Mud Volcanoes

Abstract The eruption of mud and magma can be influenced by earthquakes reports date back more than 2000 years. Dozens examples eruptions have now been documented in response to both static dynamic stresses from earthquakes. Already erupting systems are most sensitive compared initiating new eruptions. Multiple plausible mechanisms proposed for triggering including disrupting particle-rich materials, mobilizing bubbles, or changing permeability—changes may occur within outside the reservoir hosting materials that ultimately erupt. Using historical triggered eruptions, we explain why it is unlikely Sidoarjo flow (sometimes nicknamed “Lusi”) was initiated an earthquake. As multiparameter monitoring volcanoes expands, eventually possible identify how seismic waves influence mobility field settings.