Newberry Oregon Volcano Update; Ongoing Earthquake Swarm
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- čas přidán 27. 03. 2022
- The Newberry Volcano in the state of Oregon is showing signs of unrest, as more than a dozen earthquake struck underneath its western caldera lake above its magma chamber. These earthquakes are highly unusual, representing the highest occurrence of earthquakes since sensors was emplaced on the volcano in 2011. Newberry's magma chamber is located at a mere 2 miles depth and contains a little under a cubic mile of molten rock. This material has produced several large eruptions, the last of which emplaced hundreds of millions of tons of obsidian in 690 AD. So, is an eruption likely? What is the context of these earthquakes? This video will answer these two questions and discuss what might happen next at this volcano.
Newberry Earthquake Activity, Pacific Seismic Network:
pnsn.org/volcanoes/newberry
USGS Hazard Map:
www.usgs.gov/media/images/new...
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This is yet another interesting case of an earthquake swarm NOT being tied to volcanic activity. Just like the recent seismic swarm at Mount Hood (which was due to a normal fault). In this case, ice quakes were the cause!
When do you think the next super eruption will happen?
So odd how just a slight elevation and position difference between Paulina Lake and East Lake causes Paulina to be almost completely iced over while East Lake was 100% ice free in that one photo of yours, in shadow more?
Hi am a geolgy teacher in Vermont I love your videos could you do mount ascutney
While not volcanic in origin if these ice quakes are regular consequence of freeze thaw cycles which consistently occur predominately in this region I wonder what effect they might have on more long term timescales in terms of resulting in crustal weak points which might influence future magmatic activity. Forces of erosion have significant consequences for underlying geology after all in cases such as flank failures or lava come collapses so it would be interesting to note if other types of volcanic activity are similarly biased.
Like all of these I love you videos and especially when it’s in my home state and my area too
Incredible, I just keep learning more things; I did not know 'ice quakes' were a thing. Thank you.
They can be LOUD in the right conditions!
Have you ever heard of the Stegga slide? It's an interesting read
Excited to finally see my Newberry Caldera on here. There are dozens and dozens of caves surrounding the volcano, mostly lava tubes but a few filled with muddy ice. (The ice used to be mined before refrigeration became a thing)
Wow do u get to hike and explore the area? U R lucky!
I has cousins i was visiting in Bend take young me into one in abt 1964. Lanterns and dry tall lava tube is all I remember. But a strong memory.
@@jdoh4972 it's a huge area. Crisscrossed with hundreds of miles of primitive roads... or in the winters, snowmobile trails.
I live near here we have some hog the highest concentration of caves of all size.
When I lived in Bend, Or I met people who enjoyed driving out to the various spots accessible to the public, including the ice cave. New ice still accumulates there. Apparently its location is a cold sink, and in summer heat it's a nice place to chill. There is an old stairs that descends into the ice that's a little surreal.
I was fishing with my family on East Lake, one of two lakes inside Newberry Crater, in 1980 when Mount Saint Helens erupted. We heard the initial explosion all the way down at the lake...
That had to be crazy scary! I was in Florida, didn't hear it there. But, I was totally fascinated by an eruption in the lower 48.
Wow!
I love Newberry Volcano so much. It's so beautiful in the caldera and so massive when looking at it from Bend and surrounding areas.
Thanks for this update. While working on a state highways crew many years ago, we experienced quakes in the lava beds near this area. Promptly called the shakes in, & got a return call from state geologists a few days later with just this explanation. First I’d ever heard of ice quakes! BTW, for future reference if needed - I’d always heard the lake name as Paul-I-Na rather than PaulENa.
ha ha a. "potato / potatoe .... Poe-tah-toe .. Poe-taye-toe.. Toe-may-tow Toe-mah-tow
going south or going soooth for the winter, eh ??
When I lived out in the bush in an area where temps occasionally got down to -40 C and F, on still nights there would sometimes be an occasional distant booming sound. The local people believed that this was trees exploding as they froze. I found this hard to believe since the only exploded tree I ever saw was one obviously struck by lightning. There were a lot of booms over the years, but the guys who operated little one man sawmills didn't seem to have any problems with big cracks in fresh logs.
I was up on the Canadian Shield where the soil is thin over mostly granitic bedrock and drainage is relatively poor. I'm pretty sure these sounds were icequakes. The same folklore about exploding trees seems to be common in cold forested area in the eastern US, too.
