Event Name : Spurr 2014/6
Start: | June 2014 | Observed |  |
Stop: | October 2014 | Observed |  |
Glacier outburst flood: |
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Seismicity with no confirmed eruption: |
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Eruption Type: | Not an eruption. | |
Other | "" | |
Description: From Cameron and others, 2017: "A swarm of low-frequency earthquakes began in early June, following a M3.8 earthquake 13 km (8 mi) west of Mount Spurr. A total of 300 earthquakes were located in this swarm, which ended in mid-October. A swarm in the same area occurred in late 2012. The cause of the swarm remains undetermined. In 2004, seismicity, surface heat flux, and gas emissions suggested a magmatic intrusion (Power, 2004; Neal and others, 2005; Coombs and others, 2006).
"At 20:20 UTC (11:20 a.m. AKDT) on September 10, the Spurr seismograph network recorded a signal interpreted by AVO seismologists as a glacial outburst flood. The flow appears as a single event lasting about 20 minutes. Similar events, but of longer duration, have been recorded at Mount Spurr on several occasions, most recently in 2012 (Herrick and others, 2014). AVO was unable to visually confirm the inferred outburst event."