Investigating potential icequakes at Llaima volcano, Chile

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Authors

Oliver Lamb , Jonathan M Lees , Luis Franco Marin, Jonathan Lazo, Andres Rivera, Michael J. Shore, Stephen Lee

Abstract

Glacially- and magmatically-derived seismic events have been noted to heavily overlap in characteristics, thus there exists the potential for false-alarms or missed warnings at ice-covered volcanoes. Here we present the first study to specifically target icequakes at an ice-covered volcano in Southern Chile. Two months of broadband seismic data collected at Llaima volcano in 2015 were analyzed in order to quantify, characterize, and locate glacially-derived seismic events at one of the most active ice-covered volcanoes in the region. We find over 1,000 repeating seismic events across 11 families, the largest of which contains 397 events. Approximate locations and characteristics of the largest families lead us to conclude that these events were derived from persistent stick-slip motion along the ice-rock interface at the base of a glacier near the volcano summit. These results have implications for future seismic monitoring at Llaima volcano and other ice-covered active volcanoes in the region.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/osf.io/hm895

Subjects

Earth Sciences, Glaciology, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Volcanology

Keywords

monitoring, Cryoseismology, Volcano-seismology

Dates

Published: 2019-10-24 14:28

Last Updated: 2020-02-25 23:36

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GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) 2.1