Matt is a Research Geophysicist with the USGS in Anchorage who specializes in volcano seismology. His work involves research on the seismicity and structure of Alaskan volcanoes, volcano monitoring, and the acquisition and processing of data from the AVO seismic network. Matt's interests include volcanic tremor, low frequency seismic signals, seismic noise, infrasound, array methods, and tomography.
Orr, T.R., Dietterich, H.R., Grapenthin, R., Haney, M.M., Loewen, M.W., Saunders-Schultz, P., Tan, D., Waythomas, C.F., and Wech, A.G., 2025, 2022 Volcanic activity in Alaska and the Northern Mariana Islands-Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5108, 46 p. https://doi.org/ 10.3133/sir20245108
Fee, D., Tan, D., Lyons, J., Sciotto, M., Cannata, A., Hotovec-Ellis, A., Girona, T., Wech, A., Roman, D., Haney, M.M., and De Angelis, S., 2025, A generalized deep learning model to detect and classify volcano seismicity: Volcanica v. 8, no. 1, p. 305-323. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol/rjss1878
Haney, M.M., 2025, Generalized Bancroft algorithm for locating earthquakes with P‐ and S‐wave arrival times: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America v. 115, no. 2, p. 367-378. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120240058
Lyons, J.J., Tan, D., Angarita, M., Loewen, M.W., Lopez, T., Grapenthin, R., Hotovec-Ellis, A.J., Fee, D., and Haney, M.W., 2025, Identifying precursors and tracking pulses of magma ascent in multidisciplinary data during the 2018–2023 phreatomagmatic eruption at Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research v. 463, 108329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108329
Tan, D., Fee, D., Izbekov, P., Lopez, T., Girona, T., Burgos, V., McNutt, S., Haney, M., Wasser, V., Larsen, J., Grapenthin, R., Angarita, M., Saunders-Shultz, P., Shreve, T., and Moshrefzadeh, J., 2025, Vent-specific unrest at Pavlof Volcano, Alaska - Insights from multidisciplinary data: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research v. 468, 108465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2025.108465
Orr, T.R., Dietterich, H.R., Fee D., Girona, T., Grapenthin, R., Haney, M.M., Loewen, M.W., Lyons, J.J., Power, J.A., Schwaiger, H.F., Schneider, D.J., Tan, D., Toney, L., Wasser, V.K., and Waythomas, C.F., 2024, 2021 Volcanic activity in Alaska and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Summary of events and response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2024-5014, 64 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20245014.
Tan, D., Fee, D., Witsil, A.,Girona, T., Haney, M., Wech, A., Waythomas, C., and Lopez, T., 2024, Detection and characterization of seismic and acoustic signals at Pavlof Volcano, Alaska, using deep learning: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth v. 129, no. 6, e2024JB029194. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029194
Schulte-Pelkum, V., and Haney, M.M., 2024, Fault–dike–magma interactions inferred from transcrustal conical structures under Akutan Volcano: Seismological Research Letters v. 95, no. 5, p .2663-2673. https://doi-org.uaf.idm.oclc.org/10.1785/0220240119
Coombs, M.L., Cameron, C.E., Dietterich, H.R., Boyce, E.S., Wech, A.G., Grapenthin, R., Wallace, K.L., Parker, T., Lopez, T., Crass, S., Fee, D., Haney, M.M., Ketner, D., Loewen, M.W., Lyons, J.J., Nakai, J.S., Power, J.A., Botnick, S., Brewster, I., Enders, M.L., Harmon, D., Kelly, P.J., and Randall, M., 2024, From field station to forecast: managing data at the Alaska Volcano Observatory: Bulletin of Volcanology v. 86, 79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-024-01766-0
Kupres, C.A., Yang, X., Haney, M., and Roman, D.C., 2024, Sustained co-eruptive increase in seismic velocity below Great Sitkin Volcano due to magma extrusion: Geophysical Research Letters v. 51, no. 15, e2024GL108991. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108991
Garza-Girón, R., Brodsky, E.E., Spica, Z.J., Haney, M.M., and Webley, P.W., 2023, A Specific Earthquake Processing Workflow for Studying Long-Lived, Explosive Volcanic Eruptions With Application to the 2008 Okmok Volcano, Alaska, Eruption: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth v. 128, no. 5, article no. e2022JB025882, 16 p. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025882.
