Volcano acting up

[leilaniguy]

HVO today is reporting earthquakes every few minutes near Mauna Ulu and The National Park Service has closed Chain of Craters road and South Crater Rim Drive.



Edited by - leilaniguy on 06/17/2007 12:28:55

[Robin C]

Definitely cool stuff.

A heads up to all...don't go up the Mauna Loa Strip Road. Looks like that's where all the tourists have headed since they aren't allowed in most of the park.
We went up there earlier and its packed with lots of rental cars driving too fast.

Robin

[Royall]

Map shows a lot of activity. This should boost tourism!

http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/Maps/155.25-19.25.html

Royall

What goes around comes around!

[missydog1]

wow!
http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/hvostatus.php

"Kilauea Information Release issued Jun 17, 2007 05:26 HST Volcanic-Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
Report prepared by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory:
Early Morning Earthquake Swarm Beneath Kîlauea’s Upper East Rift Zone
About 70 shallow earthquakes in 2 hours occurred beneath the upper east rift zone of Kîlauea early this morning. The swarm began at 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 17 and is ongoing. The earthquakes are centered 1 km (1 mile) southwest of Mauna Ulu and are concentrated between 1.5 and 3 kilometers (1-2 miles) deep. As of 4:30 a.m., ten of the quakes had magnitudes greater than 3 and were felt by nearby residents. All data so far is consistent with the event being a shallow intrusion of magma. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is watching the situation closely and has deployed field crews to the scene.
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has taken the following precautionary measures: Chain of Craters road is closed. Crater Rim Drive is closed between Jaggar museum and the Thurston lava tube parking lot. NPS personnel are sweeping both roads to evacuate visitors."

[radioguy]

More info:

http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=5926

[Carolann R]

Royall, fascinating to watch the changes with the quakes...felt a few and checked the map and sure enough...

Carrie

"All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it." Bob Newhart

[Kelena]

I think this is Pele's way of saying she misses me.

I think our relationship is finally turning the corner.

[emorata]

When I was there two weeks ago past the old kalapana road to the end, I was able to tag along a japanese tour group and follow the leader to where the lava was flowing again to a pool area....pretty neat seeing pools of lava oozing in different directions which i haven't seen in awhile.

If you plan on going to check it out, make sure to try to tag along one of the tour groups, you wouldn't want to accidentally walk into an area that looks solid that may be an active area....but thats at least a 1/2 hour hike from the parking lot.

noel

[Carey]

Today, activity at Pu'u 'O'o seems to be in remission & there is a shallow magma intrusion up-rift. Makaopuhi crater has widened 35 inches.
http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/hvostatus.php

[robguz]

They have a new breakout that they found between Pu'u O'o and the caldera. These pics also show that the inside of Pu'u O'o has dropped over 60 feet. Glad it didn't do that when I was standing in it last September. this is pretty amazing!

http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/update/images.html