Category: earthquakes and volcano activity

 

watch the video here:

 

earthquake details below:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006b6p.php

Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 7.4
Date-Time Friday, October 21, 2011 at 17:57:16 UTC
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 05:57:16 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 28.998°S, 176.183°W
Depth 32.9 km (20.4 miles)
Region KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
Distances 169 km (105 miles) E of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
375 km (233 miles) NE of L’Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
877 km (544 miles) S of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
1215 km (754 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006b09.php

Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 6.1
Date-Time Friday, October 21, 2011 at 08:02:37 UTC
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 05:02:37 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 43.889°N, 142.477°E
Depth 185 km (115.0 miles)
Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances 17 km (10 miles) NE of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
121 km (75 miles) NNW of Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
131 km (81 miles) NE of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
941 km (584 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan

Video analysis with attached full HD sakurajima video:

Full video directly from the Sakurajima site below — WOW @ 1 min 30 seconds !

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Today,  October 21, 2011 — at approx 8-11AM Japanese time — the entire base of the volcano , around the full circumference of the mountain , began to give off steam .

Screenshots are below.. first unedited.. then with boxes indicating the areas that produced steam…

Recently, this past week, the Japanese main stream media issued an alert to the area around Sakurajima .. for the threat of a possible large scale eruption, with damaging ash clouds / ejection of material.

Here is the link to that report (requires google translate):

http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1011/TKY201110110403.html

This new area of steam coming from the ground  in a “circular” shape.. almost like we’re seeing a possible place where IF a large eruption occurs, the “explosion” might remove all  the terrain ABOVE the line of “clouds”…

In otherwords.. the line of clouds would be a sign of the fracture due to pressure from underneath — in the magma chamber which is swelling (verified swelling according to the Japanese MSM report).   This could result in an explosive eruption along the lines of a smaller Mt. Saint Helens .. blowing the flank or top of the volcano from the line of steam we see now up to the top.

It is certainly something to keep an eye on.