Seismic precursors to the Whakaari 2019 phreatic eruption are transferable to other eruptions and volcanoes

Abstract

Volcanic eruptions that occur without warning can be deadly in touristic and populated areas. Using a machine learning approach, the authors here discover distinctive patterns hidden in the seismic signals of a number of New Zealand and Alaskan volcanoes, that occur before most of the eruptions studied.