A Giant Magma Chamber Under New Mexico is Awakening...

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Published1 week ago
Duration18:11
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Languageen
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An earthquake swarm has struck Socorro, New Mexico directly over a recently identified giant magma chamber known as the Socorro Magma Body. Is this earthquake swarm a sign that the Socorro Magma Body - a fledging supervolcano - is awakening? Geophysicist Stefan Burns reports... Live data on the Earth and Sun at Earth Evolution: https://www.earthevolution.com/energy-analytics Earth Evolution Store: https://www.earthevolution.com/store ✅ Subscribe to my channel: @StefanBurns & @StefanBurnsClips Twitter/X: https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanburnsofficial/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6oYcPs2YFIKHoNrimxaDN5 Research: 1988 - New evidence for the existence and internal structure of a thin layer of magma at mid-crustal depths near Socorro, New Mexico https://doi.org/10.1785/BSSA0780031335 2008 - New estimates of the magnitudes and locations for the strongest earthquakes in 1906-1907 Socorro, New Mexico, earthquake swarm https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/nmg/30/n4/nmg_v30_n4_p107.pdf 2023 - Pressurizing Magma Within Heterogeneous Crust: A Case Study at the Socorro Magma Body, New Mexico, USA https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105689 Articles: https://www.abqjournal.com/news/whats-going-on-beneath-valencia-county-earthquakes-raise-questions/3064479 https://nmnaturalhistory.org/volcanoes/socorro-active-magma-body https://nmnaturalhistory.org/volcanoes/valles-caldera-jemez-volcanic-field Data and Credit: USGS Latest Earthquakes Map: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ M3.9 USGS Event Page: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ssvm/executive M7.6 1887 Sonora Mexico Earthquake https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official18870503221300000/executive This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, please contact via www.stefanburns.com/contact #geology #geophysics #earthquakes #volcanoes #spaceweather #volcano #supervolcano #schumannresonance #earthscience #science #astronomy

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