Bishop, J.W, Haney, M.M., Fee, D., Matoza, R.S., McKee, K.F., Lyons, J.J., 2023, Back-azimuth estimation of air-to-ground coupled infrasound from transverse coherence minimization: The Seismic Record v. 3, no. 4, p. 249-258.
https://doi.org/10.1785/0320230023
Bishop, J.W., Haney, M.W., Fee, D., Matoza, R.S., McKee, K.F., and Lyons, J.J., 2023, Back‐azimuth estimation of air‐to‐ground coupled infrasound from transverse coherence minimization: The Seismic Record v. 3, no. 4, p. 249-258. https://doi.org/10.1785/0320230023.
Yang, X., Roman, D.C., Haney, M., and Kupres, C.A., 2023, Double reservoirs imaged below Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska, explain the migration of volcanic seismicity: Geophysical Research Letters v. 50, n. 11, 11 p. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102438.
Garza-Girón, R., E.E. Brodsky, Z.J. Spica, M.M. Haney, P.W. Webley, 2023, Earthquakes record cycles of opening and closing in the enhanced seismic catalog of the 2008 Okmok Volcano, Alaska, eruption: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth v. 123, no. 7, e2023JB026893. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB026893
Sanderson, R.W., Matoza, R.S., Fee, D., Haney, M.M., and Lyons, J.J., 2023, Infrasound single-channel noise reduction: application to detection and localization of explosive volcanism in Alaska using backprojection and array processing: Geophysical Journal International v. 232, no. 2, p. 1684-1712. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac182
Tan. D., Fee, D., Hotovec-Ellis, A.J., Pesicek, J.D., Haney, M.M., Power, J.A., and Girona, T., 2023, Volcanic earthquake catalog enhancement using integrated detection, matched-filtering, and relocation tools: Frontiers in Earth Science v. 11, 1158442. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1158442
Bai, Tong, Nayak, Avinash, Thurber, Clifford, Zeng, Xiangfang, and Haney, Mathew, 2021, Ambient noise tomography of the Katmai volcanic area, Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 419, article no. 107373, 10 p., doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107373.
Fee, David, Toney, Liam, Kim, Keehoon, Sanderson, R.W., Iezzi, A.M., Matoza, R.S., De Angelis, Silvio, Jolly, A.D., Lyons, J.J., and Haney, M.M., 2021, Local explosion detection and infrasound localization by reverse time migration using 3-D finite-difference wave propagation: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 9, article no. 620813, 14 p., https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.620813.
Haney M.M., Buurman, Helena, Holtkamp Stephen, and McNutt, S.R., 2021, Monochromatic long-period seismicity prior to the 2012 earthquake swarm at Little Sitkin Volcano, Alaska: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 9, article no. 689651, 13 p. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.689651.
Toney, Liam, Fee, David, Allstadt, K.E., Haney, M.M., and Matoza, R.S., 2021, Reconstructing the dynamics of the highly similar May 2016 and June 2019 Iliamna Volcano (Alaska) ice-rock avalanches from seismoacoustic data: Earth Surface Dynamics, v. 9, p. 271-293, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-271-2021.
Bennington, N.L., Ohlendorf, S.J., Thurber, C.H., and Haney, M.M., 2021, Spatiotemporal analysis of seismic velocity changes at Okmok volcano, Alaska and implications from deformation source modeling: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 561, p. 1-11.
Power, J.A., Roman, D.C., Lyons, J.J., Haney, M.M., Rasmussen, D.J., Plank, Terry, Nicolaysen, K.P., Izbekov, Pavel, Werner, Cynthia, Kaufman, A.M., 2021, Volcanic seismicity beneath Chuginadak Island, Alaska (Cleveland and Tana volcanoes): implications for magma dynamics and eruption forecasting: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 412, no.107182, 18 p., 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2021.107182.
Gestrich, J.E., Fee, David, Tsai, V.C., Haney, M.M., and Van Eaton, A.R., 2020, A physical model for volcanic eruption tremor: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 125, e2019JB018980. https://doi.org/
10.1029/2019JB018980.