Well trees will definitely crack in the very cold, never heard of exploding trees other than lightening strikes on pine trees. Another thought there cold be ice heaves on lakes, I have no idea how loud those could be though, never lived on a lake in the winter.
Cool insight! Thank you!
@@jimwills2094 Around here we say "the cold isn't so bad, you just have to dress for it". I had a Canadian army surplus arctic parka, which helped. I was only at 45 degrees north, further south than the French riviera. Lots of people live in the rest of the area from 45N to the pole. :-)
They can be heard in Michigan in the winter. The things that I don't like are when the temperatures get well below zero and the wood in the home gets cold and loud cracking sounds from the attic or roof wake me up in the middle of the night.
I really like this channel thank you for posting often.
Great overview of the nature and character of this volcano. You do this very well!
Very interesting video. Newberry volcano is just 33 miles south of my home. Great video and thank you!
I’ve camped at both Paulina and East Lakes in the crater growing up. It’s a beautiful place. Really good Brown Trout and Kokanee fishing due to the hot springs in the lakes and the associated freshwater shrimp that live there.
Fascinating info about the ice quakes. Keep up the great work!
Living just outside of bend myself, I become a bigger fan of this channel each day! Thank you, I didn't even hear that on the local news.
Speaking of ice quakes...
In the 80s I worked as a weather observer at one of the DEW Line sites at latitude 70N. The radar site/accommodation is about 100m above sea level, and about 1km from the sea. One cold winter night I was stargazing, when a low frequency, sharp 'boom' was heard which seemed to emanate from everywhere, simultaneously with a shock felt through my boots. It was an 'ice quake' that had likely occurred somewhere near the shoreline, as the ice volume was changing during the temperature drop.
ROLLER COASTER of a video for me, at first I'm like, hey I was going camping there this upcoming summer and now I guess not, and then well maybe I should, look at all that obsidian! Another trip to Google Earth to look at this area closer and then I'm checking out nearby campgrounds:-) I really like the videos you make that make me go right to Google Earth to look around more :-)
Wow! So interesting! Thank you for video 🙏🏻👍🏻🤍
I have spent many wonderful days fishing Paulina Lake and enjoying the obsidian flows and other volcanic features. I love that area and appreciate this information. One small note - Paulina has a long “I”. Paul-I-nah with the emphasis on the I. Thanks again. Great stuff. There are some good lava flows on the flanks that are worth visiting as well, many with tree casts in them.
Thank you loved this, learned something new!
Thank you, I have learned so much from you and will continue to learn more.
Thank you for the updates
good fishing in both lakes say this one Kokanee, in Paulina. Big trout, in East Lake. Can be cold, had snow on the 4th of July once. One of the highest lakes around. And yes, it is a Volcano thank you good job on the vlog. ALL stay safe
I always learn something new about Geology when I watch your videos. Thank you for posting.
I LOVE YOUR PROGRAMS!! SO INFORMATIVE ❤️❤️❤️ LUVIN IT FROM NH
Mt Newberry was once 14,000 ft high, now the peak height of the shattered rims highest point is just under 8,000 at Paulina Peak, as far as I know that is the biggest top blower of any volcano in the US with Crater Lake/ Mt Mazama blowing its top 4,000 feet off and the San Francisco Peak(s) in Arizona once at 16,000 blowing its top 4,000 feet off as well.
I was wondering, thank you because it sure looks like it could have been a big ginormous volcano at one time bigger than Mount Rainier.
I live about 8 miles as the crow flies from the South flank of Newberry and I’ve been feeling all sorts of mine are earthquakes I was also at the boot barn in Bend Oregon and felt a minor trimmer while trying on work boots
May Bend burn… god willing
@@devinbrown1995 wtf Devin. All we need is an eruption to send the transplants running, not burn the down city.
We live in Canada on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Our coldest temperature that we personally have recorded is -30C. When it’s very, very cold and the sun comes out, we have experienced deafening ice quakes on our roof. 😵💫
Love your discussions. I have traveled through that area in years past so this is especially interesting.
