04-03-2011, 03:47 PM
Thank you for that explanation, Midnight Rambler. So then the actual plumbing where the magma comes from deep in the earth is high up on Kilauea? And to get to Lower Puna, the magma needs a clear pipeline? That's the picture I'm getting.
Obviously magma can exert enough pressure to create quakes and shift blockages, but let's hope it doesn't.
One end of my house is about six feet up on post and pier, while the other end begins on slab, so I am aware all the time of how much more the P&P shakes. Mine is on deep soil, which shakes more than rock. A small quake near Pu'u O'o and I feel it quite strongly, even on the slopes of Mauna Kea.
Like you guys, it's when I'm in bed that I feel the movement. Quite often I think it's a quake starting and it turns out not to be. It's interesting to hear about these vibrations, because I'm understanding now that there are vibrations from the volcano that are well beneath the threshhold of what I consider a quake, which we all pick up on.
Obviously magma can exert enough pressure to create quakes and shift blockages, but let's hope it doesn't.
One end of my house is about six feet up on post and pier, while the other end begins on slab, so I am aware all the time of how much more the P&P shakes. Mine is on deep soil, which shakes more than rock. A small quake near Pu'u O'o and I feel it quite strongly, even on the slopes of Mauna Kea.
Like you guys, it's when I'm in bed that I feel the movement. Quite often I think it's a quake starting and it turns out not to be. It's interesting to hear about these vibrations, because I'm understanding now that there are vibrations from the volcano that are well beneath the threshhold of what I consider a quake, which we all pick up on.