Amateur video of the event clearly showed eruption of white hot liquid sludge on top of the island which is still ongoing. The area holds three tectonic plates – namely Eurasian, Arabian and Indian plates which are responsible for high seismic activity due to subduction in the Makran area. The Chaman Transverse Fault could also be responsible for the sudden rise of the island at Hingol because the fault is extremely active, moving at a rate of four centimeter yearly. The Chaman Fault is the only physical feature of Pakistan which can be seen from space and it was responsible for the horrifying earthquake of 31 May, 1935 in Quetta. Over 30,000 people died in the quake. An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded recently in the Chiltan area due to activity of the Chaman Fault and the series of these events need serious attention. (photo - People can be seen standing on the island.)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
LARGEST QUAKES -
This morning -
5.0 NORTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
Yesterday -
11/27/10 -
5.2 KEPULAUAN TALAUD, INDONESIA
5.2 NORTH OF HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
5.8 NORTH OF HALMAHERA, INDONESIA
5.1 KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, RUSSIA
5.1 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
11/26/10 -
5.3 SERAM, INDONESIA
5.8 CERAM SEA, INDONESIA
5.3 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
5.6 SOUTHERN IRAN 2010-11-26 16:00
11/25/10 -
5.1 SOUTHEAST OF LOYALTY ISLANDS
5.1 TAJIKISTAN
5.0 NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR
5.1 SOUTH OF MARIANA ISLANDS
11/24/10 -
5.0 CENTRAL PERU
5.2 SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS
5.0 VANUATU
5.0 VANUATU
5.1 OFFSHORE GUERRERO, MEXICO
5.2 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
5.1 BANDA SEA
5.3 GUAM REGION
5.1 GUAM REGION
5.3 GUAM REGION
VOLCANOES -
INDONESIA's Mount Bromo volcano in eastern Java belched hot ash into the air in a low-level eruption on Saturday around 5:40 pm local time. The minor eruption caused no injuries. The Merapi volcano on the island of Java is also still active.
PHILIPPINES - An "explosion-type" earthquake was recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in Bulusan Volcano. At least 11 volcanic quakes, including the explosive one, were recorded around restive Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon in the last 24 hours.
TROPICAL STORMS -
No current tropical cyclones.
FIJI - A gale warning is now in force for some islands. A tropical cyclone alert remains in force for the rest of Fiji and a strong wind warning remains in force for the Fiji group. A tropical depression is currently moving East South East at 20km per hour and is expected to intensify further and possibly turn into a Tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours.
Close to its center the depression is estimated to have winds with average speeds up to 55km per hour with momentary gusts to 90 km per hour. Damaging gale force winds with average speed of 65 to 75km per hour with momentary gusts to 110 km per hour are expected within 110 to 280 km away from the center. Very rough to high seas with damaging heavy North-Westerly swells are also expected.
HEAVY SNOW / EXTREME COLD -
UNUSUAL WEATHER in Britain is being caused by high pressure over Greenland and low pressure in the Baltics, forcing cold winds from the north-east across Europe. The easterly winds show no sign of letting up, with cold weather expected to last until next week at least. Mr King warned: "As we go into Monday, one feature which will become significant is the wind. From Siberia, it will pick up quite significantly from Monday through to Tuesday. It will feel quite bitterly cold." Heavy snow is set to continue to spread across much of the UK today, with north-east England and eastern Scotland bearing the brunt of it overnight. Temperatures are expected to drop below zero across the UK, with minus 7C quite common. Northern Ireland could see snowfall in the afternoon of up to 10cm (3.9in) - resulting in likely travel disruption. Siberian winds from Monday will also make the cold weather feel worse. Up to 40cms (16in) fell in parts of north-east England and Scotland on Saturday - said to be THE MOST WIDESPREAD SNOW AT THIS TIME OF YEAR SINCE 1993. The cold weather has caused much disruption since Thursday.