I’ve literally heard ice quakes before in Minnesota. Ice quakes are rare occurrences in most locations. They happen when the temperature falls very rapidly below freezing with an Arctic front, especially when a powerful cold front was preceded by very warm weather. Like the video said, the rapid ice expansion causes rocks to suddenly crack or even explode. You can often hear ice quakes. An ice quake can sound like loud gunshots or a low level sonic boom that can be loud enough to rattle windows. Again ice quakes are quite rare. I’ve only experienced ice quakes once in my life. So most people have never heard of the phenomenon.
Very much information awesome I'm from bendorg that blows my mind very very informational thank you for sharing👍
Awesome, thanks for that report.
I'm passing through that part of Oregon in May. I hope the road to the crater is open for the season as I've never gotten the chance to photograph the area. Looks amazing.
I've not heard of ice quakes before, but your description of how they occur seems logical. However, I'm watching this on April 1st.
Newberry is an absolutely magnificent and weird volcano. Never even heard of ice quakes before, that's certainly yet another weird and interesting tidbit to add to an already odd volcano.
What do you find weird? :o)
@@gixellia8455 The obsidian flows, a shield volcano in the Cascades, a highly silicic shield volcano, its nature of being simultaneously influenced by the Basin and Range province and Cascades subduction, its a tad off the main line of the Cascades, etc. Its a very, very strange volcano in many respects. Particularly in such a uniform region where typical stratovolcanoes form a neat chain running parallel to the subduction zone.
Love the video man!!!!
Glad that this appears to be non-volcanic earthquake activity. The Paulina Lake area is an amazing area, one of my favorite in Oregon.
I was wondering if you might be able to cover the old volcanic plains in Victoria, Australia? :)
As a native of Oregon and Washington, I'd like to commend you on saying "Oregon" in the 'proper' way. Thank you.
This is a thing! Ora-gone makes me cringe lol.
Misses the local Paulina pronunciation though haha
Paulina. Paw-line-a
And how about Nevada - Nuh Vaa Duh, not Nah Vah Dah.
Very interesting, especially seeing the satellite view. We were there many years ago and some of that lava is so light, our boys lifted giant pieces like they were superman. Fun memories, but the geology of the place is really interesting to see. Plus there is a giant lava tube you can walk through. It's huge! Thanks for the video.
Just FYI the folks who live there call it Paul-EYE-na. Not far away in the Wil-LAM-met valley is a little town spelled Buena Vista, pronounced Byou-na. The list goes on. Up in Washington it gets worse, with Cedro Woolly, Pe Ell and Puyallup to name just a few.
I’m convinced the voice in these videos is an AI. It’s way too consistent.
It's not that we pronounce it that way out of some sort of ignorance. Paulina Peak and lake are named after Chief Paulina. A Paiute war chief that roamed the area, and apparently that is how he pronounced his name.
@@native82 I get it, I'm from St. Helens. I was just trying to help the guy.
The obsidian beds here are amazing, and they have a distinct odor to them. It's not a bad smell, but it's definitely different.
This was an interesting video - I had never heard of ice quakes before! I was wondering if you could cover the recent swarm of low level earthquakes in the midlands of South Carolina. There have been 14 here from December of 2021, with the most recent yesterday. In SC, we learn about the earthquakes in the Charleston area, and although in my lfetime, I have experienced a couple in the Greenville area, I don't remember SC having had this many, especially so localized as these recent ones. Do you have any information as to why they might be occurring, and why SC has so many without being close to a plate boundary or having any fracking in this area? Thanks!
I find it hard to believe that I have never heard of ice quakes , so thank you very much.
Super interesting! Thank you!
Considering the triple point for H2O, what does increased pressure do - raise or lower the freezing point?
I've been to this cinder cone and the surrounding areas. I am amazed by the convergence of geologies here.
I’d love to get an update on La Palma. Thank you!
Nice! I anticipate a huge drop in the price of arrowheads as a consequence of this new source of obsidian! -Nog, hunter of fire and ice
I do not expect a new eruption at this time. However, the next eruption from Newberry is likely to produce obsidian!
Cool, Ice Quakes.
Learned something new today!
Love your stuff!
Any idea yet what the large circular structure just south of that area is? It's clear to see just southwest of the Newberry area at the 0:44 mark in your video.
It's very circular and at about 25 miles across it doesn't seem to be a caldera but it is in the volcanic Cascade Range.
Been wondering what it is for years but haven't been able to find out...
