Guest Thinkers — September 1, 2010

Redoubt Mini-update for 2/24/2009

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Not much new to report with Redoubt except that folks in Alaska are getting, well, a little punchy.

AVO currently reports (7:12 AM):

Volcanic tremor and occasional discrete earthquakes continue at Redoubt. Since 00:00 local time on 2/24, tremor amplitude at nearby stations has gradually increased, and the number of small earthquakes on nearby stations has increased slightly.

Redoubt isn’t exactly making us volcanologists look too good lately. That is the nature of the beast, I suppose.

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