This list is a spin-off of our normal Worldwide Earthquake lists. Its sole purpose is to detect earthquakes in the immediate vicinity of active volcanoes.
Earthquake-Report.com (less than 2 year existence ) was one of the first to detect a number of major eruptions in the world, mainly because we are following up earthquakes worldwide. Whether the volcano is in Kamchatka, Papua New Guinea or in the Pacific, it will always have a linked earthquake pattern, especially if it erupts again after a long time. Many volcanoes in the world are or poorly monitored or not monitored at all. Earthquakes on the contrary are registered all over the world.
Limitations : The current earthquake-report.com earthquakes database is fed by a small number of seismological agencies (for technical reasons). Only the stronger Magnitudes are reported by these agencies in case of worldwide earthquakes. Our system is trying to catch these signals if they occur within a certain radius around the volcano. Currently Magnitudes of 4+ are well reported in the world, some continents like USA and Europe are also reporting lower magnitudes which enables us to detect activity a lot sooner.
The hypocenters may have a serious error margin both for depth and the same goes for the epicenters too.
What do we have to look for ? : Stronger shallow earthquakes (less than 5 km depth). We are tracking these earthquakes from the end of 2011.
Earthquake E-mail Notification : The subscription block above every volcano list enables you to subscribe to ONLY the earthquakes occurring below this volcano. If we report an earthquake below a volcano, the next step you should do is going the website of the local seismological agency and tracking the more sensitive data streams
We will gradually create pages for all volcanoes in the world, but this is an example for European countries
Europe
Spain – Canary Islands – El Hierro
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EMSC Canary Islands, Spain Region Jul 01 10:13 AM 2.5 20.0 MAP
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ER La Palma, Spain (startup Record) Jan 01 00:00 AM 0.1 0.1 MAP
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ER Tenerife, Teide, Spain (startup Record) Jan 01 00:00 AM 0.1 0.1 MAP
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EMSC Dodecanese Islands, Greece May 29 01:30 AM 2.6 2.0 MAP
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EMSC Sicily, Italy Jun 28 08:18 AM 3.1 3.0 MAP
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ER Stromboli, Sicily, Italy (startup Record) Jan 01 00:00 AM 0.1 0.1 MAP
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ER Vulcano, Sicily, Italy (startup Record) Jan 01 00:00 AM 0.1 0.1 MAP
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ER Vesuvius Volcano, Italy (startup Record) Jan 01 00:00 AM 0.1 0.1 MAP
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MMI II (Very weak shaking)
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People :
Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
MMI III (Weak shaking)
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People :
Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
MMI IV (Light shaking)
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People :
Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building.
Fittings :
Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock.
Structures :
Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
MMI V (Moderate shaking)
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People :
Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed.
Fittings :
Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate.
Structures :
Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
MMI VI (Strong shaking)
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People
Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily.
Fittings :
Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or “easy glide” drawers may open (or shut).
Structures :
Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall.
Environment :
Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
MMI VII (Very strong shaking)
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People
General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop.
Fittings :
Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings.
Structures :
Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged.
Environment :
Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
MMI VIII (Severe shaking)
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People
Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected.
Structures :
Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down.
Environment :
Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
MMI IX (Violent shaking)
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Structures
Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames.
Environment :
Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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