Axial OOI Seismometers
Axial OOI Seismometers
Real-time tracking of Axial earthquakes
Plan view map of OOI Axial cable and instruments with seismometers high-lighted.
This short-period seismometer was deployed on a flat sheet flow ~ 1.3 km east of the ASHES hydrothermal field in 2013.
This short-period seismometer was deployed on a flat sheet flow ~ 1.3 km east of the ASHES hydrothermal field in 2013. The black ball in the yellow circle shows that it is perfectly level, helping to insure that the highest quality data comes off of this network. Axial Volcano is likely to be quite seismically active and we are anxious to get the real-time data on shore next year. This will help us understand magma and fluid migration in the subsurface of the volcano...and eventually these data may help us predict an eruption. VISIONS '13, Leg 4. Several earhquakes were detected in real-time during testing of these seismometers in 2013. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF.
×The data from the OOI Guralp seismometers installed between July-October, 2014, at Axial Seamount and Hydrate Ridge are now available through the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
Five short-period seismometers are sending data live to shore from the summit of Axial Seamount from near the ASHES (MJ03B) hydrothermal field, distal to the International District Hydrothermal Field (MJ03D) ,the Eastern Caldera subsite (MJ03E), and the Central Caldera subsite (MJ03F).
Three broadband seismometers are installed, one at the base of Axial Seamount (PN3A), and two at the summit of Axial Seamount at the Eastern Caldera Site and Central Caldera Site.
IRIS Network (OO Ocean Observatories Intiative) Station Summary
- Axial Ashes 1 AXAS1
- Axial Ashes 2 AXAS2
- Axial Base 1 AXAB1
- Axial Central Caldera 1 AXCC1
- Axial East Caldera 1 AXEC1
- Axial East Caldera 2 AXEC2
- RSN Axial East Caldera 3 AXEC3
- RSN Axial International AXID1
All instruments are streaming data live to IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) and are available to the public. Daily and hourly updates on the number of earthquakes occurring at Axial Seamount can be accessed through Dr. William Wilcock's web site.
Plan view map of OOI Axial cable and instruments with seismometers high-lighted.
This short-period seismometer was deployed on a flat sheet flow ~ 1.3 km east of the ASHES hydrothermal field in 2013.
This short-period seismometer was deployed on a flat sheet flow ~ 1.3 km east of the ASHES hydrothermal field in 2013. The black ball in the yellow circle shows that it is perfectly level, helping to insure that the highest quality data comes off of this network. Axial Volcano is likely to be quite seismically active and we are anxious to get the real-time data on shore next year. This will help us understand magma and fluid migration in the subsurface of the volcano...and eventually these data may help us predict an eruption. VISIONS '13, Leg 4. Several earhquakes were detected in real-time during testing of these seismometers in 2013. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF.
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