First there were several mag. 4 quakes off Vancouver Is, Canada, which I think are in the same area but I haven't confirmed that yet. Then this news report came last night. This is exciting but it will be a while before we get any scientific reports. There have been other volcanoes at the San Juan de Fuca plate edge. But it is always exciting to have a new one as each time we seem to have better monitoring equipment.
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On board the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson, a scientific rapid response team was en route Saturday to check out some underwater earthquakes.
"We've had about 3,000 earthquakes reported," said Dr. Ed Baker of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
The scientists believe an underwater volcano is erupting along the undersea Juan De Fuca Ridge, some 300 miles off the coast of Neah Bay.
The underwater earthquake swarm began last weekend and scientists say it produced nearly 1,500 small quakes in the first 36 hours.
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