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Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby The_Honourable » June 28th, 2025, 9:41 pm

Said to have began early on Friday morning near the Erin Bouffe mud volcanic park

Landslip Alert: R.E. Road, Los Iros

Today, there was a significant landslip along R.E. Road in Los Iros. Despite no reports of seismic activity, the Earth has shifted dramatically, with some areas of the land rising 8 to 10 feet in the air. The aftermath was with numerous dams broken and the landscape in a deplorable state. Approximately, we may have lost 2 kilometres of roadway. This is a vital route for over fifty farms that falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture, highlighting the urgent need for intervention and support.
We urge everyone to exercise extreme caution in the area.

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby VexXx Dogg » June 28th, 2025, 9:56 pm

That’s insane

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby paid_influencer » June 28th, 2025, 10:29 pm

govt need need a geologist or volancologist to weigh in, maybe hold a press conference

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby pugboy » June 28th, 2025, 10:43 pm

check rowlee

paid_influencer wrote:govt need need a geologist or volancologist to weigh in, maybe hold a press conference


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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby goalpost » June 29th, 2025, 8:47 am

Wta going on dey?

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby sMASH » June 29th, 2025, 9:11 am

Same mechanism that csused the island to form off the coast there a few years ago, happening there , but on land this time.
U dint know if it will explode like piparo or just Seep up like the other mud volcanos.

Would be nice to know if authorities are doing gas testing and seismology monitoring .
Not saying that they aren't , just saying that we don't know if...


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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby The_Honourable » June 29th, 2025, 3:11 pm

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Los Iros - The earth movement continues. Uplift (Toe thrust) in the area at the bottom of the slope. This is not a land slide the material was pushed up from under onto the shoreline. The Ministry and MP is on top of things working out a plan for the affected farmers.

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby timelapse » June 30th, 2025, 7:26 am

I went down there on Saturday, just out of pure fassness.
I am in no way a seismic/geology expert so let me start there.
Those videos and pictures do no justice at all to the current situation.

The area is on the hillside over looking the sea, we followed the cracks from the area shown in those videos down to the beach.It is not an easy trek.There is one clear visible fissure in the ground that fans out .The cracks along the road are the most visible, but those are the SMALLER cracks. We followed it to some places where the ground dropped to about 20-25 feet. This is not like a regular earthquake. My suspicion is that there is a large deposit of gasses underground and seismic activity triggered it to leak,causing the land to drop into the hollow left behind.

There is a distinct smell of sulphur in some places, but what was most alarming is that in a couple locations, there is bubbling coming out of the ground that has a distinct smell similar to gasolene\diesel.

The farmers have lost a lot of infrastructure and land. The ground literally fell out underneath their crops in some places.At this point , they can do nothing except salvage what they can.The irrigation ponds that they had have drained through crack in the ground.

At the beach, there is a gigantic heap of rubble where the material from on the hill crept.It was about 20-25 feet high at the time we were there.The sea water was already breaking it down while we were there. I found a couple pieces of Iron Pyrite while looking through some rocks which I think is an indicator of volcanic activity.

This is just a waiting game at this point.Please exercise EXTREME caution if you decide to play fass like me. It is a long walk with no overhead cover, but plenty of bush .

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby The_Honourable » June 30th, 2025, 6:36 pm

The damage at Los Iros RE Road is horrendous. If the amount of destruction following the 2018 earthquake left you shocked... this fault reactivation in 2025 truly shows how quickly some tectonic forces can tear apart everything.

In 2018 a fault in the Los Iros area was activated after the earthquake. It broke several roads by as much as 20ft of offset in places. It then resulted in the southern area leading to the beach / coastline becoming unstable and slipping southwards. This then resulted in toe thrusting occurring on the beach uplifting the beach by 13ft and pushing the coastline southward by 106m.

A couple days ago this fault moved again and much more this time... approx 50ft of offset and destabilizing the southern area even more. Fault movement indicators such as slickenlines are noted clearly throughout the area. Strong left lateral motion along the main fault with predominantly vertical dip slip faulting in areas south of the RE Road. Buildings are virtually destroyed. The reactivation of the fault could have been triggered by an earthquake but it could just as likely been triggered by the super saturated soil from the rains increasing the overburden. The saturation would have also reduced the friction and help provide a plane for the overlying rocks to be slid generally south eastward.

The areas to the north (footwall of the fault) as per 2018 remain largely unchanged and undisturbed.

With the significant fault motion, and rainfall it is very likely that the area will continue to slip before temporarily establishing equilibrium.

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby sMASH » June 30th, 2025, 9:29 pm

Seems to be a continuation of everything .
The recent quakes in the region over the Kat months , prolly shake lose some gas deposits , and thst worked it's way up the strata causing uneven pressures underneath. The rainfall loosening up the soil from the top.


