Very shallow earthquake swarm hits Mount Hood in Oregon

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earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Map of earthquake swarm rattles Mount Hood in Oregon on October 17-18 2021

Mount Hood is currently hit by a swarm of small earthquakes. As of now, about 29 quakes hit the active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc.

earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Depth and magnitude of quakes versus time. Volcano Discovery

The largest quake was a M2.8 and hit on October 17, 2021 at 7:42PDT (October 18, 2021 at 2:42am UTC).

The tremors hit at a depth between 0.25 miles (0.4 km) and 1.99 miles (3.2 km), with most of the tremors (23) occuring between 1.30 miles (2.1km) and 1.68 miles (2.7 km).

The last earthquake swarm at Mount Hood occurred in June 2021.

Number of quakes vs time in the last 24 hours

earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Mount Hood earthquakes in the past 24 hours: Number of quakes vs time. Volcano Discovery

Number of quakes vs time in the last 30 days

earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Mount Hood earthquakes in the past 30 days: Number of quakes vs time. Volcano Discovery

Magnitude distribution and energy released in past 24 hours

earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Mount Hood earthquakes in the past 24 hours: Energy vs magnitude. Volcano Discovery

Most of the earthquakes occurred about 15 hours ago, but the swarm is continuing!

earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Mount Hood earthquakes in the past 24 hours: Energy vs time. Volcano Discovery
earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Mount Hood earthquakes in the past 30 days: Energy vs magnitude. Volcano Discovery

Magnitude distribution and energy released in past 30 days

earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Mount Hood earthquakes in the past 30 days: Energy vs magnitude. Volcano Discovery

The seismic activity was low during the last 30 days and picked up about 16 hours ago. There is clearly something going on at Mount Hood right now!

earthquake swarm Mount Hood Oregon October 17-18 2021
Mount Hood earthquakes in the past 30 days: Energy vs time. Volcano Discovery

Future eruptions at Mount Hood, Oregon

Mount Hood, which has been active for at least 500,000 years, occupies a long-lived focus of volcanic activity that has produced ancestral Hood-like volcanoes for the past 1.5 million years.

Much of the Mount Hood edifice is formed of lava flows, but eruptive activity during the past 30,000 years has been dominated by growth and collapse of near-summit lava domes to produce broad fans of pyroclastic flow deposits.

Similar deposits were probably formed in Mount Hood’s past but were largely eroded, especially during ice ages, and are poorly represented in the geologic record.

The last two periods of eruptive activity occurred about 1,500 years ago and in the late 18th century.

In addition to Mount Hood, other volcanoes scattered through the nearby area have erupted during the past 500,000 years. In contrast to the long-lived activity at Hood, each of these regional volcanoes was active for a relatively short period of time. The youngest such volcano is the 7-km-long Parkdale lava flow whose vent lies about 12 km north-northeast of the summit of Mount Hood.

When Mount Hood erupts again, it will severely affect areas on its flanks as well as locations far downstream in the major river valleys that head on the volcano.

Volcanoes like Mount Hood are very episodic in their eruptive behavior, and have periods with frequent eruptions over decades to centuries, separated by dormant periods lasting centuries to thousands of years.

The volcano ended a long (~10,000 yr) dormant period about 1,500 years ago and has had two eruptive period of lava-dome growth in the past 1,500 years.

Eruptions from Mount Hood, Oregon, during the past 30,000 years
Eruptions from Mount Hood, Oregon, during the past 30,000 years. diagram by Myers, Bobbie. Public domain

A significant eruption of Mount Hood, such as an eruption of lava domes that collapse to form pyroclastic flows and lahars, would displace several thousand residents and cause billion-dollar-scale damage to infrastructure and buildings.

In addition to a large and growing nearby residential population, Mount Hood is a major recreation destination for skiing, climbing, hiking, camping, and other types of tourism.

There are also significant elements of transportation and electrical power infrastructure in the area, all of which would be affected by future activity and cause major economic losses in the region.

By the way, a new study suggests that the magma sitting 4-5 kilometers beneath the surface of Oregon’s Mount Hood has been stored in near-solid conditions for thousands of years, but that the time it takes to liquefy and potentially erupt is surprisingly short – perhaps as little as a couple of months. So be prepared for the next blast! [PNSN, Volcano Discovery, Oregon State University, USGS]

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  5. I texted an old friend that moved to Oregon. No response yet.
    We seem to have quite a bit of volcanic and seismic activity all over the globe.

    I suspect when some cataclysmic event happens it will be like the times of Noah. Everyone will be doing everyday things like marriage or work, and poof. There goes heathen civilization.

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