Volcano thread

[TornadoFan]

Earthquakes at Kilauea's summit really picked up in the last half-hour or so.

 

[bjdeming]

USGS made it the topic of this week's Volcano Watch. The whole post is interesting, but here's an excerpt:

The current increases in the number of earthquakes (particularly in the upper East Rift Zone) and rates of ground inflation are showing us that Kīlauea’s magma storage system is becoming primed for its next event. One potential outcome could be another significant intrusion—when magma moves into a new area within the volcano but fails to erupt on the surface—such as what occurred along the Southwest Rift Zone during late January/early February of this year. Another potential outcome could be another eruption, either inside or outside the caldera.

 

[bjdeming]

Ruang: Per the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the government is going to permanently relocate everyone on the island.

 

[bjdeming]

Mount Ibu is one of the many Indonesian volcanoes that erupts almost constantly with a low intensity. This time, though, it put a little more muscle into it than usual:

[FPMKI on X: "G. Ibu Teramati 2 kali letusan dengan tinggi 200-5000 m dan warna asap putih, kelabu, dan hitam. ● Teramati lontaran lava pijar diarah barat laut dan barat daya jarak lontaran 1.5 km dari pusat erupsi (pada erupsi pukul 09:12 WIT. https://t.co/5UtKsXLqAO" /

Twitter translation: "Mt. Ibu Observed 2 eruptions with a height of 200-5000 m and smoke colors of white, gray and black.● Observed ejection of incandescent lava in the northwest and southwest direction, distance 1.5 km from the eruption center (during the eruption at 09:12 WIT."