The ongoing earthquake swarm at this volcano is quite notable due to the eruptive infrequency and size of eruptions when they do occur. Mount Edgecumbe falls under a group of volcanoes which produce highly infrequent VEI 4-5 eruptions. Thus, if it was to erupt again, a similar eruption size could be expected. With this being said, there is still a lot we don't know about its ongoing earthquake swarm. And no, this is not a late April Fools joke (a famous prankster created a fake eruption in 1974 by lighting tires on fire which were dropped from a helicopter)
Also, several news sites are reporting that this volcano has only been dormant for 800 years. This lesser figure relies on Tlingit oral history, which may very well instead described the ~2500 BC eruption.
Is Pinatubo also a part of this group of volcanoes? As far as I'm aware, it usually produces a VEI5 or lower end VEI6 eruption every six hundred years or something, and barely anything at other times. So the eruptions (from Pinatubo) are a bit bigger and the frequency a bit higher, but otherwise it sounds similar.
do you know why some stratovolcanoes (like semeru for example) . form very large . yet supringly smooth cones while others (like taal for example) form much rougher and far more uneven edefice ??
@@argo12 Monitoring will only 'get better' if people vote left wing. Too many morons voting far right that would rather destroy all scientific organizations, stop all monitoring, and cut more taxes to ultra-rich thugs so they could afford fiftieth solid gold toilet instead of unimportant things like lives of whole city (or whole country, in case of climate change)...
Yeah these volcanoes that lie dormant for long periods of time (relative to human lifespans) and then suddenly reawaken are definitely where you’ll find the larger plinian eruptions. No guarantee, this seismic sequence may fade away without a peep from the volcano, but you can be sure every Alaskan volcanologist is suddenly very interested in Mt Edgecumbe right now. A repeat of a 7.0 km^3 VEI 5 is a pretty enormous eruption 7 times larger than Mt St Helens. Probably wouldn’t be as large as Pinatubo or Novarupta, but could be a spectacular blast all the same - if the activity escalates and is truly magmatic / volcanic in origin in the first place.
I did a paper on Mt. Augustine back in the day and it’s potential to create dangerous tsunamis it could send in Anchorage’s direction when it erupts. Alaskan volcanoes seem as wild as the state itself. Love hearing about volcanoes there. Had a friend/colleague end up working at the Alaskan Volcanoes Observatory after she got her PhD.
This video is the most concerning that I’ve seen you upload regarding the possibility of a volcanic eruption. Of course anything in the end is possible, as you said, but given the unusual activity for this volcano, and that these volcanos seem to erupt rather geologically rapid after a period of dormancy (what I got from listening), I would definitely be keeping a close eye on this volcano for a little while, and if it was me, I’d give it a yellow label to indicate unrest, just to be on the safe side, even if there is insufficient data for the mountain. JMO.
Do you also plan a update on the azores volcanic island because of the ongoing earthquake mega swarms? That would be quite intersting what your opinion on this is, wheter an eruption is likely or not.
@@edwardlulofs444 Yeah. I saw a video yesterday about the ongoing earth quakes as they get stronger and more often, evacuation of non mobile inhabitants is ongoing. I think the topic is now so serious, that he should consider making an update video.
This is truly one of the most interesting videos a volcano that is ongoing with earthquake swarms is definitely concerning and you mentioned it was dormant it makes me think that it could be slowly waking up this is good coverage keep up the good work
Beautiful shot of the craters there! Here in New Zealand we have a Mt Edgecumbe volcano too (Maori name: Putauaki), in the Bay of Plenty. Our one is dormant though - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putauaki
where do you find the satelite data for land up lift. i would like to try and find some of my "own" data. have looked a little but its not as east to find as normal data from Sentinel-2.
If there really is a danger of an eruption, before it happens, is it possible to know what level the eruption would be? Bearing in mind, for example, Krakatoa, would it be possible for the volcano to collapse completely causing even tsunamis? I'm a big fan of your channel, I really admire your work, congratulations. Greetings from Brazil.
