Updated USGS Publication, “Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes—Past, Present, and Future”
In January 1987, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), then located on the caldera rim of Kīlauea, celebrated its 75th anniversary. To honor this anniversary, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published Professional Paper 1350, a comprehensive summary of the many studies on Hawaiian volcanism by USGS and other scientists through the mid-1980s. Drawing from the wealth of data contained in that volume, the USGS also published in 1987 the original edition of this general-interest booklet, focusing on selected aspects of the eruptive history, style, and products of two of the State of Hawaii’s active volcanoes—Kīlauea and Mauna Loa.
USGS seeking Loma Prieta felt reports from 35-year-old earthquake
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — People who felt the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and beyond on October 17, 1989, are encouraged to share what they experienced using the USGS’s “Did you feel it?” reporting tool. Reports can now be filed in Spanish, simplified and traditional Chinese, as well as English. “The USGS wants to hear about your experience in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake if you were in the San Francisco Bay Area at the time,” said Christine Goulet, Earthquake Science Center director. “This type of data collected from the public helps us
The scoop on what USGS hopes to find in a Summit County trench
Members of the media are invited to attend a briefing on what U.S. Geological Survey scientists are digging for evidence of past earthquakes on the Gore Range fault along the Masontown Trail in the White River National Forest. What: Overview of USGS Gore Range fault dig. Scientists based at the USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center in Golden, Colo., are investigating a paleoseismic trench, with the goal of determining the record of past earthquakes along the Gore Range fault, especially the timing of the most recent seismic event. When: Friday, Sept. 6, 10:30 a.m. Where: White River National Forest, Dillon Ranger
USGS deploys “aftershock kits” to study Whitehouse Station earthquakes
The team is deploying five “aftershock kits” this week, which will gather information such as where aftershocks originate in the area, how long they last, and their magnitude, said Greg Tanner, a USGS electronics technician assigned to the USGS’s Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory, who is on the team installing kits. This effort is being performed in cooperation with partners at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, the Texas Seismological Network at the University of Texas at Austin, Rutgers University, and Yale University, that are also deploying seismic sensors. Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes that occur in the same general area
USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals
USGS is currently soliciting project proposals for Fiscal Year 2025 grants on earthquake hazards science. The grants are a long-standing effort that contributes to the advancement of earthquake research. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is currently soliciting project proposals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 grants on earthquake hazards science and is authorized to award up to $7 million. Interested researchers can apply online at GRANTS.GOV under funding Opportunity Number G25AS00240. Note that all proposals submitted to the FY25 open application period are now limited to 15 pages, maximum. Please review the application instructions found in the GRANTS.GOV solicitation for more information. The grants offered
Get to know CVO: Maciej Obryk and the USGS debris-flow flume
At the Cascades Volcano Observatory, staff use technical skills and creativity to solve complex problems and innovate for the future. Maciej’s experiments are too large for the observatory, so he travels 3 hours southeast of CVO to the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Blue River, Oregon to study debris flows. Another important aspect of these flume experiments is that scientists can deploy instruments (like infrasound, laser rangefinders and seismic sensors) to see if they can detect the incoming flows. Next week we will meet two more scientists working to help prepare communities west of Mount Rainier for future lahars by