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Intense earthquake swarm recorded at Montserrat's Soufriere Hills
20 Dec 2024 02:02 GMT
A swarm of volcanic earthquakes was recorded at the Soufriere Hills Volcano on December 19, prompting temporary restrictions in hazard zones, the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) reported.
The intense sequence of Volcano-Tectonic (VT) earthquakes began …
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Is coal mining causing the 'earthquake swarm' hitting NSW's Hunter Region?
08 Sep 2024 09:49 GMT
By Bridget Murphy and Alexander Lewis, ABC
Glencore's Bulga coal mine in the Hunter Valley.
Photo: AFP / David Gray
Saturday's 4.5-magnitude earthquake at Muswellbrook, in the New South Wales Upper Hunter, was the latest in a series of moderate …
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‘Earthquake swarm’ no cause for concern, experts say after magnitude 4.5 quake in NSW Hunter region
06 Sep 2024 22:42 GMT
… earthquake was part of an “earthquake swarm” in the region: a series …
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Monitoring devices deployed at Muswellbrook after 'earthquake swarm'
07 Sep 2024 05:16 GMT
Trevor Allen, an earthquake seismologist at Geoscience Australia, told the Newcastle Herald on Saturday that while it is well established that the continent is under seismic stress - the gradual accumulation of which eventually causes the rock of the earth …
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Australia earthquakes: Aftershocks likely after Hunter’s ‘earthquake swarm’
07 Sep 2024 04:23 GMT
“That is where we see a series of moderate-sized events, and each of those earthquakes tends to have its own aftershock sequence.”
No major damage has been reported from the quake, despite 1100 felt reports to Geoscience Australia.
Ausgrid has since …
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Aftershocks likely after Hunter's 'earthquake swarm'
07 Sep 2024 01:43 GMT
"When you're removing large volumes of rock mass, you are changing those stress conditions around the area near the mine, and so that can trigger the earth to respond, and it does so by triggering earthquakes," he said.
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Earthquake Swarm Ongoing In Kīlauea Volcano’s Upper East Rift
20 Aug 2024 17:58 GMT
(BIVN) – Kīlauea is not erupting and the USGS Alert Level remains at ADVISORY.
The number of earthquakes on Kīlauea’s upper East Rift Zone increased at around midnight and continued into Tuesday morning. This seismic swarm is on pace to produce the highest …
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Campi Flegrei volcano (Italy): new earthquake swarm, magnitude 4 quake widely felt
26 Jul 2024 23:04 GMT
Today's earthquakes under the Campi Flegrei area (image: INGV OV)A new swarm of earthquakes has started at the Campi Flegrei caldera volcano today at 13:44 local time. 6 earthquakes have been detected so far, the largest with a magnitude of around 4.0 …
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Update On Ongoing Kīlauea Volcano Earthquake Swarm
23 Jul 2024 08:49 GMT
(BIVN) – Kīlauea volcano is not erupting, while increased rates of seismicity and ground deformation are ongoing as of Monday evening.
The uptick in earthquakes began at approximately 11 a.m. on Monday, prompting the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to …
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MIT Uncovers Weather’s Role in Triggering “Earthquake Swarms”
17 Jun 2024 22:47 GMT
… heavy snowfall and rain to earthquake swarms in northern Japan, suggesting that … ’s seismic activity is an “earthquake swarm” — a pattern of multiple, ongoing … Peninsula, before and during the earthquake swarm. They then compared this timeline …