Earthquakes located under Mount Spurr, Alaska from January 1, 2023 to July 2, 2024. The top panel shows earthquake depths through time and the bottom panel shows earthquakes per day. The size of the circles in the top panel reflects the magnitude of the earthquakes as shown in the legend. An increase in the amount and occurrence of deep low frequency earthquakes began in April 2024, the overall rate of earthquakes has decreased the past few weeks. A seismic network outage in early 2024 limited AVO's ability to locate earthquakes. The increase in earthquakes in summer 2023 is related to nearby glaciers and not associated with volcanic activity.
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