It really does look like a caldera, but what I do know, my guess is that it isn’t. That would be a massive caldera, and it would be one that’s talked about extensively. What you’re seeing is actually the color from the tree line surrounded by high desert sage brush. If you look at a topical map, there doesn’t appear to be a caldera at all. There are ridges on the northern and western flank, a volcanic butte to the southwest and the gradual drop in elevation to the southeast. Those ridges are actually faultlines and fissures caused by the volcanic activity that surrounds this area. Due to the elevation change, it receives considerably amount of precipitation which allows the trees to flourish. I drive on the south side of this area frequently. The trees literally stop and it turns to desert immediately. You can stand at the edge, look one way and you see nothing but trees. Turn 180 degrees the other way, and it’s vast high desert without a tree in sight. Again, this is just my opinion, but it is a semi educated opinion.
Edit: Here is a list of large calderas in the United States. Notice how large NewBerry is compared to others.
panethos.wordpress.com/2021/12/06/calderas-the-supervolcanoes-of-the-usa-and-beyond/
What is going on on La Palma? Had a swarm a few days ago then now today there seemed to be a few hours of what looked like voclanic/harmonic tremors similar to when it was active.
Very informative. Thanks!
Love this area ,it is a large recreation center with pine mountain (please a video on pine mountain a 5.5 million year old cascade volcano now extinct)to the northeast and the three sisters to the west so much camping and hiking and solitude, endless fun.The phenomenon of ice earthquakes is fascinating, seems Newberry is a perfect place for this to happen, with its mix of eruptive products,and largish lakes at the summit.
Cool place to visit. All the obsidian was interesting.
Also, I began noticing that Newberry began having earthquakes a few months ago. They were initially very isolated and they were above 1.0 in between the two crater lake, which I found unusual because when I was looking at its history of earthquakes they were little to none and they began slowly increasing in frequency, which is leading me to believe that the volcano is becoming more active even before the swarm hit.
and what did you think of the hotspot on the NE flank of South Sister roughly the same time period?
Can you do a video on the effects of island and sub surface eruptions (like the one that happened in the south Pacific a few weeks ago) and the effect on the ocean waters over the subsequent week or two?
What happens to ph, solutes and their concentrations?
I live next to it in la pine Oregon thanks man.
I've gone hiking on Newberry.
1. The obsidian is absolutely gorgeous.
2. Obsidian is extremely difficult to walk on.
3. Obsidian reflects a massive amount of heat.
4. Glacier Peak in Washington is going to blow.
That magma chamber is shallow. Are there geothermal plants extracting that heat source?
I also find it interesting that the lava it erupts has such a wide range of silica content. Is it highly differentiated?
Can you do a video on the Crooked River Caldera in Oregon?
One of the maps showed an area about 15 miles south-southeast of Newberry. It looks like a nearly circular area that is approximately 13 miles in diameter. It is just north of the Klamath Marsh National wildlife area. Is this the remnants of a previous caldera? I tried to look around on google but could not find anything. Thanks for the awesome videos!
thank you.
I have been enjoying your Channel. I have two brothers both of them geologist. My one brother Tim Davis wrote some tech manuals. But I would like to ask you if you can follow up on something call the Palmdale bulge? This is in LA County, the high desert of Southern California. Did it just go away? And yes it is near the San Andreas Fault.
Has anyone seen more detailed videos about the sites and phenomena in this area? Still would like to know why there is so much obsidian, and why there is so much cinder around that area.
Wow. This makes me want to visit the area.
I have a request… Could you cover the “living rocks” in the Kawakeb Valley in Lybia?
Can you explain the difference between magma flows vs. obsidian flows?
Does the earthquake scale go into negatives because equipment is more sensitive now, or was it always that way?
nicely done.
One day I would love to go see this place!!!!!
I live on lone mnt. near Big Sky Montana. lone mnt is described as a Christmas tree volcano. it is glaciated and its geologyy is exposed in several couloirs above the cirque. an up lifted and carved out ridge across from lone mnt is andesite ridge. I am skeptical that this ridge is capped with desire lave. however, I wonder if you have any interest in researching Lone Mnt christmas tree volcano? it is in the Yellowstone complex. love your presentations.
Question: how can ice form underground? Even if it is not around anything volcanic once you dig deep enough it should stay a constant temp. correct?
