Laacher See & Christchurch Volcanoes
Might be nothing, but the Laacher See volcano in Germany erupted around the time of (perhaps) the last global cataclysm – roughly 12,900 years ago. While scientists say it wasn’t responsible for much back then,
The Laacher eruption coincides with the onset of the abrupt Younger Dryas re-glaciation, which brought renewed very cold conditions to the northern hemisphere from 12.9 to 11.6 ka. However, any relationship between this climate change and the eruption is speculative; eruptions of the size of the Laacher See eruption usually cause only short-term global cooling.
…speculations do exist. Combine that with this:
Today the region near Koblenz was shaken by a swarm of 7 earthquakes beginning with a 4.5 magnitude quake which erupted at a depth of 6 km.
…and it might be something else to worry about.
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In other volcano news, seems that Christchurch (where several hundred people died in a recent earthquake) is like much of the rest of New Zealand, it has volcanic history:
…the most prominent volcanic feature of the South Island. Geologically, the peninsula comprises the eroded remnants of two large composite shield volcanoes (Lyttelton formed first, then Akaroa). These formed due to intraplate volcanism between approximately eleven and eight million years ago (Miocene) on a continental crust.
It is remotely possible that volcanic activity is returning to the area. I have been informed that there has been “a strong smell of sulphur wafting from the ground in several places, and hot water emerging in the harbour, and off Rapaki”
So, you have’nt figured it out yet Rob? It’s a 13,000 year cyclic culmination, it’s all a result of a galactic event.
I’ve read cycles of 12,000 years, 11,000, 13,000 and 25,000. Whatever?! One of them is happening now. Better pray Yellowstone never erupts,…or the whole Earth is done! There’s no doubt a galactic event is the cause, and Earth is reaping the effect.