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Geohazard Alerts
Last Updated 17th August 2006
Ecuador volcano's deadly eruption
The Tungurahua volcano, located about 130km (80 miles) south of the capital Quito, began erupting on Wednesday 16th August and activity intensified overnight.
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Eruption of Sierra
Negra volcano 22 October 2005
A source from the Galapagos National Park reported that Sierra Negra
volcano , located at Isabela Island, erupted yesterday at 17h30 local
time (+6h GMT). Two lava flows reached Elizabeth bay, an inhabited area
close to the volcano. An ash column estimated between 20 to 30 km high
was also
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The basaltic-to-dacitic Garbuna volcano group consists of three volcanic peaks, Krummel, Garbuna, and Welcker. They are located along a 7-km N-S line above a shield-like foundation at the southern end of the Willaumez Peninsula. Source Data &
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GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic
Activity Report 12 - 18 October 2005 New Activity: | Dabbahu, Ethiopia | Garbuna Group, Papua New Guinea Ongoing Activity: | Cleveland, USA | Dukono,
Indonesia | Erebus, Antarctica | Karangetang, Indonesia | Kilauea, USA |
Michael, Antarctica | Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands | Sangay,
Ecuador | San Miguel, El Salvador | Santa
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Earthquake rocks
eastern Japan 19 October 2005
A strong earthquake
occurred at 11:44:43 (UTC) on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. The magnitude
6.4 event has been located in NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. .
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A major earthquake occurred at 03:50:38 (UTC) on Saturday, October 8, 2005. The magnitude 7.6 event has been located in PAKISTAN.
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PAKISTAN 2005 October 8 03:50:38 UTC Hundreds die in South Asia quake A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake reduced villages to rubble in Pakistan and India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people. Pakistan's army described the damage as widespread and said it included villages buried in quake-induced landslides. Pakistan says more than 1,000 may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan and wiped out whole villages in Kashmir. Hundreds die in South Asia quake. Damage is extensive, officials say. The quake's impact Pakistan says more than 1,000 people may have died in a powerful quake that also hit north India and Afghanistan.
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 A moderate earthquake occurred at 08:46:41 (UTC) on Wednesday, October 5, 2005. The magnitude 5.7 event has been located in NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. Source Data &
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NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA 2005 October 5 08:46:41 UTC
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Storm kills 39 in
Central America Central America has been pounded by days of solid rain. At least 39 people across Central America have been killed in flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains brought by Tropical Storm Stan.
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Santa Ana, El Salvador's highest volcano, is a massive, 2381-m-high andesitic-to-basaltic stratovolcano Source Data &
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GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic
Activity Report 28 September - 4 October 2005
New Activity: | Erta Ale, Ethiopia | Santa Ana, El
Salvador
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Erta Ale is an isolated basaltic shield volcano that is the most active volcano in Ethiopia. Source Data &
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The high, isolated massif of Shiveluch volcano (also spelled Sheveluch) rises above the lowlands NNE of the Kliuchevskaya volcano group. Source Data &
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GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic
Activity Report 21-27 September 2005 New Activity: | Erta Ale, Ethiopia | Shiveluch, Russia Ongoing Activity: | Bagana, Papua New Guinea
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25th
September 2005 Strong quake rocks northern Peru A quake with a magnitude of seven has hit Peru, killing at least one person.
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The massive compound Cayambe stratovolcano is located on the isolated western edge of the Cordillera Real, east of the Inter Andean Valley.
Massive Veniaminof volcano, one of the highest and largest volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula.
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GVP/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report 14-20 September 2005Ongoing Activity: | Cayambe, Ecuador | Colima, México | Ebeko, Russia | Karymsky, Russia | Kilauea, USA | Kliuchevskoi, Russia | Reventador, Ecuador | Santa Ana, El Salvador | Shiveluch, Russia | Soufrière Hills, Montserrat | Spurr, USA | St. Helens, USA | Tungurahua, Ecuador | Veniaminof, USA
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24th
August 2005
Offshore earthquake shakes
coast The tremor was rattled windows along the coast
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4181712.stm
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