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Topic started on 16-5-2009 @ 10:46 AM by ROBL240

Volcanic Eruption about to happen in Saudi Arabia?


freeinternetpress.com
Rumblings from the direction of extinct volcanoes in Al-Ais, which was hit by a series of tremors over the last couple of weeks, sent villagers in the area into a state of near panic in the early hours of Thursday.
“Most of the local people spent the night in a state of extreme anxiety when a thunder-like rumble was heard,” one worried resident told Arab News Thursday.
(visit the link for the full news article)


Related News Links:
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reply posted on 16-5-2009 @ 10:52 AM by ZeroKnowledge
I do not know, there are no earthquakes in Saudi Arabia for last two weeks - at least according to this:
www.iris.edu...
And this
earthquake.usgs.gov...
So - while it is possible, i would not worry that much. Of course i do not live in the area, and for someone who does i would advise contact local authorities and not feed on media which is usually over-blowing stuff.



reply posted on 16-5-2009 @ 11:21 AM by JWash
reply to post by ROBL240


I also found another source, stating the volcanic trembles.

Here's the Source

Also there was a 6.7 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand? I know its really far away from Saudi, but the 2 occurances seem to be right around the same day.

Here's the New Zealand Source.


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reply posted on 18-5-2009 @ 11:45 AM by questioningall
reply to post by ZeroKnowledge


I have found the Usgs does not put EQ's of many other countries on the map for some reason.

first here is an eq that happened

Summary:
Magnitude mb 4.5
Region WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA

Date time 2009-05-17 at 19:50:06.3 UTC
Location 25.27 N ; 37.56 E
Depth 2 km
Distances 140 km NW Yanbu (pop 200,161 ; local time 22:50 2009-05-17)
40 km NE Umm lajj (pop 33,874 ; local time 22:50 2009-05-17)
More seismicity information (Moment tensors, phases pickings, etc.)


2nd here is a site of Europes and Mediterrain area quakes mapping
www.emsc-csem.org...

You will find there are lots of quakes that happen.

here is a Canada site - showing lots of quakes that the Usgs does not map

earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca...

In other words there are lots more quakes that happen that the usgs does not put on, nor does the other site.


reply posted on 19-5-2009 @ 02:54 PM by cathedral
I was looking at this

hisz.rsoe.hu...

Looks like some bad earth quakes around mecca and medina and a new volcano (or new volcanic activity) near Riyadh
And a earth quake 5.5 near medina


reply posted on 20-5-2009 @ 05:27 AM by ROBL240
www.arabnews.com...

Huge cracks appearing in the ground with gas emissions and currently large-scale evacuations underway.


reply posted on 23-5-2009 @ 12:57 PM by AlwaysQuestion
Another source


KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia, May 23 (Reuters) - Recent seismic activity in a volcanic region in Saudi Arabia does not present nearby oil refineries with any danger, officials said on Saturday.

Authorities have evacuated thousands of people from the northwestern al-Ais region after a series of tremors hit the volcanic area over the past few weeks, culminating with a 5.4 Richter scale tremor on Tuesday, few hours after a 4.8 tremor.


Not one we have been expecting this..... let's see what happens. It might be like Yellowstone and just subside. But like a previous poster I often wonder what the consequence is with shifting resources from one area to another (oil).
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