Haney, M.M., Van Eaton, A.R., Lyons, J.J., Kramer, R.L., Fee, David, Iezzi, A.M., Dziak, R.P., Anderson, Jacob, Johnson, J.B., Lapierre, J.L., and Stock, Michael, 2020, Characteristics of thunder and electromagnetic pulses from volcanic lightning at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1349-y.
Haney, M.M., Fee, David, McKee, K.F., Lyons, J.J., Matoza, R.S., Wech, A.G., Tepp, Gabrielle, Searcy, Cheryl, and Mikesell, T.D., 2020, Co-eruptive tremor from Bogoslof volcano: seismic wavefield composition at regional distances: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1347-0.
Lopez, Taryn, Lieven, Clarisse, Schwaiger, Hans, Van Eaton, Alexa, Loewen, Matthew, Fee, David, Lyons, John, Wallace, Kristi, Searcy, Cheryl, Wech, Aaron, Haney, Matthew, Schnieder, David, and Graham, Nathan, 2020, Constraints on eruption processes and event masses for the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska, through evalution of IASI satellite SO2 masses and complementary datasets: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1348-z.
Schwaiger, H.F., Lyons, J.J., Iezzi, A.M., Fee, David, and Haney, M.M., 2020, Evolving infrasound detections from Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: insights from atmospheric propagation modeling: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, n. 27, doi:10.1007/s00445-020-1360-3.
Power, J.A., Haney, M.M., Botnick, S.M., Dixon, J.P., Fee, David, Kaufman, A.M., Ketner, D.M., Lyons, J.J., Parker, Tom, Paskievitch, J.F., Read, C.W., Searcy, Cheryl, Stihler, S.D., Tepp, Gabrielle, and Wech, A.G., 2020, Goals and development of the Alaska Volcano Observatory seismic network and application to forecasting and detecting volcanic eruptions: Seismological Research Letters, doi: 10.1785/0220190216 .
Lyons, J.J., Iezzi, A.M., Fee, David, Schwaiger, H.F., Wech, A.G., and Haney, M.M., 2020, Infrasound generated by the 2016-2017 shallow submarine eruption of Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, n. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1355-0.
Miller, D.J., Bennington, Ninfa, Haney, M.M., Bedrosian, Paul, Key, Kerry, Thurber, Clifford, Hart, Laney, and Ohlendorf, Summer, 2020, Linking magma storage and ascent to eruption volume and composition at an arc caldera: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 47, article no. e2020GL088122, 9 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088122.
Sanderson, R.W., Matoza, R.S., Fee, David, Haney, M.M., and Lyons, J.J., 2020, Remote detection and location of explosive volcanism in Alaska with the EarthScope Transportable Array: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 125, 23 p., doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018347
Tepp, Gabrielle, Dziak, R.P., Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Searcy, Cheryl, Matsumoto, Haru, and Haxel, Joseph, 2020, Seismic and hydroacoustic observations of the 2016-17 Bogoslof eruption: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-019-1344-3.
Iezzi, A.M., Fee, David, Haney, M.M., and Lyons, J.J., 2020, Seismo-acoustic characterization of Mount Cleveland Volcano explosions: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 8, no. 573368, 19 p., doi:10.3389/feart.2020.573368.
Fee, David, Lyons, John, Haney, Matthew, Wech, Aaron, Waythomas, Christopher, Diefenbach, A.K., Lopez, Taryn, Van Eaton, Alexa, and Schneider, David, 2020, Seismo-acoustic evidence for vent drying during shallow submarine eruptions at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 82, n. 2, 14 p.,doi:10.1007/s00445-019-1326-5.
Power, J.A., Friberg, P.A., Haney, M.M., Parker, T., Stihler, S.D., and Dixon, J.P., 2019, A unified catalog of earthquake hypocenters and magnitudes at volcanoes in Alaska—1989 to 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2019–5037, 17 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195037.
Iezzi, A.M., Schwaiger, H.F., Fee, D., and Haney, M.M., 2019, Application of an updated atmospheric model to explore volcano infrasound propagation and detection in Alaska: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 371, p. 192-205, doi:10.1016/j.volgeores.2018.03.009.
