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Moving magma can deform the surface of the Earth. This animation shows how a tiltmeter and GPS are used to detect the subtle signs that tell scientists something about what is going on beneath the surface.
Moving magma can deform the surface of the Earth. This animation shows how a tiltmeter and GPS are used to detect the subtle signs that tell scientists something about what is going on beneath the surface.
Earthquakes serve as an early warning sign for volcanic eruptions, as well as a marker for the location of moving magma. This animation shows magma movement beneath a volcano, simulated seismograms, volcanic tremor and seismicity associated with an impending eruption.
Earthquakes serve as an early warning sign for volcanic eruptions, as well as a marker for the location of moving magma. This animation shows magma movement beneath a volcano, simulated seismograms, volcanic tremor and seismicity associated with an impending eruption.
A live, online chat about East Coast earthquakes and the Virginia 5.8M earthquake that occurred on August 23, 2011, with Dr. Michael Blanpied, Associate Coordinator for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program.
A live, online chat about East Coast earthquakes and the Virginia 5.8M earthquake that occurred on August 23, 2011, with Dr. Michael Blanpied, Associate Coordinator for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program.
U.S. Geological Survey crews are measuring flooding across Louisiana, including the Morganza and Bonnet Carre Spillways. Jennifer LaVista reports on USGS flood efforts along the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers.
U.S. Geological Survey crews are measuring flooding across Louisiana, including the Morganza and Bonnet Carre Spillways. Jennifer LaVista reports on USGS flood efforts along the Atchafalaya and Mississippi Rivers.
Title: Predictable Earthquakes - updating earthquake prediction - fact vs. fiction
Title: Predictable Earthquakes - updating earthquake prediction - fact vs. fiction
This footage was gathered during peak water levels from the Zionsville Rd./High School Ave.
This footage was gathered during peak water levels from the Zionsville Rd./High School Ave.
This a video of flooding that took place in Edwardsport, Indiana. The video was taken on SR 358 East of Duke Power Plant. A USGS streamgage is scheduled to be installed at this site by mid summer.
Keep up to date with flooding problems in the midwest.
This a video of flooding that took place in Edwardsport, Indiana. The video was taken on SR 358 East of Duke Power Plant. A USGS streamgage is scheduled to be installed at this site by mid summer.
Keep up to date with flooding problems in the midwest.
Video of flooding that took place located in French Lick, Indiana. This is a new USGS streamgage, near the Spring Resort & Casino.
Keep up to date with flooding problems in the midwest.
Video of flooding that took place located in French Lick, Indiana. This is a new USGS streamgage, near the Spring Resort & Casino.
Keep up to date with flooding problems in the midwest.
Video showing the collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o crater floor on March 5. The video starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters (377 ft) in just a few hours.
Video showing the collapse of the Pu'u 'O 'o crater floor on March 5. The video starts at 4 am and ends at 11 pm. The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters (377 ft) in just a few hours.
Video showing low fountaining from the dominant vent, near the southwest end of the fissure system adjacent to Napau Crater, active during the day on March 7.
Video showing low fountaining from the dominant vent, near the southwest end of the fissure system adjacent to Napau Crater, active during the day on March 7.
Video showing spattering from the most persistent vent of the day just west of the base of Pu'u 'O 'o near the northeastern end of the fissure system.
Video showing spattering from the most persistent vent of the day just west of the base of Pu'u 'O 'o near the northeastern end of the fissure system.
This video shows lava pouring from the fissure into a seemingly bottomless crack. Napau Crater in the background. Helicopter for scale.
This video shows lava pouring from the fissure into a seemingly bottomless crack. Napau Crater in the background. Helicopter for scale.
Video clip shot in front of the propagating fissure, showing low spattering that started moments earlier. Thick white steam from the crack in the foreground indicates that lava is about to reach the surface, and is seen doing so seconds later.
Video clip shot in front of the propagating fissure, showing low spattering that started moments earlier. Thick white steam from the crack in the foreground indicates that lava is about to reach the surface, and is seen doing so seconds later.
Spattering near the front of the propagating fissure.
Spattering near the front of the propagating fissure.
Video clip shot from the air looking SW at the fissure eruption between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater. The fissure segment in the tephra in the foreground opened seconds earlier, and only about 10 minutes after the eruption as a whole started. The cracks through the tephra are in the process of opening, though this can't be picked out at this distance.
Video clip shot from the air looking SW at the fissure eruption between Pu'u 'O 'o and Napau Crater. The fissure segment in the tephra in the foreground opened seconds earlier, and only about 10 minutes after the eruption as a whole started. The cracks through the tephra are in the process of opening, though this can't be picked out at this distance.
There was a series of vent wall and rim collapses on March 3, much like those than occurred in January and February. This video, compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u above the vent, is one of the larger collapses, and shows the northwest rim of the vent falling into the lava lake.
There was a series of vent wall and rim collapses on March 3, much like those than occurred in January and February. This video, compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema‘uma‘u above the vent, is one of the larger collapses, and shows the northwest rim of the vent falling into the lava lake.
There was a series of vent wall and rim collapses on March 3, much like those that occurred in January and February. This video, compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema'uma'u above the vent, is one of the larger collapses, and shows the northwest rim of the vent falling into the lava lake.
There was a series of vent wall and rim collapses on March 3, much like those that occurred in January and February. This video, compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema'uma'u above the vent, is one of the larger collapses, and shows the northwest rim of the vent falling into the lava lake.
This video, compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema'uma'u, shows the north rim of the vent collapsing.
This video, compiled from the Webcam on the rim of Halema'uma'u, shows the north rim of the vent collapsing.
This clip, captured by a video camera on the rim of Halema'uma'u to the southwest of the vent, shows a small slice of the western rim of the vent collapsing into the lava lake.
This clip, captured by a video camera on the rim of Halema'uma'u to the southwest of the vent, shows a small slice of the western rim of the vent collapsing into the lava lake.
Booming sounds from the vent in Halema'uma'u have been audible around the summit area of Kilauea for the past several days. Some of these sounds are caused by rocks striking the surface of the lava lake, but most are actually the sound of the vent walls cracking due to heating and expansion of rock.
Booming sounds from the vent in Halema'uma'u have been audible around the summit area of Kilauea for the past several days. Some of these sounds are caused by rocks striking the surface of the lava lake, but most are actually the sound of the vent walls cracking due to heating and expansion of rock.
As spattering intensifies, the walls of the vent heat even more, causing the cracking of the rocks through thermal expansion to speed up, creating the cacophony of popping noises apparent in this video.
As spattering intensifies, the walls of the vent heat even more, causing the cracking of the rocks through thermal expansion to speed up, creating the cacophony of popping noises apparent in this video.