El Hierro : volcanic risk alert increased to “yellow”

Tell them not to worry England is doing its part by sending a Perfectspecimen on the way over to do our part.

I dont mind having a look but not an expert.

EXPERT.......Ex is a hasbeen, Spurt is a drip under pressure.

I'm totally confused as to what is happening within a few minutes of each other I received the following.

425 Students returned to school after earthquakes in El Hierro. http://www.europapress.es/islas-canarias/noticia-425-alumnos-frontera-hierro-regresan-colegios-ultimos-movimientos-sismicos-20110929101227.html

Then a couple of minutes later
El Hierro hit by 39 earthquakes on Thursday,7 of which measure more than 3 on the Richter scale :what: http://www.europapress.es/islas-canarias/noticia-isla-hierro-suma-39-sismos-jueves-siete-encima-grados-escala-richter-20110929111956.html

Gypsy wrote:I'm totally confused as to what is happening within a few minutes of each other I received the following.

425 Students returned to school after earthquakes in El Hierro. http://www.europapress.es/islas-canarias/noticia-425-alumnos-frontera-hierro-regresan-colegios-ultimos-movimientos-sismicos-20110929101227.html

Then a couple of minutes later
El Hierro hit by 39 earthquakes on Thursday,7 of which measure more than 3 on the Richter scale http://www.europapress.es/islas-canarias/noticia-isla-hierro-suma-39-sismos-jueves-siete-encima-grados-escala-richter-20110929111956.html

Who do we believe?. The papers seem to change what info they give out

Perhaps the sudden return of the students caused it.

For me at least this puts life into the stories so far, seeing the people who actually live there, the old women who can´t sleep, the young who try to carry on as normal and the old men being brave saying they have seen it all before in other countries.

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The National Geographic Institute has registered more than 8,800 earthquakes in El Hierro HERE

How is this wee Island doing, anyone know.

The Island of El Hierro experienced the most violent earthquake to-date last night.

Measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale the earth tremor which lasted 6 seconds, was felt in most of the island, especially by the residents of La Restinga, who were alarmed enough to leave their homes and seek refuge in the open. There were no injuries but the quake caused some landslides on the La Restinga – Tacorón road and the Los Roquille tunnel was closed to traffic.

This is the largest magnitude earthquake recorded on the island since earthquake clusters began back on July 17. Since that date over 9,600 earthquakes have been recorded in El Hierro with epicentres to the north and south of the Northwest ridge and at depths of between 10 and 15 km.

Source both News in the Sun and Typically Spanish

oo er missus. THANKS

Here we go then .....

The BIG one http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/11/canary-islands-volcano?newsfeed=true

Hmmm..getting a bit hot down there, something is stirring methinks.

Kaz will sort it for you Cam....

Perfectspecimen wrote:Kaz will sort it for you Cam....

Cheers, its quiz night in the pub tonight and I will try to do better than last time (last). May see you all later.

Perfectspecimen wrote:Cheers, its quiz night in the pub tonight and I will try to do better than last time (last). May see you all later.

Well, the worst that can happen is you hold your position Vince...

I phone, google it under the table, When your thick, Cheat

Perfectspecimen wrote:Cheers, its quiz night in the pub tonight and I will try to do better than last time (last). May see you all later.

You want my mobile number, so you can phone a friend. :Not me Guv: :Not me Guv:

Oh yeh, 4th out of 10 we came, but last time there was only me in the team. Perfect specimens we're called, raises a grin........

Well El Hierro is now on RED ALERT and over 500 people have been briefed on evacuation procedures. Must be very frightening for those involved.
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But hey us women just speak a load of crap so don´t let me stop you from going off topic. And before you comment - I have no objection to off topic in the right place but IMO this should have been kept as a serious thread.

thank you gypsy. There is a time and place for off topic and this thread is not one of them.

Gypsy wrote:Well El Hierro is now on RED ALERT and over 500 people have been briefed on evacuation procedures. Must be very frightening for those involved.
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But hey us women just speak a load of crap so don´t let me stop you from going off topic. And before you comment - I have no objection to off topic in the right place but IMO this should have been kept as a serious thread.

yes i quite agree some people do recognise a serious thread. i was in Armenia in 1988 after the earthquake, 25000 dead.further quakes whilst i was there, frighting.

Whoops, my fault again. Volcanic ash for brains me.

Perfectspecimen wrote:Whoops, my fault again. Volcanic ash for brains me.