It must be at a relatively shallow depth. Maybe also it is an area with high ground water flow, and maybe that carries away heat energy and reduces local ground temperature (I'm just speculating here).
Neat!!! Thank you!
could you pls explain the differnce between a volcano and a super volcnano
0:37 - isn’t that the cinder cone by highway 97 near bend and is it part of the newberry shield volcano?
Yes, it is part of Newberry Caldera, that cinder cone erupted in 7,000 years ago.
You should do a video about Tuyas, like Hayrick Butte.
How Lava Canyon at Mt St Helen's was made, lost and only discovered after the top soil was washed out after the eruption I find interesting.
I studied Geology but i must admit i never thought or heard bout icequakes too, but it´s definitely a thing and it was probably more common when Earth was covered with more ice during "recent" glacial and interglacial eras. And even more interesting is thinkin about "snowball" era when Earth was totally covered with ice . And even more interesting would probably be times when temperature was slowly increasing and ice started to melt and volcanic activity made it´s way to surface too. When i think bout it now, it probably behave a bit simirarly to plate tectonics in snowball era, but definitely not same because of water melting under pressure and later water melting on surface cause of increasing temperature. And i dont even considered influence of "rock/volcanic/tectonic" processes in the base under it and later on surface too. For sure there was a way more variables coming to it... I mean we can only imagine what crazy events like "supericequakes" or else could be pretty common in those times. PS: Sorry for my english, i´m trying my best...🙃
Newberry is the largest volcano in the Cascade Range; when all of its flows are included, it has an area of over 1,200 square miles, 75 miles x 25 miles and a total volume of 120 cubic miles. Newberry's 400+ vents are the most of any volcano in the contiguous US.
Could you explain 0 magnitudes and minus magnitude? 0 magnitude sounds like no shaking at all.
Very interesting!
0:40 Are the slopes too steep for trees to grow on three sides?
2:30 I'm shocked that water can freeze so deep below ground.
i've heard of ice quakes, but how does a "negative" quake occur ??
The thumbnail is called "Lava Butte Cinder Cone."
Lava Butte is about 10 miles NW of Newberry
I grew up south of here in Klamath Falls. Weird seeing that little corner of the world on CZcams
Could we see a video on the 1986 Strazhitsa earthquake? It destroyed almost the entire town even as a 5.6 but there is very little info that I’ve found online besides one old picture of a cracked clock tower.
How does ice form underground? They didn't say how deep it was but I would think it would be at least considerably deeper than the frost line.
Living on the flanks of Newberry I am happy to understand that these earthquakes are not a sign of magma getting ready to erupt. Also, I was wondering if the geothermal fracking was the cause. I would love to see this endeavor succeed at the multi-Giga-Watt level. I have never heard of an Ice Quake and the local media did not give any information other than the USGS said it was not a sign of an eruption.
As a possible future topic, I'd be fascinated to understand what is meant by a "DI" (deflation-inflation) event such as seem to be occurring at Halema'uma;u these days. Why deflation first, then inflation? I would think it would be the other way around.
Thank you, learned a lot fast. I've been there; you can get a bath in hot springs at the lake when you've been on dusty dirt roads for days! One minor thing: Oregonians will say Paul lie nuh, not Paul Leena; the Oregon trail starts in Missouri is the probable cause of that. I often wonder why Oregon is not called the "Volcano State" since you are almost always in sight of a volcano or lava flow.
If the earthquakes are located between 200-5000' below the volcano, how are these ice? Ice is forming 200-5000' below the ground?
Vermont had some ice quakes one winter probably a decade or so ago, the conditions were just right for a couple weeks. We thought the cat kept knocking things over but couldn't ever figure out what, till we watched the local news reporting on the quakes.
Amazing!
Newberry volcanoe..never heard of that one before.
Beautiful obsidian
Ice is as much a mineral as any other rock! Groundwater is magma, surface water is lava!
Why before midnight?
I didn't know there could be negative magnitude quakes.
Sao Jorge island in the Azores has had over 14k quakes in a week
are there any places where we can actually stand in a magma chamber of a long dead volcano??
Any mountain that is made of granite/diorite.
There is one at Iceland that you can visit empty magma chamber under ancient cinder cone volcano, I believe it's called Thríhnúkagígur and it is open to tourists to explore via elevator to empty magma chamber.