*Brīdināt* *Warnen**ALERT* Large Earthquake Reported Under Mt. Sornburg (Uguns kalns)- Scientists Believe Large Eruption Unlikely
Noversk, Dolgavia
May, 3rd 4702
In Dolgavian it is called Uguns kalns (Fire Mountain) this large composite volcano in 60 miles from Noversk has been asleep for nearly 200 years. Its last activity was when it built Ole's Dome an eruption cycle that lasted 15 years in which it explodid dacitic pumice across Western Dolgavia. However this ended in 4512 and has been quiet ever since. Pervious eruptions show debris flows now covered up by the outskirts of Noverisk.
Hikers on Ole's Rock that the last eruptive cycle of Mt. Sornberg created.
This all ended today when the dormant volcano jolted back to life with a 5.7 magnitude earthquake. This was then followed by a dozen smaller tremors all coming from the same area under Sornberg.
Geologist Marwin Rohrbach from the Miķelsons Institute for Geology in Akiums explains what is happening in an interview today
Dolgavia has over 20 volcanoes that have eruptied in the last 1,000 years. This in Geologic time is nothing. Most of them like Sornberg have active magma chambers. These earthquakes clearly show that Magma is moving under Sornberg. This group of earthquakes is what Geologists call an "earthquake swarm". This usually is a precursor to volcanic activity. We see volcanoes active in Dovani and other places such as Verona and Solentia but we have to remind ourselves that our ecosystem is harnessed and shaped by volcanoes. We have had several volcanoes in Dolgavia like Mt. Vecpuiši and Mt. Sals that have been continually active throughout even modern times. They are constantly venting steam and erupting small amounts of steam and ash. However this development is really serious because this volcano unlike the aforementioned is near a major population center and notorious for large violent eruptions. We will be adding 3 more seismographs up on Sornberg so that we can keep a close eye on its activity.
Mt. Sornberg Rising above Noverisk
The 14,891foot mountain (4538 meters) is the tallest mountain in Dolgavia and the most dangerous. The towns of Stuttenberg, Sūnasgrad and Noverisk are all either entirely or partially built on previous lava plows from former eruptive periods. However scientists are still saying that it is very unlikely that Sornberg generates a major eruption soon.