As the gas getting closer to the surface, there will be Less Weight above it to hold it down .. So u might get a piparo again.

One good jolt from an earthquake and that gas push up... Lol.

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby Dizzy28 » July 1st, 2025, 9:21 am

sMASH wrote:Seems to be a continuation of everything .
The recent quakes in the region over the Kat months , prolly shake lose some gas deposits , and thst worked it's way up the strata causing uneven pressures underneath. The rainfall loosening up the soil from the top.


As the gas getting closer to the surface, there will be Less Weight above it to hold it down .. So u might get a piparo again.

One good jolt from an earthquake and that gas push up... Lol.


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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby timelapse » July 1st, 2025, 9:27 am

sMASH wrote:Seems to be a continuation of everything .
The recent quakes in the region over the Kat months , prolly shake lose some gas deposits , and thst worked it's way up the strata causing uneven pressures underneath. The rainfall loosening up the soil from the top.


As the gas getting closer to the surface, there will be Less Weight above it to hold it down .. So u might get a piparo again.

One good jolt from an earthquake and that gas push up... Lol.

A bit different from Piparo. The rock types are mostly sandstone here.
There is one major fracture that fans out .
The gasses seem to be seeping out for whatever reason and creating empty pockets in the sand stone which are caving in. The land is dropping.
The only disturbing part is the type of gas that I smelled. The sulphur smell is normal. The gasolene type smell is a red flag

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby sMASH » July 1st, 2025, 10:30 am

Dizzy28 wrote:
sMASH wrote:Seems to be a continuation of everything .
The recent quakes in the region over the Kat months , prolly shake lose some gas deposits , and thst worked it's way up the strata causing uneven pressures underneath. The rainfall loosening up the soil from the top.


As the gas getting closer to the surface, there will be Less Weight above it to hold it down .. So u might get a piparo again.

One good jolt from an earthquake and that gas push up... Lol.


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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby sMASH » July 1st, 2025, 10:43 am

timelapse wrote:
sMASH wrote:Seems to be a continuation of everything .
The recent quakes in the region over the Kat months , prolly shake lose some gas deposits , and thst worked it's way up the strata causing uneven pressures underneath. The rainfall loosening up the soil from the top.


As the gas getting closer to the surface, there will be Less Weight above it to hold it down .. So u might get a piparo again.

One good jolt from an earthquake and that gas push up... Lol.

A bit different from Piparo. The rock types are mostly sandstone here.
There is one major fracture that fans out .
The gasses seem to be seeping out for whatever reason and creating empty pockets in the sand stone which are caving in. The land is dropping.
The only disturbing part is the type of gas that I smelled. The sulphur smell is normal. The gasolene type smell is a red flag
It's not dropping, it being pushed up. And the recent rainfall made it more fluid , so it rolling off to the sides.

Think typical volcano with hot plume rising, swelling thr land upwards , like yellow stone park. Now think the land above is lose material so as soon as it goes up it's sheeting off to the sides .. Like ur lifting up a spoon of grind dhal.

Instead of magma , it's petrochemical gasses but the same mechanical effect.


When I say like piparo , I didn't mean the mud. I meant the rapid gaseous escape expelling material. In the case of piparo it was mud, and in this case it woudl be what ever.

But as rain continues to fall, it will Seep down, fluidize the ground material more (be it mud or sand) , making the ground layers weaker and allowing the gas to push through.

The issue is, if it will push through at a steady rate or all at once.

If we get a few more quakes in that basin between trinidad and Venezuela , and more rain , i think it will be a sudden rapid escape.
... Like piparo and the off shore island

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby timelapse » July 1st, 2025, 10:53 am

sMASH wrote:
timelapse wrote:
sMASH wrote:Seems to be a continuation of everything .
The recent quakes in the region over the Kat months , prolly shake lose some gas deposits , and thst worked it's way up the strata causing uneven pressures underneath. The rainfall loosening up the soil from the top.


As the gas getting closer to the surface, there will be Less Weight above it to hold it down .. So u might get a piparo again.

One good jolt from an earthquake and that gas push up... Lol.

A bit different from Piparo. The rock types are mostly sandstone here.
There is one major fracture that fans out .
The gasses seem to be seeping out for whatever reason and creating empty pockets in the sand stone which are caving in. The land is dropping.
The only disturbing part is the type of gas that I smelled. The sulphur smell is normal. The gasolene type smell is a red flag
It's not dropping, it being pushed up. And the recent rainfall made it more fluid , so it rolling off to the sides.

Think typical volcano with hot plume rising, swelling thr land upwards , like yellow stone park. Now think the land above is lose material so as soon as it goes up it's sheeting off to the sides .. Like ur lifting up a spoon of grind dhal.

Instead of magma , it's petrochemical gasses but the same mechanical effect.


