| Abstract: | Clustered earthquakes located 25 km northeast of Augustine Volcano occurred more frequently beginning about 8 months before the volcano?s explosive eruption in 2006. This increase in distal seismicity was contemporaneous with an increase in seismicity directly below the volcano?s vent. Furthermore, the distal seismicity intensified penecontemporaneously with signals in geodetic data that appear to reveal a transition from magmatic inflation of the volcano to dike injection. Focal mechanisms for five events within the distal cluster show strike-slip-fault movement. Directly above the earthquake cluster, shallow (<5 km deep) folds and faults mapped using multichannel seismic-reflection data strike northeast, parallel to the regional structural grain. About 10 km northeast of Augustine Volcano, however, the Augustine-Seldovia arch, an important trans-basin feature, strikes west and intersects the northeast-striking structural zone. We propose that the fault causing the distal earthquake cluster strikes northwest, subparallel to the arch, and is a right-lateral strike-slip fault. Future earthquake monitoring might show whether increasing activity in the remote cluster can aid in making eruption forecasts. |
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| ProdID: | 98935 |
| Citation Author: | Fisher, Michael A.; Ruppert, Natalia A.; White, Randall A.; Sliter, Ray W.; Wong, Florence L. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Alaska Volcano Center |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 119-128 |
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| Citation Public Comments: | Chapter 6 of Power, J.A., Coombs, M.L., and Freymueller, J.T., eds., The 2006 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Professional Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | PP |
| Citation Series Number: | 1769-6 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Distal volcano-tectonic seismicity near Augustine Volcano; 2010; PP; 1769-6; Fisher, Michael A.; Ruppert, Natalia A.; White, Randall A.; Sliter, Ray W.; Wong, Florence L. |
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| Text: | Distal volcano-tectonic seismicity near Augustine Volcano; 2010; PP; 1769-6; Fisher, Michael A.; Ruppert, Natalia A.; White, Randall A.; Sliter, Ray W.; Wong, Florence L. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1769/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
