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Long Valley Volcanic Center Daily Update issued Nov 22, 2009 10:02 PST Volcano Alert Level NORMAL - Aviation Color Code GREEN
The real-time computer system located two small earthquakes in the vicinity of Long Valley caldera since the last update at 10:04 AM (PST) on November 21. A magnitude M=1.6 earthquake at 6:00 AM was located in the Sierra Nevada south of the caldera (14 miles WSW of Tom's Place), and M=0.8 earthquake at 9:40 AM was located beneath Mammoth Mountain, both on the 22nd.
Kilauea Daily Update issued Nov 22, 2009 07:48 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
At the summit, a circulating, bubbling, spattering, rising, and falling lava pond surface was visible in a hole in the vent cavity floor deep beneath Halema`uma`u Crater floor. Sulfur dioxide emission rates from the Halema`uma`u and east rift zone vents remain elevated. Lava flows are active on the coastal plain; lava flows through tubes to the coast and is likely entering the ocean at two locations west of Kalapana.
At 9:21 am yesterday morning, a sliver of the Halema`uma`u vent rim (in the Halema`uma`u ...
Kilauea Daily Update issued Nov 21, 2009 08:16 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
A DI event is nearly complete. At the summit, a circulating, bubbling, and spattering lava pond surface was visible in a hole in the vent cavity floor deep beneath Halema`uma`u Crater floor; its level rose several meters covering the entire vent floor before dropping but remaining visible in the Overlook vent Webcam. Sulfur dioxide emission rates from the Halema`uma`u and east rift zone vents remain elevated. Lava flows are active on the coastal plain; lava flows through tubes to the coast and is entering the ocean at two locations west of Kalapana. ...
Kilauea Daily Update issued Nov 21, 2009 08:10 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
A DI event is nearly complete. At the summit, a circulating, bubbling, and spattering lava pond surface was visible in a hole in the vent cavity floor deep beneath Halema`uma`u Crater floor; its level rose several meters covering the entire floor before dropping but remaining visible in the Overlook vent Webcam. Sulfur dioxide emission rates from the Halema`uma`u and east rift zone vents remain elevated. Lava flows are active on the coastal plain; lava flows through tubes to the coast and is entering the ocean at two locations west of Kalapana. ...
Long Valley Volcanic Center Daily Update issued Nov 21, 2009 10:04 PST Volcano Alert Level NORMAL - Aviation Color Code GREEN
The real-time computer system located just one small earthquake in the vicinity of Long Valley caldera since the last update at 9:26 AM (PST) on November 20. This was a magnitude M=1.6 earthquake at 3:51 PM on the 20th centered at the depth of 5 miles beneath the eastern outskirts of Mammoth Lakes (1/4 mile north of the corrals). |
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Grand Forks, ND Weather from Weather Underground
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Monday - Mostly cloudy. A 50 percent chance of light rain in the afternoon. Highs 40 to 45. Light winds becoming northeast around 10 mph in the afternoon.
Monday as of Nov. 22 3:48 PM CST |
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