No, the extent isn't predictable. All that can be said are suppositions. For example regular, small releases of pressure are less catastrophic than a sudden release of built up pressure.
Kia ora. Thanks for that. Just don't confuse with Mt Edgecumbe volcano in New Zealand. Also, of interest, Mt Ruapehu volcano is displaying unrest at levels not seen in the last ten years. It is at the closest level to erupting without actually doing so.
This is a volcano that has always fascinated me. When it erupts it goes big, and is in a similar tectonic setting as coso volcanic field or clear lake volcano in California near major plate boundaries. I wonder if there's a bit of extension going on there and that's making its relatively abundant magma supply easier to erupt. I believe it erupts andisite... either way it's a very unique volcano that thankfully is not next to major city's like so many other extremely dangerous volcanoes.
I always love volcanoes near transform faults, its just such a unique and fun geologic setting. I'd imagine that mostly its just faulting allowing magma to come up, as that is the usual case with transform faults. Stronger extension tends to form pretty obvious basins, such as the Basin and Range, Taupo Volcanic Zone, Salton Sea, etc. That being said, I don't really know enough about that particular region and there's always the potential for extension around transform faults...
I totally agree he does fantastic work this in no way a critique. Merely a curiosity. To be fair he invites you to ask about topics you are interested in at the end of each video.
What an amazing complex there...low enough elevations for them to relatively easy climbing...YES! a new caldera to explore...who wants to go the summer?
You know it's gonna be a blast When it has lied dormant for 4k years, when bezymianny awoke in 1955 it erupted violently and caused a flank failure similar to the mt st Helens eruption in 1980, and that was just after 1k years Edit: this is if it ever erupts at all
Are you sure this isn't an April Fools Joke :P sorry just kidding (remembering the April Fools Joke of 1974AD (I think)) Thanks for the update on Edgecrumbe I think it has a very unique look to it. Keep the vids coming :)))
Mount EdgeCum, the volcano that increases its paroxysms more and more up until the point of release in a major eruption, only to calm down at the last second… before increasing again and again up to its limit, backing down riiiight before the line is crossed. It make the whole experience last much longer than usual, but when the release does come, there's just nothing like it.
Twice in your video you stated the volcano was located in far ‘eastern’ Alaska, Did you mean far western, since it looks like it is on an island in the Pacific Ocean? Wondering, but thank you for the information.
@@Earthneedsado-over177 Okay, got a bit fooled by the oddball shape of the state as far as e-w goes, and how far south is still considered part of the state. 👍
Sitka is in a region of Alaska referred to as 'Southeast'. I think the speaker made a small error with that far eastern bit. Ironically the most eastern part of Alaska is actually the most remote Aleutian Islands which are almost reach to the Russian far east.
So a volcano with no recent history of quake activity suddenly in a matter of days produces hundreds of them, and you think it's not something that means a volcanic event isn't likely?
100 Feet deep. GD Man that's insane. People don't realize how lucky we were that Mt.Saint Helen blew sideways and Not Straight Up. Were in deep when one of these suckers goes off straight upwards.
thanks for the direct info, and especially for not padding your videos or going off into the bushes about your need for cash. getting rare to feel like you're being informed on youtube these days instead of indoctrinated into another merch cult.
I apologize for USAs imperial land grab. In history, there was a movement to take all of BCs coast. At least we didn't take 2/3 of your country like we did to Mexico. Maybe someday we'll give the panhandle back.
The ongoing earthquake swarm at this volcano is quite notable due to the eruptive infrequency and size of eruptions when they do occur. Mount Edgecumbe falls under a group of volcanoes which produce highly infrequent VEI 4-5 eruptions. Thus, if it was to erupt again, a similar eruption size could be expected. With this being said, there is still a lot we don't know about its ongoing earthquake swarm.
And no, this is not a late April Fools joke (a famous prankster created a fake eruption in 1974 by lighting tires on fire which were dropped from a helicopter)
Also, several news sites are reporting that this volcano has only been dormant for 800 years. This lesser figure relies on Tlingit oral history, which may very well instead described the ~2500 BC eruption.
