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Volcano-Tectonic Seismicity of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

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A-type volcanic earthquakes; HF earthquakes; High-frequency volcanic earthquakes; The eruption of Soufrière Hills Volcano; Volcano-tectonic earthquakes; VT earthquakes; Montserrat

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Volcano-tectonic (hereafter VT) earthquakes, sometimes also termed high-frequency (HF) earthquakes, are a category of volcanic seismic signal. They are local earthquakes that occur in a volcanic setting and possess clear impulsive P- and S-phases with energy between 1 and 20 Hz, an example of which is shown in Fig. 1.

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VT earthquake waveform showing P- and S-phases and broad amplitude spectrum. This example shows 15 s long three-component velocity seismograms from a M L 2.8 VT earthquake recorded at station MBLG, approximately 3 km NE of Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat, on 5 October 2009

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  1. Montserrat Volcano Observatory, Flemmings, Montserrat

    Patrick Smith

  2. Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies

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Smith, P. (2013). Volcano-Tectonic Seismicity of Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I., Patelli, E., Au, IK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_93-1

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