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Jeffrey B. Johnson

Aerial view of the summit of a volcanic cone as it violently erupts ash and debris.
Posted inScience Updates

Sensing the Sounds from Earth’s Hazardous Environments

by Jeffrey B. Johnson, Jacob F. Anderson, Madeline A. Hunt, Owen A. Walsh and Jerry C. Mock 8 May 20261 June 2026

Low-cost infrasound sensors, deployed in large numbers, provide a practical means of data collection near volcanoes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other geophysical phenomena.

On 3 March 2015, Villarrica volcano near Pucón, Chile, erupted briefly but violently, for the first time in 30 years.
Posted inScience Updates

Monitoring Volcanic Craters with Infrasound “Music”

by Jeffrey B. Johnson and L. M. Watson 17 June 20195 October 2021

Volcanic craters act as giant horns that emit intense low-frequency sounds. Changes in this infrasound may be used to track rising lava lakes and identify signals of future eruptions.

View of typical Santiaguito explosion as seen from the summit of Santa Maria.
Posted inScience Updates

Visiting the Volcano

by Jeffrey B. Johnson, B. Andrews and R. Escobar-Wolf 2 May 20165 June 2023

Workshops on Volcanoes; Santiaguito, Guatemala, 4–12 January 2016

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