El Hierro Updates November 28 2011

Update 28/11 – 10:01 –
Just had long chat with scientists. Depth of vent yesterday was imprecise according to the captain. Now the real news, a new scientific ocean survey ship is coming tomorrow to map the area. It will also do work in the north (El Golfo region).
Data Update 28/11 – 08:33
- Harmonic tremor remained strong all night
- Contrary to yesterday, no smoking stones this morning. We have just watched a time lapsed period since the beginning of daylight and no surface activity has been noticed on the webcam
- Ian Carson reports that the usual stain is visible but no stirring activity
- 3 earthquakes since midnight, the strongest one being a M 2.0
- depths in between 17 and 21 km
- weather outlook for today : beautiful weather today, wind blowing from the east, maximum wave height : 0.6 meter, wind speed : 1 to 2 knots only – in other words a perfect day for volcano activity spotting

  3 stones picked up out the Las Calmas sea yesterday, were transported to the mayors house in El Pinar (La Restinga belongs the El Pinar).  The lava exposition was visited by students of the local schools. The lava stone in the middle has in the meantime been relocated to the Cabildo of El Hierro (the island authority).