The Earth, she is a changin'
Not sayin' ya otta think about your vacation plans ... but Alaska Airlines has cancelled dozens of flights this week due to volcanic ash from the Kasatochi Volcano in the western Aleutian islands between Alaska and Russia. The poor airline is particularly prone to seismic/geologic disruption since it's routemap pretty much mirrors the North American faultline map all the way from Fairbanks to Cabo.
Not sure whether Mama Earth is warmin' up or coolin' down, but the West Coast is not the only area with indigestion recently. Geologic activity is on the rise throughout vast parts of the world, predominantly in the Pacific:
Not sayin' ya otta think about your vacation plans ... but Alaska Airlines has cancelled dozens of flights this week due to volcanic ash from the Kasatochi Volcano in the western Aleutian islands between Alaska and Russia. The poor airline is particularly prone to seismic/geologic disruption since it's routemap pretty much mirrors the North American faultline map all the way from Fairbanks to Cabo.
Not sure whether Mama Earth is warmin' up or coolin' down, but the West Coast is not the only area with indigestion recently. Geologic activity is on the rise throughout vast parts of the world, predominantly in the Pacific:
8/12 - 5.9 mag quake in South Pacific
8/11 - 6.0 mag quake off West African coast
8/10 - 6.2 mag quake in Indian Ocean
8/9 - 6.5 mag quake off Antarctic coast
8/9 - Tungurahua Volcano exhaltations in Ecuador
8/8 - 5.8 mag quake in Indian Ocean
8/7 - Kasatochi and Okmok Volcanoes erupt in Alaska
8/7 - 5.8 mag quake off Alaska coast
8/7 - 5.4 mag quake in Baja California MX
8/5 - 6.0 mag quake in Sichuan, CN
8/4 - 6.3 mag quake in South Pacific
8/4 - Mt. Saint Helens WA, Fuego Guatemala, Popocatepetl Mexico, Rabaul Paupaua New Guinea, Chikurachki and Karymsky, Russia volcanoes increased exhaltations during the week
8/2 - 5.5 mag quake in Fiji
8/1 Chaiten Volcano erupts in Chile
8/1 - 5.7 mag quake in Sichuan, CN
8/1 - 5.6 mag quake in Phillipines
7/29 - 5.4 mag quake in Los Angeles CA
7/29 - 5.8 mag quake in Souh Pacific
7/28 - 6.0 mag quake in Souh Pacific
7/27 - 5.9 mag quake in Mid-Atlantic
7/25 - 6.2 mag quake off Alaska coast
7/24 - 5.7 mag quake in Sichuan, CN
7/23 - 6.8 mag quake off Honshu JP coast
7/23 Mt. Cleveland Volcano erupts off the coast of Alaska
7/23 - 5.5 mag quake in Sichuan, CN
7/22 - 5.6 mag quake in Sichuan, CN
7/21 - 6.0 mag quake off Honshu JP coast
7/20 - 5.8 mag quake off Bonin JP coast
7/19 - 6.6 mag quake in South Pacific
7/19 - 7.0 mag quake off Honshu, JP coast
7/17 - 5.7 mag quake off Oregon coast
7/16 - 5.7 mag quake off New Zealand coast
7/14 - 5.7 mag quake in Indonesia
7/5 - 7.7 mag quake off Alaska coast
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6/14 - 7.2 mag quake in Japan
6/13 - Stromboli Volcano in Italy (who knew?) erupts
6/12 - Sakurajima Volcano emits ash 7,000 feet in the air
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5/12 - 8.0 mag quake in Sichuan, CN
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3/21 - 7.2 mag quake in Sichuan, CN
Check it out live at:
Interactive volcano/earthquake map: http://baird.si.edu/minsci/tdpmap/viewer.htm
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/vhpstatus.php
http://www.sveurop.org/gb/news/news.htm
Image credit and data source: US Geological Survey
http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/vhpstatus.php
http://www.sveurop.org/gb/news/news.htm
Image credit and data source: US Geological Survey
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