Kona Infrasound Event 140717

UPDATE: Event report is up on the ISLA blog page (this page is under development at the moment but we are trying to get all our event reports posted as we write them)

At 4:00 pm HST a loud noise was heard in the Kahalu-Keauhou area of Kona on the Big Island.

ISLA has received three accounts that are as follows:

1)  "a big bang that shook the ground"

2) "HUGE BANG that scared all the animals followed by jet noise. It sounded like it was right overhead" - Donkey Mill Area

3) "It was super loud. Right over Kahalu'u. I think it was a jet. It was so loud. I talked to people at kta and they said the whole building shook" - Kahalu'u beach park area

The signal was recorded at IMS station I59US in Kona. Array processing was done to determine the back azimuth of the signal.

Final back azimuth as calculated using PMCC4.15, which crosses the coast at Kahalu'u Beach Park

direction of the signal as calculated using array processing

The signal as recorded at station I59US 

This post will be updated later with any new information and more detailed analysis. Any other observations from witnesses are appreciated! Hopefully by the time of the next update the source will be known. 

Happy 6th Birthday Halema'uma'u Eruption!

Today the March 19, 2008 eruption at Halema'uma'u turns 6! The eruption in the Halema'uma'u crater began with a small explosive event, and continues today with a beautiful lava lake. In honor of this birthday we at the lab have put together a sound file of 24 hrs of infrasound data mapped into the audible range for your listening pleasure (3/18/14 19:00UTC - 3/19/14 19:00 UTC).

Technical information: These data were recorded by a C50a ~ 7 km from the vent. The data were then bandpass filtered between 0.3 to 10 Hz before being sped up ~1,000x to map into the audible range. The above image is the result of our automated processes (still in development at this time) for the same time period.  

Here at the lab we love to check in on the volcano, and HVO has an amazing array of products that help us keep up to date on what is happening. At the time of writing this is the image from the webcam at HVO:

The image used for the track is also the overlook thermal camera image at time of writing. There is also currently a deflationary event going on at the summit according to the daily eruption update.

Happy Birthday Halema'uma'u eruption and thank you!

~ ISLA

Infrasound at AGU13

Aloha!
AGU fall meeting is next week! Are you ready!? We are excited to be able to share some of the work we have been doing at the lab this year. The following is a guide to not only what we will be presenting, but other interesting talks and sessions for those interested in infrasound.

Our Infrasound Team Talks, Posters, and Sessions:

Tuesday
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 2022 Moscone West -  NH21D. The Chelyabinsk Meteor Event I

1:40 PM - 6:00 PM Poster NH23D-1554 - Infrasonic Tracking of the Chelyabinsk Meteor in NH23D. The Chelyabinsk Meteor Event II Posters

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM 307 (Moscone South) - Assessing Infrasound Network Performance Using the Ambient Ocean Noise in S24B. Advances in Nuclear Test Monitoring From Multiple Technologies III

Friday
12:05 PM - 12:20 PM  308 (Moscone South) - Regional Localization with the Hawaii Island Infrasound Network in V52C. Assessing Volcanic Processes Through Novel Monitoring Approaches II (cosponsored by EGU-GMPV)

All Sessions of Interest:

Monday
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 305 Moscone South -  S14A. Infrasound and Seismoacoustics I

Tuesday
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 2022 Moscone West -  NH21D. The Chelyabinsk Meteor Event I

1:40 PM - 6:00 PM Poster - A23F Weather, Dynamics and Climate Posters
1:40 PM - 6:00 PM Poster - NH23D The Chelyabinsk Meteor Event II Posters
1:40 PM - 6:00 PM Poster - S23B Infrasound and Seismoacoustics II Posters

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM 307 Moscone South - S24B Advances in Nuclear Test Monitoring From Multiple Technologies III [SWIRL_CU]

Wednesday
1:40 PM - 6:00 PM Poster - S33B Characterization and Modeling for Nuclear Test Monitoring and Verification II Posters

Thursday
8:00 AM - 12:20 PM Poster - V41B Magma Plumbing, Transport and Eruption at Basaltic Volcanoes III Posters (cosponsored by EGU-GMPV and MSA)

1:40 PM - 6:00 PM Poster - NG43A Pattern Formation and Nonlinear and Scaling Geoprocesses: From Microscale to the Climate II Posters [SWIRL_CM.CU]

Friday
10:20 AM - 12:20 PM 308 Moscone South - V52C Assessing Volcanic Processes Through Novel Monitoring Approaches II (cosponsored by EGU-GMPV)

1:40 PM - 3:40 PM 104 Moscone South - U53A Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization

Now you know where we will be hanging out! Don't forget you can always follow along with the fun on twitter with  hasgtags #AGU13 #infrasound and just in case you are not already... you can follow our team members at @isoundhunter and @isoundhuntress

Super Typhoon Haiyan

Aloha! It has sure been busy at the lab this year, but something like Haiyan doesn't happen every day, so here I am! I have just a quick post today with a few figures and a new track. Enjoy!

