Major Disaster Declared in New Mexico

New Mexico Declared Federal Disaster Area due to Severe Storms, Flooding and Mudslides

The White House has declared a major disaster exists in the State of New Mexico due to major losses and damage caused by severe storms, flooding, and mudslides during the period of September 9-22, 2013.

The worst affected areas are the counties of Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Eddy, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, and Torrance.

Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further damage assessments, said FEMA.

October 2 Disaster Declaration for NM

On October 2, 2013, WH signed a separate Major Disaster declaration for NM due to severe storms and flooding  which occurred July 23-28, 2013.

The worst of the losses and damages caused by severe storms and flooding occurred in the counties of Bernalillo, Colfax, Luna, Sandoval, and Socorro and the Cochiti, Kewa (Santa Domingo), San Felipe, and Sandia Pueblos.

2nd Major Disaster Declaration for the Santa Clara Pueblo

A separate Federal Disaster Declaration was signed last week for Santa Clara Pueblo to supplement the Tribe’s efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding during the period of September 13-16, 2013.

Major Disaster Declaration for Santa Clara Pueblo

On September 27, 2013 the Santa Clara Pueblo (Indian Reservation) was declared a Federal Disaster Area due to losses and damages caused by severe storms and flooding during the period of July 19-21, 2013.

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VolcanoWatch Weekly [23 September 2009]

Magnitude 6.4 EQ occurred off SW of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, at a depth of 35 km, today.

FEWW Comments: The strong earthquake may have primed for eruption either one or both of two volcanoes Bárcena, which forms the island of San Benedicto, and Socorro, located on island of the same name, about 380 km to the west of the EQ location.

VOW1: Bárcena

Bárcena volcano forms the elongated island of San Benedicto, seen here from the SW in March 1955. The tuff cone with the circular summit crater at the center and the lava delta to the right were formed during an eruption in 1952-53, the only eruption known from this volcano in historical time. Pleistocene trachytic lava domes are located at the far NE tip of the island. Dark-colored lava domes from the 1952-53 eruption can be seen in the summit crater. Photo by Adrian Richards, 1955. Caption: GVP

VOW2: Socorro

Cerro Evermann, the high point of Socorro Island, rises above a Mexican Naval camp near the southern tip of the island. Socorro lies in the Revillagigedo Islands south of Baja California. Cerro Evermann is a large tephra cone and lava dome complex that forms the 1050-m-high summit of the volcano. Rhyolitic lava domes have been constructed along flank rifts, and silicic lava flows erupted from summit and flank vents have created an extremely irregular shoreline. Only minor explosive activity has occurred in historical time. Photo by Martha Marin, 1998 (Mexican Navy). Caption: GVP

Bárcena  and Socorro are shown to the lower left of the map.

SI /USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report
(16 September – 22 September 2009)

New activity/Unrest:

• Karymsky, Eastern Kamchatka
• Kliuchevskoi, Central Kamchatka (Russia)
• Sakar, Northeast of New Guinea (SW Pacific)
• Shiveluch, Central Kamchatka (Russia)

News From GVP:

• KVERT reported that although seismic activity from Kliuchevskoi did not exceed background levels during 11-18 September, weak tremor was detected. Strombolian activity that ejected tephra 70 m above the crater was seen at night on 16 and 17 September.

• KVERT reported that during 11-18 September seismic activity from Shiveluch was above background levels. On 13 September, pyroclastic flow deposits 5 km long were seen on the S part of the lava dome.  —GVP

Ongoing Activity:

• Bagana, Bougainville
• Batu Tara, Komba Island (Indonesia)
• Chaitén, Southern Chile
• Dukono, Halmahera
• Kilauea, Hawaii (USA)
• Rabaul, New Britain
• Reventador, Ecuador
• Sakura-jima, Kyushu
• Suwanose-jima, Ryukyu Islands (Japan)

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• A New Era of Intense Volcanic Unrest May Have Begun
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• Rumble III Volcano “blew its top!”
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• Volcano Watch Weekly: 23 April 2009

• Weekly Volcano Watch: 16 April 2009
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