Volcano In Lesser Antilles Erupts

[bobw999]

Cool satellite pictures http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t4/flash-vis.html">here.

http://www.montserratvolcanoobservatory.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=791:partial-dome-collapse-10-feb-2010&catid=110:weekly-reports&Itemid=95&lang=en">More Info:

Partial dome collapse 10 Feb 2010
A partial dome collapse event occurred at Soufriere Hills volcano on 11 Feb 2010. The event lasted 55 minutes. Pyroclastic flow activity increased at 12:35 hrs, the first peak began at 13:04 hrs, and the event waned at 13:30 hrs.

The largest pyroclastic flows moved to the northeast towards the old airport at Trants and moved across the sea. Pyroclastic surges traveling across the sea on the northeast side of the island were visible from Lookout village. Pyroclastic flows also moved down Tyers Ghaut and into the Belham valley, reaching as far as Cork Hill.

The ash column rose to at least 40,000 ft (from pilot reports) and is drifting northeast. Minimal ash fall has been reported in inhabited regions.

MVO 2:30 pm 11 February 2010

[AngryAmish]

1. THat is a really, really cool gif

Hope everyone is ok.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Anybody know if Lesser Antilles shares a fault line with Haiti? nt

[damntexdem]

Hey, aren't we supposed to beware of geeks bearing gifs?

;-)

[alfredo]

3. Webcam.

You have to refresh the page to update image

http://www.montserratvolcanoobservatory.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=13&Itemid=104&lang=en

I'm also monitoring a Seismograph in San Juan PR.

[damntexdem]

4. And look: it caused clouds to form in Puerto Rico at the same time.

;-)

[dgibby]

5. Someone predicted this happening on one of the Haiti

earthquake threads. Wish I could find it. Can't remember who it was.

[malaise]

6. That's the Montserrat volcano

which has erupted several times since the early to mid 90s. It's not connected to the Haiti fault line. We visited the volcano back in 2006 - mind-blowing. All the residents have moved to the other side of Montserrat. I can imagine the ash spewing in St Kitts- Nevis and Antigua-Barbuda following this eruption.
For the record there are more than a few volcanic islands in the Eastern Caribbean and there's that undersea volcano waiting to erupt off Grenada - Kick 'em Jenny.

[alfredo]

7. My seis has just registered a sharp hit.