When I say like piparo , I didn't mean the mud. I meant the rapid gaseous escape expelling material. In the case of piparo it was mud, and in this case it woudl be what ever.

But as rain continues to fall, it will Seep down, fluidize the ground material more (be it mud or sand) , making the ground layers weaker and allowing the gas to push through.

The issue is, if it will push through at a steady rate or all at once.

If we get a few more quakes in that basin between trinidad and Venezuela , and more rain , i think it will be a sudden rapid escape.
... Like piparo and the off shore island

Watch the pics.
Think more along the lines of the land pulling apart at a fault line instead of pushing together. The land is definitely not rising,or expelling material .You can see the existing height of the land , and where it dropped.Check my FB.

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby sMASH » July 1st, 2025, 12:13 pm

timelapse wrote:
sMASH wrote:
timelapse wrote:
sMASH wrote:Seems to be a continuation of everything .
The recent quakes in the region over the Kat months , prolly shake lose some gas deposits , and thst worked it's way up the strata causing uneven pressures underneath. The rainfall loosening up the soil from the top.


As the gas getting closer to the surface, there will be Less Weight above it to hold it down .. So u might get a piparo again.

One good jolt from an earthquake and that gas push up... Lol.

A bit different from Piparo. The rock types are mostly sandstone here.
There is one major fracture that fans out .
The gasses seem to be seeping out for whatever reason and creating empty pockets in the sand stone which are caving in. The land is dropping.
The only disturbing part is the type of gas that I smelled. The sulphur smell is normal. The gasolene type smell is a red flag
It's not dropping, it being pushed up. And the recent rainfall made it more fluid , so it rolling off to the sides.

Think typical volcano with hot plume rising, swelling thr land upwards , like yellow stone park. Now think the land above is lose material so as soon as it goes up it's sheeting off to the sides .. Like ur lifting up a spoon of grind dhal.

Instead of magma , it's petrochemical gasses but the same mechanical effect.


When I say like piparo , I didn't mean the mud. I meant the rapid gaseous escape expelling material. In the case of piparo it was mud, and in this case it woudl be what ever.

But as rain continues to fall, it will Seep down, fluidize the ground material more (be it mud or sand) , making the ground layers weaker and allowing the gas to push through.

The issue is, if it will push through at a steady rate or all at once.

If we get a few more quakes in that basin between trinidad and Venezuela , and more rain , i think it will be a sudden rapid escape.
... Like piparo and the off shore island

Watch the pics.
Think more along the lines of the land pulling apart at a fault line instead of pushing together. The land is definitely not rising,or expelling material .You can see the existing height of the land , and where it dropped.Check my FB.
I didn't say pushing together . I said the gas is pushing upwards , but the layers of land on the surface are NOT MOVING UP OR TOGETHER . But its falling off to the sides, cause it's very lose... no significant cohesion.

Rain loosening from the top and the quakes weakening from underneath.

BOOM!

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby st7 » July 1st, 2025, 3:10 pm

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if anyone is reading this and dont know any better, do not acknowledge the user smash info as accurate since he is not an expert on the topic

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Postby timelapse » July 2nd, 2025, 10:39 am

sMASH wrote:I didn't say pushing together . I said the gas is pushing upwards , but the layers of land on the surface are NOT MOVING UP OR TOGETHER . But its falling off to the sides, cause it's very lose... no significant cohesion.

Rain loosening from the top and the quakes weakening from underneath.

BOOM!

Great theory , minus facts.

Little to no rainfall on that side.Quakes loosening the whole hill. The water you see in the videos are the irrigation ponds built by the farmers draining into the cracks because the place is soooooooo dry.
My guess is that any kind of eruption will be in the sea similar to what happened in the area before and what happened in Chatham some decades ago

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Postby st7 » July 2nd, 2025, 8:27 pm

anyone recall the 'earthquake' that was only felt in chaguanas last year?

i never heard rumbling before, especially before an 'earthquake' - it was quite an experience and i wonder if that was natural or not...

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Postby timelapse » July 3rd, 2025, 7:09 am

st7 wrote:anyone recall the 'earthquake' that was only felt in chaguanas last year?

i never heard rumbling before, especially before an 'earthquake' - it was quite an experience and i wonder if that was natural or not...

I was living in Chase Village at the time. That was some freakish rumbling.
Then some years ago it is alleged that a certain group of people were testing out explosives and causing very short lived tremors in the Munroe road area.

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby redmanjp » July 8th, 2025, 5:59 pm

man tiefing a whole set ah tomatoes while everybody watching d ground

https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/thief-steals-3000-pounds-of-tomatoes-in-los-iros-6.2.2350658.969f1c86be

i hope the farmer at least get d license plate while he was stuck in d mud

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Re: Active Faultline - Major Land Movement at Los Iros

Postby screwbash » July 8th, 2025, 6:33 pm

give that part of Trinidad to them venez to live there.

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