The CTBTO IMS station I39PW is located on the island of Babeldaob in Palau. Super Typhoon Haiyan ran over the northern most state of Palau, Kayangel island on 06 November 2013 UTC. The infrasound station I39PW recorded the approach, and part of the typhoon before losing power late in the day UTC.

 Taken at 13:00 UTC 07/11/2013 by the geostationary satellites of JMA and EUMETSAT.

Spectrogram and array processing results from I39PW created by ISLA.

I recommend also listening to the infrasound data sped up ~ 2000x so it is in the audio range while viewing the figures. The following track is around 10 hrs of data covering the ramp up of the storm as well as the storm passing over, up until the station lost power.



Super Typhoon Haiyan was a category 5 when it slammed into Palau. According to an article on gizmodo the storm has broken the intensity scale by 0.1 when it registered 8.1 out of 8. It is beautiful and dangerous. The lab's thoughts are with the people of the Philippines.

Aqua/MODIS 11/07/2013 04:25 UTC

You can read more:

- Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog

- Andrew Freeman (Climate Central)

- Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal (AGU)

- Phil Plait (Slate)

Aloha Video Friday: Bass edition

Aloha! I have two videos for you this wonderful Friday!

First I am going to warn you that these videos were created to be listened to on a system with a healthy dose of bass. We recommend a subwoofer. If you have a speaker that can dip down into the infrasound range even better!

First we have a video staring Tungurahua Volcano in Ecuador.

The second video stars our very own Kilauea Volcano, specifically the Pu'u O'o vent

 

We hope you enjoyed the bass drop Plinian and Hawaiian style! Have a good weekend!

Feb 15, 2013 Russian Meteor

Aloha, this post will be updated as more information becomes available and more data are processed. 

This morning in Russia a meteor exploded over the skies of Chelyabinsk (55.2N, 61.4E). The event occurred around 03:20 UTC today (Feb 15th). We, as members of the infrasound community are very busy and will be releasing bits and pieces as we go (look under @infrasoundhunter on twitter). This post will mostly contain results from our lab, although we retain the right to post anything we find totally awesome.

The CTBTO twitter account released the following image:

Results from the CTBTO IMS Infrasound Network. The event was picked up by 11 infrasound stations. (source)

Initial results from station I31KZ located ~600 km from the hypercenter, to the south. (source)

Initial results from I46RU located ~1,500 km from the hypercenter, to the east. (source)

More results from I31KZ. "Behold the infrasonic signature of the Russian Meteor, radiating from 8Hz down to 0.004 Hz - the deep end of sound" - isoundhunter (source)

Initial location released for the meteor, and the stations we have been talking about. Plotted in Google Earth.

"The 4mHz (0.004 Hz) low end for the Russian meteor infrasound corresponds to a 250s atmospheric oscillation, a wavelength of 85km. A BIG. Slow. Sound." - isoundhunter (source)

Russian Meteor in Hawaii!?
The CTBT IMS Infrasound site in Hawaii (I59US) seems to have recorded a signal from this event. The station I59US is located approximately 11,000 km from the source, with a travel time of 11 hours and 40 minutes.

There is an article in the Star Advertisor (unfortunetly it is behind a pay wall) but the figures are posted here

follow us on twitter and join the fun with #RussianMeteor and #infrasound

@isoundhunter

@isoundhuntress

EDIT: We are still working on this amazing data set! I will be posting results as we finalize them.

Super Typhoon Bopha

Over the coming weeks and months, we will be sharing data products from our Super Typhoon Bopha data set. Bopha began as a tropical storm east of our array in Palau, and intensified as it narrowly missed Palau on its way to the Philippines. ISLA staff were recently in Palau to upgrade an IMS infrasound station (International Monitoring System). The last of the field crew, (including yours truly) completed the work and left just 2 days before the arrival of Typhoon Bopha. We will be presenting products from this exciting data set recorded with our newly upgraded system.

More information on the array

This is the first of our data products. This audio file is 24 hrs of data from 00:00:00 UTC on December 2, 2012. It has been sped up by a factor of 2200 resulting in a ~39 second clip.



From 0-10 seconds you can hear the typhoon approach the island
Around 12 seconds, signal from the high period surf becomes noticeable
Around 30 seconds, signal from long period surf becomes noticeable

We recommend playing this track several times, and using different EQ settings. We have been having fun playing it on different systems with different frequency responses.

For those interested in waveforms, this signal has been band-pass filtered from 40Hz to 6kHz after being sped up by a factor of 2200. This maps the 0.2 Hz microbarom (ocean storm) peak to 440Hz (a concert A).