Volcanoes, Chat Room Changed, & Iceland (Patreon)

Due to a weird feature regarding my Patreon supporters and YouTube channel members only Telegram chat room, adding a moderator for some reason forced everyone in the chat room to rejoin. As a result, it now has a new link of: https://t.me/+YES2qSRkylI3Y2Ux

Everyone who can see this post is encouraged to join!

So, if you were removed from this chat room, you were not banned, but rather some weirdness appears to have occurred regarding the application.

Now for volcanoes!

Tomorrow's (November 1st's) video will discuss some minor volcanic unrest which in recent months has been occurring at Mount Saint Helens. This revolves around the rate of 2 - 6 km depth below sea level quakes rising from an average of 11 quakes a week to between 30 and 50 quakes a week. While seemingly minor, this does appear to represent the highest volcanic unrest Mount Saint Helens has experienced in 15 years. Although, this doesn't say much as its volcanic "unrest" is currently incredibly weak. No uplift, changes in gas emissions, or ground deformation has been detected during the last 3 months. So, on my 0 to 10 opinion based volcanic unrest scale, I would just barely place Mount Saint Helens as of October 31st 2023 as a 1.

In regards to the ongoing situation at the Reykjanes volcano, it is possible that I might travel there, but only if an eruption does occur at that volcano in the next month. I do not have enough information to speculate on the true odds that a volcanic eruption will or will not occur, although it does appear that the current intrusion is the shallowest this volcanic system has produced of its 5 magmatic intrusions since 2020.

In late December of 2021, the Fagradalsfjall volcano produced an incredibly strong earthquake swarm, and soon a fairly high rate of ground uplift. Soon, magma was confirmed to only be at 2,000 meters depth, then 1,500 depth, then 900 meters depth. But, that magmatic intrusion failed to reach the surface, meaning that even if the ongoing Reykjanes intrusion reached such a shallow depth, a similar fate of stalling and solidifying at depth could await it. Or it could erupt. We simply do not know yet. The last confirmed dataset had the magmatic intrusion of the Reykjanes volcano at 4.0 kilometers depth.

Any questions?