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"The situation is ongoing and the number of microseisms is slightly above reference values" said Wednesday João Luís Gaspar from the Center of Volcanology and Geological Risk Assessment (CVARG) of the University of the Azores.
He also said that the seismic activity was the result of "very low magnitude earthquakes" adding that "none of which have been felt by the population."
Declining to comment on what the evolution of the crisis could be João Luís Gaspar recalled that "seismological activity is difficult to predict," but that the possibility could not be eliminated of an earthquake occurrence which may be felt by the population. He said, "It does not mean it will happen; only that one cannot eliminate that possibility."
According to the CVARG website, the Fogo-Congro system is one of the most critical seismologic areas of the archipelago where accumulated tensions exist resulting from the lithospheric interplay of the Eurasian, African and American plates.
The Azores are sitting on the so called "Azores triple junction" area where the North American, Eurasian and African plates meet. This area is responsible for frequent geological and volcanic activity on the islands. Periodic volcanic eruptions and earthquake events, with occasional tidal waves, can have devastating effects on the Azorean islands.
So much focus on what lies in the heavens while the molten blood of the earth rises beneath out feet. Could this be what happens during mass extinctions? Does the molten rock build up to so much pressure that a release would send a mountain into space?
" 'Our best evidence is that the crustal magma chamber is filling with molten rock,' Smith says. 'But we have no idea how long this process goes on before there either is an eruption or the inflow of molten rock stops and the caldera deflates again' he adds: Wu-Lung Chang, University of Utah, from E.V. Wingert in 'Windows into the Earth' Smith and Siegel.
The magma chamber beneath Yellowstone National Park is a not a chamber of molten rock, but a sponge-like body with molten rock between areas of hot, solid rock." [Link]
The above information was observed in 2007.
Based on the tectonic activity that has been occurring in the last two years I have a feeling that something beneath our feet is rising and it is going to send us back to the Medieval days or Stone Age. Tick Tock Tick Tock.