Thanks for the update! I'm from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa and have been concerned about this event for the past month. It's the elephant in the room nobody likes to talk about here but it's very concerning because of the frequent tremors.
It's not the earthquake that kills a person but the building falling on him. Try to move your family outside the city to a lightweight shelter. I will pray for you brother.
I am personally of the opinion that the explosions and associated video footage of that event were mere hydrothermal explosions. However, some of my colleagues instead think they represented weak phreatic eruptions.
@@W7ENKmoreso why the explosion occurred. Pressure drop (hydrothermal explosion) vs dramatic increase in pressure triggered by heat from underlying magma (phreatic eruption).
Thanks again for the continuous updates. I am praying for mine and my wife's families that reside in the Metahara and Awash towns nearby. The Fentale Mountain has been a landmark for our parents and grandparents for generations, and I hope that nothing catastrophic will occur 🙏🏽
interesting update and please keep us updated this is fascinating from the safety of across the ocean and glad you tied in iceland's current eruptions and dikes thanks
Fox 12 news in Portland made a video saying the volcano off the shores of Oregon (Axial Seamount) could erupt in 2025. Do you mind making an update video on this volcano? Thanks!
I can help you. Axial Seamount will likely erupt, but it poses 0 threat to you unless you’re a deep sea creature. Explosive eruptions at depth are virtually impossible due to ocean pressure. It is a volcano that erupts quite often, in effusive flows.😊
@@christianhviid2167 To add, this seamount erupted several times in recent past, the last being 2016. One bit of research reported that it 'oozes' lava during eruptions, does not explode.
But the gear and the travel are expensive and the country has been embroiled in armed conflict recently, so very difficult to sustain a monitoring effort.
I used to have a geophone based seismometer in my back yard (doesn't everybody?). That thing only cost a couple hundred dollars to build. With today's solar, wifi, and internet access resources, it seems like a system could be placed in a remote area for pretty cheap. Two grand a site maybe? I'm a bit surprised that nobody has deployed an array to Ethiopia to study this thing more closely.
Lake Beseqa, which lies just southwest of the Fentale volcano, has grown by a huge amount since the 1960s. If I'm not mistaken it is at least 5 times larger (by surface area). Several decades ago it flooded portions of the adjacent city of Metahara; more recently it flooded the highway which was the nations only critical link to the port at Djibouti forcing a new alignment to be built on top of the lava from Fentale previous eruption in the 1800s near the Chinese built railroad. There are various lava fields in this part of the country which appear to be somewhat recent, although I have no real idea how long it takes for vegetation to begin to grow in a lava field after its formation. I remember wondering how old those various lava fields were as a child looking out of the window as we drove to Awash National Park. Nobody seems to know or understand exactly why Lake Beseqa grew so quickly. The presumption is that one or more under water springs are responsible. However, they have not been identified or located, and it is unknown whether the source(s) is new or an increased output. There are no significant or permanent streams/rivers flowing into or out of the lake. Officials have been concerned about its expansion because its water is rich with various minerals including salt and it has nearly reached the point that it would breach its southern bank and overflow. This water would quickly reach the very nearby Awash river and contaminate it causing major problems for all of the downstream farms that rely on the river for irrigation. When I visited the area in 2011 the highway was on the verge of being flooded. The water came up just a bit further than the edges of the pavement on both sides. When I was a child the lake shore was dozens of meters away from the highway. The lake has a distinctly dark black appearance that seems rather ominous and uninviting. It would also certainly be catastrophic if lava reached Lake Beseqa because it would have first covered the railroad and the highway, and likely parts of the city of Metahara. Fortunately, the topography would prevent this unless the lava dyke begins to expand southward and erupted from the southern end which seems quite unlikely.
Lake Beseka volume increase can not be from surface discharge ? If It is from underground thermal activity must be monitored. The Awash Valley later on Water Resources Dev Authority used to measure height and take water sample from the lake in 1980s. Our universities must share their findings or organize a hydro team and investigate the lake dynamics !!! Thank you for your observation !!!
I'd just like to plant a little seed again. This East Africa Rift area is ripe for an overview in the context of geological time scales. The sea will return there and people might be around to see it.
You're the best. Does all that visible earth cracking and uplift really represent the size of the lava dikes, ponds whatever. Seems that long dike while containing a huge amount of magma it could hardly crack or lift the earth 3 km above it. It would mean the ground in between was virtually incompressible.
I would call it a hydrothermal event. In all probabilities, as magma has migrated from Fentale towards Dofen, there has been some heating of groundwater during that process, but not necessarily direct magma/water interaction. We will probably never know.
Thanks for the update. That is a interesting sceniro for it to create a channel possibly connecting the volcanos? I wonder how that plays out with the rift and the surface. I was wondering the same today about the volcano on the boundary between the plates at the Juan de Fucca area?
