I'm glad that there don't seem to have been pyroclastic flows, as yet. Casualties could have been much worse.

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[URL="http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/major-earthquake-hits-chinas-yunnan-province-killing-at-least-five-and-injuring-dozens/37390/"]Major earthquake hits China's Yunnan province killing at least five and injuring dozens[/URL]

[QUOTE]The epicentre of the 6.0 quake was about 10 kilometres deep.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000slwn#summary"]7.3 Central American west coast[/URL]
PAGER - yellow. Figure 1-10 deaths, damage in the $10-100million range
1 dead being reported [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-earthquake-el-salvador-idUSKCN0I308P20141014[/url]

[url=http://www.mercurynews.com/alameda-county/ci_26737094/events-mark-25th-anniversary-loma-prieta-earthquake]Events mark 25th anniversary of Loma Prieta Earthquake[/url] - San Jose Mercury News

Loma Prieta is Spanish for "Brown Hill," which is apt in this drought year.

[url]http://www.livescience.com/48301-dust-bowl-drought.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;385434][URL]http://www.livescience.com/48301-dust-bowl-drought.html[/URL][/QUOTE]

Those are some grim comparisons between the 30's Dustbowl and the current widespread drought.

Longer version: quad copter GoPro view of the Iceland fissure eruption
 

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There is more explanation of how this footage was captured. On one flight, they melted the front of the camera.

Also, some great shots from Nat Geo:

[url]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141013-iceland-volcano-bardarbunga-lava-science/[/url]

Gas-spewing Icelandic volcano stuns scientists
 

Sulphur-rich eruption defies preparations for an ashy blast.

[url]http://www.nature.com/news/gas-spewing-icelandic-volcano-stuns-scientists-1.16234[/url]

[QUOTE]The record-setting amount of pollution has surprised even volcanologists in the middle of a major project funded by the European Union to understand the island’s fiery activity. They had been preparing for a repeat of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, which led to a billowing ash plume that grounded planes across Europe. “Everybody was expecting a big ash cloud, and now we have something totally different,” says Anja Schmidt, an atmospheric modeller at the University of Leeds, UK, who studies how volcanic gases spread.[/QUOTE]

Mabe this have been here allredy
Here is 3d in time and space how the earthquakes acts under Bárðabunga (since August- today). Maybe not all PC can handle this 3d. You can zum in and out and turn around.

[url]http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/quakes3d/[/url]

That is fascinating. Thanks!