Communications Earth & Environment (Apr 2022)

Massive earthquake swarm driven by magmatic intrusion at the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

  • Simone Cesca,
  • Monica Sugan,
  • Łukasz Rudzinski,
  • Sanaz Vajedian,
  • Peter Niemz,
  • Simon Plank,
  • Gesa Petersen,
  • Zhiguo Deng,
  • Eleonora Rivalta,
  • Alessandro Vuan,
  • Milton Percy Plasencia Linares,
  • Sebastian Heimann,
  • Torsten Dahm

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00418-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A seismic swarm in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica between August 2020 and February 2021 was likely caused by the intrusion and possible eruption of magma at the previously inactive Orca Seamount, according to seismological and geodetic observations