An earthquake swarm has struck Socorro, New Mexico directly over a recently identified giant magma chamber known as the Socorro Magma Body. Is this earthquake swarm a sign that the Socorro Magma Body - a fledging supervolcano - is awakening? Geophysicist Stefan Burns reports...

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Research:

1988 - New evidence for the existence and internal structure of a thin layer of magma at mid-crustal depths near Socorro, New Mexico https://doi.org/10.1785/BSSA0780031335

2008 - New estimates of the magnitudes and locations for the strongest earthquakes in 1906-1907 Socorro, New Mexico, earthquake swarm https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/nmg/30/n4/nmg_v30_n4_p107.pdf

2023 - Pressurizing Magma Within Heterogeneous Crust: A Case Study at the Socorro Magma Body, New Mexico, USA https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105689

Articles:

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/whats-going-on-beneath-valencia-county-earthquakes-raise-questions/3064479

https://nmnaturalhistory.org/volcanoes/socorro-active-magma-body

https://nmnaturalhistory.org/volcanoes/valles-caldera-jemez-volcanic-field

Data and Credit:

USGS Latest Earthquakes Map: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

M3.9 USGS Event Page: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ssvm/executive

M7.6 1887 Sonora Mexico Earthquake https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official18870503221300000/executive

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