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Earthquake epicenters from the EPR at 3 20'N recorded
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Beginning
May 28, 1996, the Autonomous
Hydrophone Array deployed by PMEL in the Eastern Equatorial
Pacific recorded what appears to be volcanic seismicity from
the East Pacific Rise near 3-20'N and 102-14'W. The activity
continued for ten days.
The bathymetry
from the site indicates a small inflated ridge segment. The location is
just north of the triple junction with the Galapagos Ridge. The character
of the seismicity is very similar to that observed in the northeast Pacific
at CoAxial Segment
and the Northern
Gorda Ridge, both episodes that were later confirmed to be eruptive
events.
Histogram
of number of earthquakes recorded from the volcanic site per three-hour
period.
(click to enlarge)
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