Mauna Loa... When?

[dan_c]

Not to speculate but hasn't Mauna Loa been quiet when Kilauea has been active and then the opposite? It looks like HVO only updates ML once a month now. I just happened to check the earthquake map and noticed a few minor ones have occurred (8) since 2 PM or so -- some listed with negative depth measurements and the other shallow. Looks like these shallow ones are in the northwest too.

Again, not to scare, it just piqued my interest. According to the latest update:

Thursday, November 1, 2018, 3:39 PM HST (Friday, November 2, 2018, 01:39 UTC)

MAUNA LOA VOLCANO (VNUM #332020)
19°28'30" N 155°36'29" W, Summit Elevation 13681 ft (4170 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: NORMAL
Current Aviation Color Code: GREEN

Earthquake activity increased in the first half of October, with scattered shallow events located in the summit region and the northwest flank of the volcano. Only two earthquakes were above magnitude 3. Earthquake activity declined significantly in the second half of October.

There was no significant change in deformation trends across the volcano in October.

HVO continues to monitor the volcano closely.

[Mimosa]

She is long over due for a line of fire and a direct flow (s) into the ocean .

Mrs.Mimosa

[Mimosa]

Hope this link works .

Mrs.Mimosa







https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

[hikatz]

Thank you, Mrs. Mimosa I pulled up the earthquake map for Hawaii.

Another good one is,

https://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-sta...aii/recent

The Hawaii Volcano Blog is very good, just scroll back for previous articles, or enter Mauna Loa Volcano in the search bar.

http://bigislandnow.com/2018/02/17/hawai...mauna-loa/

[TomK]

There is some convincing evidence that Kilauea's continuous eruption until now has taken some of the pressure off Mauna Loa. Assuming the recent eruption really is over, it'll be interesting to see what happens on Mauna Loa in the next few years.

[glinda]

There is some convincing evidence...

Links?

[Guest]

"convincing evidence" = unnamed sources

[Chunkster]

Reputable scientists at both Rice University and UH-Manoa have made a case for a relationship between the eruptive cycles of the two volcanoes. I'm sure Tom has more distinctly scientific sources he can quote, but here are a few links supporting a connection:

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2012/1...explained/

https://www.livescience.com/24262-kilaue...inked.html

http://news.rice.edu/2012/10/23/study-ex...lcanoes-2/

I'm not a scientist, but I did portray one in a high school play, and Professor Google is my friend.

Edited to add link to Rice U. website.

[dan d]

Interesting!


HPP

[glinda]

UH-Manoa have made a case for a relationship between the eruptive cycles of the two volcanoes...

Yes.. and there is an earlier paper.. that focuses on Earthquake-eruption interaction on Mauna Loa that mentions a perceived relationship, almost in passing at the end of the paper..

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/...05JB003861

And still earlier, by the same authors, that specifically focuses on the Interaction between Kilauea and Mauna Loa

https://www.nature.com/articles/421229a

And references in both to others.

There is a lot of evidence there is a sympathetic relationship between them though I think the one mountain takes away from the other theory is a simplistic interpretation of a much more complicated relationship. Even the first, more recent, paper sites by Chunkster goes on about simultaneous activity as well. But I agree.. how things develop now that Kilauea has depressurized will be interesting..