Dixon, J.P., Stihler S.D., Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Ketner, D.M., Mulliken, K.M., Parker, T., and Power, J.A., 2019, Catalog of earthquake parameters and description of seismograph and infrasound stations at Alaskan volcanoes - January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1115, 92 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1115.
Tepp, Gabrielle, and Haney, Matthew, 2019, Comparison of short-term seismic precursors and explosion parameters during the 2016-2017 Bogoslof eruption: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 81, n. 63, doi:10.1007/s00445-019-1323-8.
Lyons, J.J., Haney, M.M., Fee, David, Wech, A.G., and Waythomas, C.F., 2019, Infrasound from giant bubbles during explosive submarine eruptions: Nature Geoscience, v. 12, p. 952-958, doi:10.1038/s41561-019-0461-0.
Haney, M.M., Matoza, R.S., Fee. David, and Aldridge, David, 2018, Seismic equivalents of volcanic jet scaling laws and multipoles in acoustics: Geophysical Journal International, v. 213, n. 1, p. 623-636, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggx554.
Coombs, M.L., Wech, A.G., Haney, M.M., Lyons, J.J., Schneider, D.J., Schwaiger, H.F., Wallace, K.L., Fee, David, Freymueller, J.T., Schaefer, J.R., and Tepp, Gabrielle, 2018, Short-term forecasting and detection of explosions during the 2016-2017 eruption of Bogoslof Volcano, Alaska: Frontiers in Earth Science, v. 6, article 122, doi: 10.3389/feart.2018.00122 .
Haney, M.M., Van Eaton, A.R., Lyon, J.J., Kramer, R.L., Fee, David, Iexxi, A.M., 2018, Volcanic thunder from explosive eruptions at Bogoslof volcano, Alaska: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 45, n. 8, doi: 10.1002/2017/GL076911.
Waythomas, C.F., Haney, M.M., Wallace, K.L., Cameron, C.E., and Schneider, D.J., 2017, The 2014 eruptions of Pavlof Volcano, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5129, 27 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175129.
Fee, David, Haney, M.H., Matoza, R.S., Van Eaton, A.R., Cervelli, Peter, Schneider, D.J., and Iezzi, A.M., 2017, Volcanic tremor and plume height hysteresis from Pavlof Volcano, Alaska: Science, v. 355, n. 6320, p. 45-48, doi:10.1126/science.aah6108
Fee, D., Haney, M., Matoza, R., Szuberla, C., Lyons, J., and Waythomas, C., 2016, Seismic Envelope‐Based Detection and Location of Ground‐Coupled Airwaves from Volcanoes in Alaska: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 106, n. 3, p. 1-12.
Masterlark, T., Donovan, T., Feigl, K. L., Haney, M., Thurber, C. H., and Tung, S., 2016, Volcano deformation source parameters estimated from InSAR: Sensitivities to uncertainties in seismic tomography: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 121, n. 4, p. 3002-3016.
Bennington, N.L., Haney, Matthew, De Angelis, Silvio, Thurber, C.H., and Freymueller, Jeffrey, 2015, Monitoring changes in seismic velocity related to an ongoing rapid inflation event at Okmok volcano, Alaska: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, v. 120, p. 5664-5676, doi:10.1002/2015JB01
Haney, M.M., 2014, Backprojection of volcanic tremor: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 41, p. 1923-1928, doi:10.1002/2013GL058836
Waythomas, C.F., Haney, M.M., Fee, David, Schneider, D.J., and Wech, Aaron, 2014: The 2013 eruption of Pavlof Volcano, Alaska: a spatter eruption at an ice- and snow-clad volcano: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 76, n. 862, 12 p., doi: 10.1007/s00445-014-0862-2
Dixon, J.P., Stihler, S.D, Power, J.A., Haney, Matt, Parker, Tom, Searcy, C.K., and Prejean, Stephanie, 2013, Catalog of earthquake hypocenters at Alaskan volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2012: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 789, 84 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/789/ .
