{"id":436196,"date":"2022-04-23T12:25:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-scour-mexicos-galapagos-for-quake-volcano-clues\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T12:25:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:25:29","slug":"scientists-scour-mexicos-galapagos-for-quake-volcano-clues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-scour-mexicos-galapagos-for-quake-volcano-clues\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists scour &#8216;Mexico&#8217;s Galapagos&#8217; for quake, volcano clues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a261d340d4ec\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a261d340d4ec\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-scour-mexicos-galapagos-for-quake-volcano-clues\/#%E2%80%9CScientists_scour_%E2%80%98Mexicos_Galapagos_for_quake_volcano_clues%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Scientists scour &#8216;Mexico&#8217;s Galapagos&#8217; for quake, volcano clues&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CScientists_scour_%E2%80%98Mexicos_Galapagos_for_quake_volcano_clues%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Scientists scour &#8216;Mexico&#8217;s Galapagos&#8217; for quake, volcano clues&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/scientists-visited-the.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/scientists-visited-the.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Scientists visited the remote Revillagigedo archipelago to study if a volcanic eruption off Mexico's coast could unleash a tsunami, as well as the causes of earthquakes.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/scientists-visited-the.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists visited the remote Revillagigedo archipelago to study if a volcanic eruption off Mexico's coast could unleash a tsuna\" title=\"Scientists visited the remote Revillagigedo archipelago to study if a volcanic eruption off Mexico's coast could unleash a tsunami, as well as the causes of earthquakes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Scientists visited the remote Revillagigedo archipelago to study if a volcanic eruption off Mexico&#8217;s coast could unleash a tsunami, as well as the causes of earthquakes.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Could a volcanic eruption off Mexico&#8217;s coast unleash a tsunami like the one that devastated Tonga? What really causes tectonic plates to shift and trigger earthquakes? Scientists visited a remote archipelago in search of answers.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Located in the Pacific Ocean several hundred kilometers from the Mexican coast, the Revillagigedo Islands are known as &#8220;Mexico&#8217;s Galapagos&#8221; due to their isolation and biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>One of the archipelago&#8217;s volcanos, Barcena, last erupted spectacularly in 1953, and another Evermann, in 1993. Both remain active today.<\/p>\n<p>Located on a mid-ocean ridge, the four islands, which were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2016, are uninhabited apart from navy personnel, and access is tightly restricted.<\/p>\n<p>Getting there takes about 24 hours or more by boat and few civilians visit apart from scuba drivers lured by giant manta rays, humpback whales, dolphins and sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, an international team of 10 scientists carried out a week-long mission whose aims included trying to determine if\u2014or more likely when\u2014there will be another volcanic eruption.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;re trying to find is how explosive these volcanos can be and how dangerous,&#8221; said the group&#8217;s leader, Douwe van Hinsbergen, a professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p><b>Challenging convention<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The worry is that something similar to the cataclysmic eruption of the Hunga Tonga\u2013Hunga Ha&#8217;apai volcano in January could send a tsunami hurtling towards Mexico&#8217;s Pacific Coast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/located-in-the-pacific.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/located-in-the-pacific.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Located in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of kilometers from the Mexican coast, the Revillagigedo Islands are known as &quot;Mexico's Galapagos&quot; due to their isolation and biodiversity.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/located-in-the-pacific.jpg\" alt=\"Located in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of kilometers from the Mexican coast, the Revillagigedo Islands are known as &amp;quot;Mexico'\" title=\"Located in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of kilometers from the Mexican coast, the Revillagigedo Islands are known as &quot;Mexico's Galapagos&quot; due to their isolation and biodiversity.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Located in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of kilometers from the Mexican coast, the Revillagigedo Islands are known as &#8220;Mexico&#8217;s Galapagos&#8221; due to their isolation and biodiversity.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever there are active island volcanos, there are always possibilities of generating tsunamis,&#8221; said Pablo Davila Harris, a geologist at Mexico&#8217;s Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we volcanologists are looking for is when the next eruption is going to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en,&#8221; using modeling based on previous volcanic activity, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The team also hopes that its analysis of minerals brought up by past eruptions will help to understand the motion of tectonic plates, which cause earthquakes and volcanic activity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plates move over mantle. Is the mantle pushing the plates? Is the mantle doing nothing?&#8221; van Hinsbergen said.<\/p>\n<p>According to conventional theory, convection\u2014the mantle&#8217;s motion caused by the transfer of heat from the Earth&#8217;s core to the outer layer\u2014causes tectonic plates to move and grind against each other.<\/p>\n<p>Van Hinsbergen&#8217;s hypothesis is that the mantle is in fact &#8220;a big lake of rock that is essentially not convecting,&#8221; which he said would require a complete rethink.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If that is true, then everything that we see, at least on timescales of tens of millions of years and shorter, is driven by gravity pulling plates down. And that would make the whole system a lot simpler,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The mission received funding from a Dutch program for\u2014in van Hinsbergen&#8217;s words\u2014&#8221;ideas that are almost certainly wrong but if they&#8217;re not they will have big implications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The samples collected have been taken to Europe for analysis and the results are expected to be known later this year.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Tonga Islands: A seismic algorithm reveals the magnitude of the January 2022 eruption\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Scientists scour &#8216;Mexico&#8217;s Galapagos&#8217; for quake, volcano clues (2022, April 23)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 23 April 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-04-scientists-scour-mexico-galapagos-quake.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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