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Hundreds of quakes shake villages around smoking Peruvian volcano
Posted on February 27, 2013 by END TIME HEADLINES
Hundreds of small earthquakes have shaken the earth around the Sabancaya volcano in southern Peru over
just a few days and the rumbling, along with plumes of smoke spewing up
to 320 feet high, have put officials on alert to evacuate the
area. Peru’s geological agency Ingemmet recorded some 536 quakes, about
20 an hour, on February 22 and 23 and periodic movement is
ongoing. Thousands of people live in the valleys surrounding the volcano.
Some have already started to leave the region because the unusual
seismic activity has damaged their homes. About 80 homes were damaged by
one temblor on February 22, Peru’s national defense office said. The
20,000-foot (6,000-meter) volcano Sabancaya, which means “tongue of
fire” in Quechua, has not had a significant eruption in nearly a decade.
It sits atop the South America tectonic plate, which forces magma to
the surface when it clashes with the neighboring Nazca plate. Ingemmet
said the volcano has been releasing huge smoke trails intermittently
since January 15 and current seismic activity is similar to that which
accompanied an eruption in 1986. Sabancaya, active historically, was
dormant for 200 years before erupting into activity several times in the
1980s and 1990s. No casualties were reported at that and the volcano
has only experienced small eruptions since. Southern Peru is the home to
more than a dozen volcanoes. Sabancaya is about 62 miles from the city
of Arequipa, one of Peru’s three largest cities, which was recently hit
by heavy rains and flooding. About 1.2 million people live in that city. Reuters
Thanks to: http://endtimeheadlines.wordpress.com
Posted on February 27, 2013 by END TIME HEADLINES
Hundreds of small earthquakes have shaken the earth around the Sabancaya volcano in southern Peru overjust a few days and the rumbling, along with plumes of smoke spewing up
to 320 feet high, have put officials on alert to evacuate the
area. Peru’s geological agency Ingemmet recorded some 536 quakes, about
20 an hour, on February 22 and 23 and periodic movement is
ongoing. Thousands of people live in the valleys surrounding the volcano.
Some have already started to leave the region because the unusual
seismic activity has damaged their homes. About 80 homes were damaged by
one temblor on February 22, Peru’s national defense office said. The
20,000-foot (6,000-meter) volcano Sabancaya, which means “tongue of
fire” in Quechua, has not had a significant eruption in nearly a decade.
It sits atop the South America tectonic plate, which forces magma to
the surface when it clashes with the neighboring Nazca plate. Ingemmet
said the volcano has been releasing huge smoke trails intermittently
since January 15 and current seismic activity is similar to that which
accompanied an eruption in 1986. Sabancaya, active historically, was
dormant for 200 years before erupting into activity several times in the
1980s and 1990s. No casualties were reported at that and the volcano
has only experienced small eruptions since. Southern Peru is the home to
more than a dozen volcanoes. Sabancaya is about 62 miles from the city
of Arequipa, one of Peru’s three largest cities, which was recently hit
by heavy rains and flooding. About 1.2 million people live in that city. Reuters
Thanks to: http://endtimeheadlines.wordpress.com
