Volcano – Ingalls Weather

Air Quality, Damage, Earthquake, Geology, Iceland, Volcano

Iceland volcano eruption resumed, hot water lines and roads severed

8 February 2024 No Comments

The newest phase of the eruption near Grindavík, Iceland resumed on February 8 with lava erupting to the east of the Svartsengi power station southwest of the nation’s capital, Reykjavík. This is close to the site of the first eruption from this sequence in December 2023. Lava fountains up to 80 meters tall were observed […]

Cascades, Geology, Mount St. Helens, Pacific Northwest, Volcano, Washington

Elevated earthquake activity at Mount St. Helens but no eruption imminent

10 November 2023 1 Comment

An increase in seismic activity beneath Mount St. Helens that started on July 15, 2023 continued this week, reports the Cascades Volcano Observatory. Seismologists were able to locate nineteen earthquakes this past week a few miles below the volcano’s summit bringing the total for this earthquake swarm to 465. All of these earthquakes have been […]

Earthquake, Flood, Geology, History, Idaho, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pendleton, Portland, Research, Salt Lake City, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Utah, Volcano, Walla Walla, Washington, Yakima

The Pacific Northwest’s other Ice Age Floods

19 April 2023 No Comments

Toward the end of the Last Glacial Maximum, catastrophic flooding surged down parts of the Columbia River watershed as natural dams creating large lakes failed. Some originated from Glacial Lake Missoula, which was created by a large dam of ice in Montana and Idaho that periodically failed. These, often termed Missoula Floods are probably the […]

Cascades, Earthquake, Geology, Mount Hood, Oregon, Volcano

Mount Hood earthquake swarm not a cause of concern

12 June 2021 1 Comment

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was observed near Mount Hood late in the day on June 5. Minor shaking was reported by people living around the volcano, but earthquakes this small do not typically produce damage. It has produced many aftershocks in what geologists are calling an earthquake swarm. The USGS defines an earthquake swarm as […]

Geology, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Research, Volcano

The Pacific Northwest’s non-Cascade volcano

18 May 2020 1 Comment

Lying about 300 miles west of Cannon Beach, Oregon is Axial Seamount. This undersea volcano, which was discovered right around the time Mount St. Helens had its infamous eruption, was the first seamount to be observed in an eruptive state in real-time by instruments on its slopes. That event occurred in 1998, with other eruptions […]

Geology, Hawaii, Kilauea, Volcano

Hawaii’s Kilauea pours lava through new fissure

4 May 2018 No Comments

Kilauea has been making national news the last few days, and for good reason. The volcano, which has been continuously erupting since 1983, opened a new fissure Thursday evening in the east side of the Leilani Estates subdivision pouring out lava that has now destroyed at least two homes. The purpose of this post is […]