Excuse my naivete, how much would a useful, basic seismometer and solar battery cost? Is this something that could be crowd funded to support the researchers in Addis Abbaba? I am sure if you asked for contributions for such a purpose, your audience would pitch in. Just wondering. 🤷🏼♂️.
tourists and scientists need armed guards.... any equipment left behind would be stolen within the hour. This is the poorest of the poor, many don't even own shoes 😢. Corruption, war, drought. per capita income is less than $3.50 PER DAY
I'd be very careful saying the eq activity is going down since there's only one seismometer in the capital and the only earthquakes that site shows is anything over a 4... there's just not enough equipment on the ground to say anything different
The main cinder cone known as Mt. Dofan was built about 10,000 yrs ago. But its just the promontory of the large volcanic complex that stretches out over the rift valley that has had periodic eruptions every few thousand years. Looks like its ramping up for a new one.
Science has a wonderful way of circumnavigating the obvious. Details are for those, who are preoccupied by them. The simple narrative, Africa is splitting apart.
Hydrothermals but stay tuned. I think it's coming. We will see. One day that strip of volcanoes down through Africa will look like the Red Sea. The flowing Earth.
Thanks for the update! I'm from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa and have been concerned about this event for the past month. It's the elephant in the room nobody likes to talk about here but it's very concerning because of the frequent tremors.
It's not the earthquake that kills a person but the building falling on him. Try to move your family outside the city to a lightweight shelter. I will pray for you brother.
I am personally of the opinion that the explosions and associated video footage of that event were mere hydrothermal explosions. However, some of my colleagues instead think they represented weak phreatic eruptions.
Technically though, wouldn't the only real difference simply be water content?
My personal opinion would be to listen to you✌️👍
@@W7ENKmoreso why the explosion occurred. Pressure drop (hydrothermal explosion) vs dramatic increase in pressure triggered by heat from underlying magma (phreatic eruption).
I believe it is hydrothermals, also. Having said that I believe we are in for some fireworks before long. We'll see.
I'm Amazed! The Volume Of Data/Information You Provide Is Staggering! Thanks For The Update!
Thanks again for the continuous updates. I am praying for mine and my wife's families that reside in the Metahara and Awash towns nearby. The Fentale Mountain has been a landmark for our parents and grandparents for generations, and I hope that nothing catastrophic will occur 🙏🏽
You will pray for your safety, brother.
Love from Texas.
Thank you fore your ongoing reporting and updates.
Thank you for the update, I am from Ethiopia. I will share you info if there's anything new.
interesting update and please keep us updated
this is fascinating from the safety of across the ocean and glad you tied in iceland's current eruptions and dikes
thanks
👍 Thanks for your reports.
The amount of mud volcanoes generated is insane
What is a mud volcano
@Vesuviusisking it's in the name mud from underground magma heats it up and causes it to erupt mud like a volcano erupts lava
@Vesuviusisking A volcano that erupts mud
@@WillowWispFlameno, mud volcano is not volcano
@Vesuviusisking
www.nps.gov/places/000/mud-volcano.htm
Fox 12 news in Portland made a video saying the volcano off the shores of Oregon (Axial Seamount) could erupt in 2025. Do you mind making an update video on this volcano? Thanks!
Was in his list of predicted eruptions 2025
I can help you. Axial Seamount will likely erupt, but it poses 0 threat to you unless you’re a deep sea creature. Explosive eruptions at depth are virtually impossible due to ocean pressure. It is a volcano that erupts quite often, in effusive flows.😊
@@christianhviid2167 To add, this seamount erupted several times in recent past, the last being 2016. One bit of research reported that it 'oozes' lava during eruptions, does not explode.
I’ll be publishing a video on this topic tomorrow. Currently rendering a ~5 minute video on the subject.
@@GeologyHub 🙏Appreciate the work you do!
Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!
Glad it seems like the magma is basaltic, since that means it's less explosive. I hope Ethiopia can spare the resources to properly monitor this!
I wonder if that could change, and if so, how rapidly that change could occur
Thank you for the update and informative video 😊🌋🍀
Just load up a bunch of geology grad students to investigate and set up monitoring equipment in Ethiopia. Grad students are a renewal resource.
But the gear and the travel are expensive and the country has been embroiled in armed conflict recently, so very difficult to sustain a monitoring effort.
You information is fantastic, keep it up
Great video. Thank you for the explanation. And update
Thank you for the update.
I used to have a geophone based seismometer in my back yard (doesn't everybody?). That thing only cost a couple hundred dollars to build. With today's solar, wifi, and internet access resources, it seems like a system could be placed in a remote area for pretty cheap. Two grand a site maybe? I'm a bit surprised that nobody has deployed an array to Ethiopia to study this thing more closely.
Lake Beseqa, which lies just southwest of the Fentale volcano, has grown by a huge amount since the 1960s. If I'm not mistaken it is at least 5 times larger (by surface area).
Several decades ago it flooded portions of the adjacent city of Metahara; more recently it flooded the highway which was the nations only critical link to the port at Djibouti forcing a new alignment to be built on top of the lava from Fentale previous eruption in the 1800s near the Chinese built railroad.
There are various lava fields in this part of the country which appear to be somewhat recent, although I have no real idea how long it takes for vegetation to begin to grow in a lava field after its formation.
I remember wondering how old those various lava fields were as a child looking out of the window as we drove to Awash National Park.