U.S. - Crazy, extreme weather led up to Thanksgiving. The combination of a massive Arctic outbreak out West, a warm surge in the East and powerful storm in the transition zone was wreaking weather havoc as the Thanksgiving holiday approached. Even Alaska was contending with UNUSUAL WEATHER, as unseasonably mild air bumps up to the Arctic circle. It was warmer Monday in Barrow, AK (33) than Seattle (32). "This storm is ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS that measurable rainfall was recorded in Fairbanks in the second half of November. The only other November rainfall on record was Nov. 24, 1936, when 0.42 inches of rain fell."
"[Monday's] weather turned wild across sections of the Midwest. Fast-moving thunderstorms raced through the area at dizzying speeds, turning tornadic as they raked across areas east of Rockford, Illinois. The day's RECORD BREAKING WARMTH played a role in super-charging the storms."
"In Wisconsin, THE FIRST NOVEMBER TORNADO IN MORE THAN 39 YEARS - which boasted an EF1 strength rating - struck Walworth County. Another was reported in Union Grove, but has not been confirmed. Only three November tornadoes have hit Wisconsin since 1950 before Monday (two on Nov. 15, 1960, and one on Nov. 1, 1971)."
"The 2 inches of snow that fell [in Seattle] by 5 p.m. Monday at the airport was A RECORD for Nov. 22, besting the previous mark of 1.5 inches. Records there have been kept since 1945."
TEXAS - RECORD-BREAKING COLD at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport November 27. Almost all of the Austin area had freezing temperatures overnight and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport set a new record when it reached 22 degrees there. The old record for cold temperatures at ABIA on Nov. 27th was 28 degrees in 1975. The next cold front expected in Central Texas may come through Monday night. “Just as fast as we start to warm up, it’ll start to cool down again.”
CALIFORNIA - In Salinas, a Thanksgiving Day cold snap BROKE A 30-YEAR COLD-TEMPERATURE RECORD. The city was among several across California to either break or tie cold-weather records. Some had stood for more than a century.
Salinas recorded an overnight low of 29 degrees Thursday. The previous record of 34 degrees was in 1980. Wednesday's low of 30 degrees at the Salinas Municipal Airport ALSO SET A RECORD, breaking the 2006 mark of 32 degrees. Salinas nearly saw a third consecutive record-breaking day Friday. Its low temperature of 36 degrees was just shy of 1966's record of 34 degrees.
Salinas wasn't alone in the cold spell in the last couple of days. San Francisco's low of 42 degrees on Thursday TIED A RECORD SET BACK IN 1892. Across the bay in Oakland, 36-degree daytime temperatures SHATTERED THE OLD RECORD of 42. The mercury in Los Angeles dropped to 42, TYING A 1946 RECORD. Stockton saw a RECORD LOW temperature of 27 degrees Thursday morning, while Sacramento tied a record low of 30. Subfreezing temperatures in California's Central Valley citrus growing region threatened to damage the billion-dollar crop. But growers working through the night used warm water and wind machines to keep the cold at bay.
RUSSIA - A powerful snow cyclone is raging in the Primorsky Territory and Sakhalin with a storm in the north of the Sea of Japan. The wind is up to 20 metres a second, and waves are 2.5-3.5 metres high. A storm warning is sent to ships working in the northern region of the Sea of Japan, where visibility is within 900 metres at present. The Primorsky Territory's largest ports of Vladivostok and Nakhodka are veiled with white haze of snowstorms. The wind is up to 22 metres a second on the coast. The cyclone will remain on Sakhalin and Primorye for two days and then leave for the central part of the Sea of Okhotsk, cross the Kuriles and Kamchatka and raise a storm in the Bering Sea. Then, cold air from Yakutia will move to Sakhalin, lowering the temperature on the island's valleys to 25 degrees below zero. Cyclones are usual for Sakhalin. Five to six come in the region over a winter, covering the island with a snow blanket as thick as up to two metres.
