In August of 2020, an unusual geologic phenomena began in the northern Antarctic. Near the South Shetland Islands, an unusually energetic swarm of earthquakes began which were caused by the intrusion of a large body of magma. This body of magma totaled 0.41 cubic kilometers, and continued to get shallower in the crust, producing 85,000 earthquakes. It is now suspected that the eventual decline in earthquakes was caused by a large volume yet to be discovered volcanic eruption.
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Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institute. https://volcano.si.edu/
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0:00 Antarctic Earthquake Swarm
0:34 A Magmatic Intrusion
1:13 Location of Orca Seamount
1:43 Geologic Setting
2:27 Earthquake Sequence
3:15 A Potential Submarine Eruption
Paper Referenced: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00418-5
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