Nobody seems to know or understand exactly why Lake Beseqa grew so quickly. The presumption is that one or more under water springs are responsible. However, they have not been identified or located, and it is unknown whether the source(s) is new or an increased output.
There are no significant or permanent streams/rivers flowing into or out of the lake. Officials have been concerned about its expansion because its water is rich with various minerals including salt and it has nearly reached the point that it would breach its southern bank and overflow. This water would quickly reach the very nearby Awash river and contaminate it causing major problems for all of the downstream farms that rely on the river for irrigation.
When I visited the area in 2011 the highway was on the verge of being flooded. The water came up just a bit further than the edges of the pavement on both sides. When I was a child the lake shore was dozens of meters away from the highway. The lake has a distinctly dark black appearance that seems rather ominous and uninviting.
It would also certainly be catastrophic if lava reached Lake Beseqa because it would have first covered the railroad and the highway, and likely parts of the city of Metahara. Fortunately, the topography would prevent this unless the lava dyke begins to expand southward and erupted from the southern end which seems quite unlikely.
Lake Beseka volume increase can not be from surface discharge ? If It is from underground thermal activity must be monitored. The Awash Valley later on Water Resources Dev Authority used to measure height and take water sample from the lake in 1980s. Our universities must share their findings or organize a hydro team and investigate the lake dynamics !!! Thank you for your observation !!!
I'd just like to plant a little seed again. This East Africa Rift area is ripe for an overview in the context of geological time scales. The sea will return there and people might be around to see it.
Hopefully the eruption won’t be serious.
You're the best. Does all that visible earth cracking and uplift really represent the size of the lava dikes, ponds whatever. Seems that long dike while containing a huge amount of magma it could hardly crack or lift the earth 3 km above it. It would mean the ground in between was virtually incompressible.
I would call it a hydrothermal event. In all probabilities, as magma has migrated from Fentale towards Dofen, there has been some heating of groundwater during that process, but not necessarily direct magma/water interaction. We will probably never know.
Thanks for the update. That is a interesting sceniro for it to create a channel possibly connecting the volcanos? I wonder how that plays out with the rift and the surface. I was wondering the same today about the volcano on the boundary between the plates at the Juan de Fucca area?
Excuse my naivete, how much would a useful, basic seismometer and solar battery cost?
Is this something that could be crowd funded to support the researchers in Addis Abbaba?
I am sure if you asked for contributions for such a purpose, your audience would pitch in.
Just wondering. 🤷🏼♂️.
Maybe a second hand one?
tourists and scientists need armed guards.... any equipment left behind would be stolen within the hour. This is the poorest of the poor, many don't even own shoes 😢. Corruption, war, drought. per capita income is less than $3.50 PER DAY
I'd be very careful saying the eq activity is going down since there's only one seismometer in the capital and the only earthquakes that site shows is anything over a 4... there's just not enough equipment on the ground to say anything different
I hope the local government there will emplace more sensors soon so that we can bet better data.
Is this part of the suggested splitting of Africa and formation of a new sea that will take millions of years to occur?
Thank you.
Has any harmonic tremor been recorded?
Does anyone know when dofan last erupted
None tbh
The main cinder cone known as Mt. Dofan was built about 10,000 yrs ago. But its just the promontory of the large volcanic complex that stretches out over the rift valley that has had periodic eruptions every few thousand years. Looks like its ramping up for a new one.
This one is considered a shield volcano like the Mauna Loi in Hawaii?
Basalt is the less worse (compared with Rhyolite) option *fingers crossed
Science has a wonderful way of circumnavigating the obvious.
Details are for those, who are preoccupied by them.
The simple narrative, Africa is splitting apart.
I am more worried about the forced conscription than the earthquakes. It’s very rampant in Adama Nazareth.
titles said 1992 when you said 1989 for the largest recent earthquake?
You know in 1831 The zavaritskii eruption which caused planet degree to go down by 1 degree celcius and made colder environment more.
He did make a video about it
@Vesuviusisking ok 👍
Is it an ancient super volcano?? Considering the bubbling mud pools and the mountain range going around it
No, it's not super volcano by any means
It’s a shield volcano
This family of Volcanos lies on a divergent plate boundary.
Brown hot mud!! Dirty volcano.
less than a minute. 59sec
Probably the most important volcanic event since Pinatubo is unfolding.
Earth is a surprise.
🌋
Even Earth builds up too much gas from eating. Its kinda like a non-organic fart.
GIT,,,, geologist in training.
😎
These people need prayer.
Hydrothermals but stay tuned. I think it's coming. We will see.
One day that strip of volcanoes down through Africa will look like the Red Sea. The flowing Earth.
First
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NEXT TIME,,,,,,,Keep the bad news to your Patreons LOL
Have you heard of the volcanic remnants Trimble Knob and Mole Hill in Virginia?!
It is kind of odd that Ethiopia is where the Ark of the Covenant may be. Thoughts?
What even is your point if all you have is stock footage?
It is Africa. The natives will tell you anything you are willing to pay for to hear...
Non-human voices should not to be encouraged.
Imperfect genuine live human voices are much preferred.
Robots are totally disingenuous.
Narrator should join AA.