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Axial Eruption or a Diking Event??

Axial Caldera Science Site PN3B

Installed OOI Cable Array, Axial Caldera. Data from most instruments have been streaming to shore since last summer and are archived at the University of Washington. Installed OOI Cable Array, Axial Caldera. Data from most instruments have been streaming to shore since last summer and are archived at the University of Washington. × Axial_geodetic_time_series ×

Axial even more restless and the wiring is working.

At about 0630 GMT on April 24 (2330 Pacific Time - April 23, 2015) Axial Seamount deformation became much more active. Based on newly available data from the website maintained by Bill Chadwick of Oregon State University and NOAA/PMEL, the sea floor Bottom Pressure Tilt Sensor at the Central Caldera Site began to deflate. The event lasted about 12 hours and the drop was nearly 2 meters. In almost the same timeframe, the daily earthquake count went from less than a thousand events per day, to nearly 8,000 events/day for the brief period on the 24th of April according to the automatic tabulations provided by William Wilcock on his Blog Site. Please click on the Related File "Axial Activity Intensifies" for a more complete account. This location will periodically be updated with additional news as it becomes available.