Steam (Water) coming from?

Does Magma below the earths crust absorb Water ?

In other words is Water in Magma ?

And more to the point is Water (in the form of a GAS) stored in the Lithosphere under the Earth's crust ?

[The Matrix Traveller]

Public Id: 2013p629005
NZST: Thursday, August 22 2013 at 5:34:02 am
New Zealand region intensity ?: weak
Maximum intensity ?: light
Depth: 15 km
Magnitude: 3.0
Location:  20 km east of Seddon

So far today, this has been the strongest Magnitude, so here's hoping all is going Quiet again ?

I just hope I haven't spoken too soon ?   

[The Matrix Traveller]

Looks like I've spoken too soon !

We have just had another moderate shake...

Public Id: 2013p630053
NZST: Thursday, August 22 2013 at 2:52:23 pm
New Zealand region intensity ?: light
Maximum intensity ?: moderate
Depth: 11 km
Magnitude: 3.8
Location:  25 km north of Hanmer Springs

So the strongest today so far, is 3.8