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*Subject:* *RSOE EDIS: Turkey - Unusual geological event - 2013.01.03*

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A new submarine volcanic eruption might have recently started off Turkey's
west coast in the Marmaris Sea between the mainland and the Greek Island of
Simi near Rhodes. Scientists from Istanbul's Technical University announced
that they have found evidence of 2 active vents at about 200 m water depth
along a north-south trending fissure of 2.5-3 km length. According to local
newspapers, a rise in sea temperature was detected which suggests that lava
might be erupting from the vents. According to Prof. Ahmet Ercan, it might
take 1-3, or 20 years for the volcano to surface if at all. The area is
located at the eastern end of the volcanically active Hellenic Arc and
volcanic activity here would not be a huge surprise, in fact. Possibly
preceding the eruption, as magma was rising through the crust, the area was
affected by a series of seismic swarms during the past months. According to
the scientists, a previous submarine eruption already occurred here in 2009.