Is Pinatubo also a part of this group of volcanoes? As far as I'm aware, it usually produces a VEI5 or lower end VEI6 eruption every six hundred years or something, and barely anything at other times. So the eruptions (from Pinatubo) are a bit bigger and the frequency a bit higher, but otherwise it sounds similar.
do you know why some stratovolcanoes (like semeru for example) . form very large . yet supringly smooth cones
while others (like taal for example) form much rougher and far more uneven edefice ??
@@GeologyHub what super volcano is most likely to majorly erupt next?
@@Leyrann No, pinatubo tends to produce larger eruptions.
I live in Sitka and really appreciate this information. Thank you!
For your sake I hope the monitoring gets better so you can get a longer head start to get to safety. That one's a little too close for comfort!
Hi from Prince of Wales, neighbor. I always thought Mt. Edgecumbe looked cool.
@@argo12 Monitoring will only 'get better' if people vote left wing. Too many morons voting far right that would rather destroy all scientific organizations, stop all monitoring, and cut more taxes to ultra-rich thugs so they could afford fiftieth solid gold toilet instead of unimportant things like lives of whole city (or whole country, in case of climate change)...
Yeah these volcanoes that lie dormant for long periods of time (relative to human lifespans) and then suddenly reawaken are definitely where you’ll find the larger plinian eruptions.
No guarantee, this seismic sequence may fade away without a peep from the volcano, but you can be sure every Alaskan volcanologist is suddenly very interested in Mt Edgecumbe right now.
A repeat of a 7.0 km^3 VEI 5 is a pretty enormous eruption 7 times larger than Mt St Helens.
Probably wouldn’t be as large as Pinatubo or Novarupta, but could be a spectacular blast all the same - if the activity escalates and is truly magmatic / volcanic in origin in the first place.
I always look forward to your updates.
Same
So do I
Yeah same
I did a paper on Mt. Augustine back in the day and it’s potential to create dangerous tsunamis it could send in Anchorage’s direction when it erupts. Alaskan volcanoes seem as wild as the state itself. Love hearing about volcanoes there. Had a friend/colleague end up working at the Alaskan Volcanoes Observatory after she got her PhD.
Great coverage. Thank you for your professional, dedicated coverage of all things volcanic.
This video is the most concerning that I’ve seen you upload regarding the possibility of a volcanic eruption. Of course anything in the end is possible, as you said, but given the unusual activity for this volcano, and that these volcanos seem to erupt rather geologically rapid after a period of dormancy (what I got from listening), I would definitely be keeping a close eye on this volcano for a little while, and if it was me, I’d give it a yellow label to indicate unrest, just to be on the safe side, even if there is insufficient data for the mountain. JMO.
what raised my eyebrow was i didn't know they don't have all the major volcano's sensored.
I appreciate your detailed explanations of these events. Watching from the Philippines and will have to check out more info about nearby volcanoes.
Another excellent upload 👍
I'm glad it's history is more milder with VEI-4 and VEI-5 eruptions, but it's dormant for too much time, i'm afraid it could go higher.
Thanks for the update!
This is the reason that the Alaska Volcano Observatory needs more funding!
Thank you for the information, I appreciate the post
Do you also plan a update on the azores volcanic island because of the ongoing earthquake mega swarms? That would be quite intersting what your opinion on this is, wheter an eruption is likely or not.
I think there have been at least 2 episodes on the Azores. Check Jan, Feb 2022.
@@edwardlulofs444 Yeah. I saw a video yesterday about the ongoing earth quakes as they get stronger and more often, evacuation of non mobile inhabitants is ongoing. I think the topic is now so serious, that he should consider making an update video.
@@TobiasDettinger Good idea.
@@edwardlulofs444 i heard over 1500 people being evacuated.
@@TobiasDettinger Sounds serious. The only way to cope with a volcano is to evacuate.
This is truly one of the most interesting videos a volcano that is ongoing with earthquake swarms is definitely concerning and you mentioned it was dormant it makes me think that it could be slowly waking up this is good coverage keep up the good work
I use a picture that I took of Mt Edgecombe as my screen saver. It's a beautiful mountain.