Power, J.A., Stihler, S.D., Chouet, B.A., Haney, M.M., and Ketner, D.M., 2013, Seismic observations of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska - 1989-2010 and a conceptual model of the Redoubt magmatic system: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 259, p. 31-44, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.09.014
Haney, M.M., Chouet, B.A., Dawson, P.B., and Power, J.A., 2013, Source characterization for an explosion during the 2009 eruption of Redoubt Volcano from very-long-period seismic waves: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 259, p. 77-88, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.04.018
De Angelis, Silvio, Fee, David, Haney, Matthew, and Schneider, David, 2012, Detecting hidden volcanic explosions from Mt. Cleveland volcano, Alaska, with infrasound and ground-coupled airwaves: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 39, L21312, 6 p., doi: 10.1029/2012GL053635 .
Thurber, Clifford, Murphy, Rachel, Prejean, Stephanie, Haney, Matthew, Bennington, Ninfa, Powell, Lee, and Paskievitch, John, 2012: Earthquake studies reveal the magmatic plumbing system of the Katmai volcanoes: in Winfree, Robert (project lead), Katmai Science Studies: Alaska Park Science Journal, v. 11, n. 1, p. 34-39, available online at http://www.nps.gov/akso/nature/science/ak_park_science/volume_11_issue_1.cfm .
Haney, M.M., Mikesell, T.D., van Wijk, Kasper, and Nakahara, Hisashi, 2012, Extension of the spatial autocorrelation (SPAC) method to mixed-component correlations of surface waves: Geophysical Journal International, v. 191, p. 189-206, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05597.x .
Winfree, Robert, with contributions from Bacon, C.R., Bennett, A.J., Bennington, Ninfa, Berg, E.E., Brooks, Margi, Coletti, H.A., Coombs, M.L., Fierstein, Judy, Freeburg, Gary, Frost, G.V., Haney, Matthew, Jorgenson, M.T., Miller, A.E., Moran, Seth, Murphy, Rachel, Partnow, Patricia, Paskievitch, John, Stevens, D.P., Powell, Lee, Power, John, Prejean, S.G., Schaaf, Jeanne, Sherriff, R.L., Thurber, Clifford, and Welchman, R.A., 2012, Katmai science studies: Alaska Park Science Journal, v. 11, n. 1, 96 p., available online at http://www.nps.gov/akso/nature/science/ak_park_science/volume_11_issue_1.cfm .
Masterlark, Timothy, Feigl, K.L., Haney, Matthew, Stone, Jonathan, Thurber, Clifford, and Ronchin, Erika, 2012, Nonlinear estimation of geometric parameters in FEMs of volcano deformation: Integrating tomography models and geodetic data for Okmok volcano, Alaska: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, B02407, 17p., doi:10.1029/2011JB008811 .
Haney, M.M., 2010, Location and mechanism of very long period tremor during the 2008 eruption of Okmok Volcano from interstation arrival times: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, n. B00B05, 13 p.,
doi: 10.1029/2010JB007440 .
Masterlark, T, M. Haney, H. Dickinson, T. Fournier and C. Searcy (2010), Rheologic and structural controls on the deformation of Okmok Volcano, Alaska: FEM's, InSAR, and ambient noise tomography: Journal of Geophysical Research v. 115, n. B02409, doi:10.1029/2009JB006324.
Haney, M.M., 2010, Volcano monitoring with continuous seismic correlations: examples using ambient noise and volcanic tremor [abs.]: Seismological Research Letters, v. 81, n. 2, p. 351.
Larsen, J., Neal, C., Webley, P., Freymueller, J., Haney, M., McNutt, S., Schneider, D., Prejean, S., Schaefer, J., and Wessels, R., 2009, Eruption of Alaska volcano breaks historic pattern: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 90, n. 20, p. 173-174.
Haney, M.M., 2009, Infrasonic ambient noise interferometry from correlations of microbaroms: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 36, n. L19808, 5 p., doi: 10.1029/2009GL04017 .
Haney, M.M., van Wijk, Kasper, Preston, L.A., and Aldridge, D.F., 2009, Observation and modeling of source effects in coda wave interferometry at Pavlof Volcano: The Leading Edge, v. 28, n. 5, p. 554-560, doi: 10.1190/1.3124930 .
Prejean, S., Haney, M., Pesicek, J., and Thurber, C., 2008, Seismicity and structure of the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska, revealed [abs.]: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 89, n. 53, 1 p.