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A Burp or a Blast? Seismic Signals Reveal the Volcanic Eruption to Come

Last December, a gloopy ooze of lava began extruding out of the summit of La Soufri猫re, a volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. The effusion was slow at first; no one was threatened. Then in late March and early April, the volcano began to emit seismic waves associated with swiftly鈥

Will a volcanic eruption be a burp or a blast?

Perhaps monitoring from space will become the best way to see future phreatic eruptions coming. But so far, no successful long-term forecast of a phreatic eruption has taken place. 鈥淧hreatic eruptions are terrifying,鈥 said 鈥

Whale Songs Could Reveal Deep Secrets Beneath the Oceans

鈥淚t鈥檚 a nice example of how we make use of the data the planet provides for us,鈥 said , a seismologist and volcanologist at Western Washington University not involved with the鈥

Whale Songs Could Reveal Deep Secrets Beneath the Oceans

鈥淚t鈥檚 a nice example of how we make use of the data the planet provides for us,鈥 said , a seismologist and volcanologist at Western Washington University not involved with the鈥

Alaska islands may be part of single, massive volcano

Still, the preliminary research does provide some tantalizing clues to help scientists better understand the current and potential future hazards in this region.

鈥淭his lays a really nice story for future investigation,鈥 says鈥

Alaska islands may be part of single, massive volcano

Still, the preliminary research does provide some tantalizing clues to help scientists better understand the current and potential future hazards in this region.

鈥淭his lays a really nice story for future investigation,鈥 says鈥

40th anniversary of Mount St. Helens eruption to take place virtually amid COVID-19

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach is a geophysics professor at Western Washington University. Dr. Josef Dufek is a professor at the University of Oregon, teaching volcanology in the Department of Earth Sciences. Dr. Steve Malone is a research professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences鈥

Increased Hawaii Seismic Activity Not Considered a Danger

The most likely cause of the recent swarm is a subterranean movement of magmatic fluids within the volcano, although Neal added the earthquakes could also be caused by gas or fluid escaping from Loihi.

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, a Western Washington University professor who has studied鈥

Jackie Caplan-Auerbach to Speak at 草榴社区 on Feb. 12 about the 2018 Eruption of Hawai'i's Kilauea Volcano
Rare Earthquake Swarm Strikes Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, however, 鈥渨hat we鈥檙e looking at here are earthquakes of more or less common size: There鈥檚 still lots of small ones but quite a few fives and then up to the 6.4,鈥 said 

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