Beautiful shot of the craters there!
Here in New Zealand we have a Mt Edgecumbe volcano too (Maori name: Putauaki), in the Bay of Plenty. Our one is dormant though -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putauaki
where do you find the satelite data for land up lift. i would like to try and find some of my "own" data. have looked a little but its not as east to find as normal data from Sentinel-2.
So, what I'm hearing is that at some point Sitka is screwed.
Watching from Sitka, 15 miles from edgecumbe
If there really is a danger of an eruption, before it happens, is it possible to know what level the eruption would be? Bearing in mind, for example, Krakatoa, would it be possible for the volcano to collapse completely causing even tsunamis? I'm a big fan of your channel, I really admire your work, congratulations. Greetings from Brazil.
No, the extent isn't predictable. All that can be said are suppositions. For example regular, small releases of pressure are less catastrophic than a sudden release of built up pressure.
Kia ora.
Thanks for that. Just don't confuse with Mt Edgecumbe volcano in New Zealand.
Also, of interest, Mt Ruapehu volcano is displaying unrest at levels not seen in the last ten years. It is at the closest level to erupting without actually doing so.
I like this complex. Beautiful main volcano and crater with older cones to the north.
@geologyhub how was the activity in Campi Flegrei in the last weeks? And Azores? Can you update us? Cheers from Brazil!
You guys don’t need to worry about campi flegeri
Respect I love volcano 🌋🌋🌋 !!
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This is a volcano that has always fascinated me. When it erupts it goes big, and is in a similar tectonic setting as coso volcanic field or clear lake volcano in California near major plate boundaries. I wonder if there's a bit of extension going on there and that's making its relatively abundant magma supply easier to erupt. I believe it erupts andisite... either way it's a very unique volcano that thankfully is not next to major city's like so many other extremely dangerous volcanoes.
It has erupted Rhyolite and Dacite
I always love volcanoes near transform faults, its just such a unique and fun geologic setting. I'd imagine that mostly its just faulting allowing magma to come up, as that is the usual case with transform faults. Stronger extension tends to form pretty obvious basins, such as the Basin and Range, Taupo Volcanic Zone, Salton Sea, etc. That being said, I don't really know enough about that particular region and there's always the potential for extension around transform faults...
Sounds like it's time to install more monitoring equipment there.
Is there not a huge amount of unusual activity happening in Iceland? Why haven't you been covering that? Just curious. Love your videos.
There is a huge amount of unusual activity happening all over the world. Hard to keep a good eye on all of it. But this guy does better than most.
I totally agree he does fantastic work this in no way a critique. Merely a curiosity. To be fair he invites you to ask about topics you are interested in at the end of each video.
What an amazing complex there...low enough elevations for them to relatively easy climbing...YES! a new caldera to explore...who wants to go the summer?
Excellent video.
The name of this volcano is very fitting considering its eruption cycle.
You know it's gonna be a blast When it has lied dormant for 4k years, when bezymianny awoke in 1955 it erupted violently and caused a flank failure similar to the mt st Helens eruption in 1980, and that was just after 1k years
Edit: this is if it ever erupts at all
Mount St Helens but in Alaska 😬
What map are you using?
You should do a video about Madison limestone.
I would enjoy hearing more about how magnetic fields work into the equation!
Long dormant volcanoes that "awake", my favorites
So informative 👏 🌎
Thanks again!
An unfortunate name but quite appropriate for a Volcano.
The seismic sensors were upgraded and given maintenance in 2019
Would love a video on Bandera volcano
Are you sure this isn't an April Fools Joke :P sorry just kidding (remembering the April Fools Joke of 1974AD (I think)) Thanks for the update on Edgecrumbe I think it has a very unique look to it. Keep the vids coming :)))
Well it could be Nature's way of pranking us, giving us an earthquake swarm but without leading to any eruption
That was an awesome prank, haha!
Life imitates art...
Mount EdgeCum, the volcano that increases its paroxysms more and more up until the point of release in a major eruption, only to calm down at the last second… before increasing again and again up to its limit, backing down riiiight before the line is crossed. It make the whole experience last much longer than usual, but when the release does come, there's just nothing like it.
I understand this volcano affects the Yellowstone swarms??
way good. Thanks
The Pacific Ring of Fire 🔥
Twice in your video you stated the volcano was located in far ‘eastern’ Alaska, Did you mean far western, since it looks like it is on an island in the Pacific Ocean? Wondering, but thank you for the information.
Look at the location of the mountain on Google Maps. It's close to as far east as you can get in Alaska.
@@Earthneedsado-over177 Okay, got a bit fooled by the oddball shape of the state as far as e-w goes, and how far south is still considered part of the state. 👍
Sitka is in a region of Alaska referred to as 'Southeast'. I think the speaker made a small error with that far eastern bit.
Ironically the most eastern part of Alaska is actually the most remote Aleutian Islands which are almost reach to the Russian far east.
Hunga Tonga erupted three months ago and Australia and South Africa have experienced record flooding. Maybe just a coincidence.
So a volcano with no recent history of quake activity suddenly in a matter of days produces hundreds of them, and you think it's not something that means a volcanic event isn't likely?
*I'm an Alaskan. First I've heard anything about it*
I am accually curious about melibengoy (parker)
HAIDA GWAII 💪💪
Never know about these unknowns
Who named this volcano
Funny how this volcano was used in an april fools prank. Looks like that prank might age poorly sooner or later.
Uh oh I live 50 ish miles away I’ll keep a close eye
100 Feet deep. GD Man that's insane. People don't realize how lucky we were that Mt.Saint Helen blew sideways and Not Straight Up. Were in deep when one of these suckers goes off straight upwards.
liked video
This volcano has a very unfortunate name... 🤭
Let’s just say, it’s prone to erupting ;)
Mabye if he knew how to pronounce basic words, you would think otherwise.
what about the Iceland earthquake swarm
Any geothermal activity?
Ring of fire 🔥 volcanoes 🌋
Then again, we are looking at these GIGANTIC craters where things have blown up before, and will happen more
Time Will Tell! It Always Does! Doesn't It!
GOD!!!
The Planet's pimples.
My backyard.
You could say its...
*edging an eruption*
uh oh
🌱🌏💚
The fact that this is happening in April, almost exactly 50 years after the april fools prank, is hilarious to me.
This volcano has erupted Rhyolite and Dacite so it could’ve be very explosive one day.
You guys sure the reading is not just some guy trying to light tires on fire?
"Edgecumbe"
There's a joke in there somewhere
I mean, if id been edged for 4,000 years, I'd also erupt quite suddenly. 🤣
thanks for the direct info, and especially for not padding your videos or going off into the bushes about your need for cash. getting rare to feel like you're being informed on youtube these days instead of indoctrinated into another merch cult.
Have a like
This is also the april fools vulcano a man burned tires in this vulcano and people thought it was erupting in the 70ish
why do I feel like this has a joke inside...
no eruption this only nightmare of sleeping volcano
"Far Eastern Alaska"
Goddamn panhandle. Gave up half BC's coast.
I apologize for USAs imperial land grab. In history, there was a movement to take all of BCs coast. At least we didn't take 2/3 of your country like we did to Mexico. Maybe someday we'll give the panhandle back.
It's known as Southest Alaska.
volcanos are pimples on earth
Time to buy a lava suit or take a long drive elsewhere
Porky...
HaHaHa, I was thinking the same thing. Not sure if Porky Bickar is still alive though.
Local legend!
c4algo
Imagine if Mt Edgecumbe was discovered by Sir Gaylord...
Mother nature is trying to cool itself in the future if the temp. rises. Just thoughts :D
If what temperatures rise?
Maybe this next eruption will help with the housing crisis here! 😂
Yeah from awake thaw out giants'stout stutter tri-trio-tributrá/xïì’eu``x
(When of thaw put finding specific volcano warm up before the journey)