A noisy, unexplained shaking in the Puna area of Hawaii Island big series of very superficial earthquakes. Volcanoes of Kamchatka: ORANGE code

The Pacific plate, probably, too big to be a single whole

Hawaii - world's most active volcano - duh

And you know, how often there there are earthquakes like this ?
That is to magnitude more than 4 and depth of epicenter less than 5 kilometers?
I think that precisely DON'T KNOW:
over the last 7 years there ONLY ONE in May, 2005!

Can check up it, follow the link
[link to www.emsc-csem.org]
and set search
Depth (in kms) Min Max 5
Magnitude Min 4 Max
Region Name HAWAII REGION, HAWAII

So this event is far not the ordinary

another one, stronger.

4.3 2012/02/24 13:52:45 19.438 -155.309 5.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

MAP 4.3 2012/02/24 03:52:45 19.438N 155.309W 5.7 4 km ( 3 mi) NW of Kilauea Summit
MAP 3.3 2012/02/24 00:59:58 19.432N 155.314W 4.6 4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Kilauea Summit
MAP 4.3 2012/02/23 21:02:24 19.436N 155.314W 5.2 4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Kilauea Summit
MAP 3.2 2012/02/22 06:55:34 19.430N 155.319W 4.0 5 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Kilauea Summit
MAP 3.0 2012/02/22 03:57:33 19.425N 155.321W 4.3 5 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Kilauea Summit
MAP 3.2 2012/02/21 07:21:15 19.305N 155.792W 11.3 14 km ( 9 mi) SE of Ho`okena
MAP 3.2 2012/02/18 23:18:03 21.937N 156.679W 26.3 100 km (62 mi) NNE of Kaunakakai, Moloka`i

Decent little swarm there.

[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov]

I think she's going to blow

A lot very shallow quakes continues

Friday February 24 2012, 10:59:58 UTC 9 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 3.3 4.6 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 10:59:58 UTC 9 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 3.2 5.2 USGS Feed Deta
Friday February 24 2012, 12:24:07 UTC 8 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 1.7 3.5 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 14:00:24 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.0 0.0 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 13:58:50 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.5 4.1 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 13:57:37 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 1.9 5.4 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 13:56:25 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.2 3.9 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 13:52:45 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 4.3 5.9 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 14:11:32 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.4 3.1 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 14:30:17 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.8 5.6 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 14:29:06 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.4 4.3 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 14:33:46 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.0 4.4 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 15:20:58 UTC 5 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.2 4.1 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 19:04:40 UTC 94 minutes ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 1.7 3.1 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 19:02:16 UTC 97 minutes ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.3 3.4 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 19:30:35 UTC 68 minutes ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.0 3.6 USGS Feed Detail
Friday February 24 2012, 19:29:20 UTC 70 minutes ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.6 4.4 USGS Feed

[link to quakes.globalincidentmap.com]

Close bada boom?

[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov]

Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: The Ka`oiki seismic swarm continued about 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Halema`uma`u Crater with increased activity overnight that included two magnitude-4+ earthquakes occurring amongst more than 70 additional earthquakes in the past 24 hours. Seventy-eight earthquakes were strong enough to be located beneath Kilauea in the past day: 74 quakes were related to the earthquake swarm, two were within the upper east rift zone, and two were on south flank faults.

Past 24 hours at the middle east rift zone vents: At Pu`u `O`o, incandescence was visible at sources on the upper part of the tube system on Pu`u `O`o's east flank; unfortunately, our cameras viewing Pu`u `O`o crater are not working and we hope to be able to return them to functionality during today's overflight work. Seismic tremor levels near Pu`u `O`o were low. The tiltmeter on the north flank of Pu`u `O`o cone recorded the probable start of DI inflation by 9 am yesterday. GPS receivers on opposite sides of the cone continued to show neither extension nor contraction. The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide emission rate measurement was 600 tonnes/day on February 17, 2012, from all east rift zone sources.

Webcam and satellite images indicate that active lava flows are high on the pali and scattered across the upper and middle portions of the abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision. The leading edge of the flows are about 7.5 km (4 mi) southeast of Pu`u `O`o. The active flows have been reported visible from the County Viewing Area in Kalapana.

Hawaii's volcanoes don't "blow" - different kind of volcano

The earthquakes are normal but THIS is interesting...

Mysterious boom in Puna

[link to www.bigislandvideonews.com]

History of Hawaii's biggest quakes over last 40 years [link to earthquaketrack.com]

Of importance to note is that the 1974 7+ EQ caused a rift to occure on the Big Island and about 1/3 of that island partially separated from the rest of the island, with a couple of hundred(??) acres actually ending up under water.

Underwater work around the Hawaian Islands indicates that over time large chunks of the islands "fall off" the mountain top (the islands are 20,000' or so above the sea floor bed) and collapse into the sea in long run out landslides. Such large collapses are believed to have repeatedly created Pacific wide MEGA Tsunami's, though the timing between each of those events is measured in the 10's of thousands of years, not hundreds or thousands of years. (there is geological evidence that easten Australia has been hit with mega tsunami's with a height of several hundred feet)

imo ANY major EQ (say above 7??) in Hawaii has to potential for triggering such a collapse, but the little ones (6 or below) would probably have an extremely low probability of doing so)

[link to www.youtube.com]

This ^^^^

All the smaller quakes are normal lava movement. But, they are concerned about a big one causing the shelf to break off. We would have a 45 minute warning to head to higher ground here on Kauai if that were to happen.

The thing is, even this is not pole shifting, earth changing doom - it's a perfectly normal process and how the Hawaiian islands have been being formed over the eons.

Really very interesting!

Last Edited by Tramp on 02/25/2012 12:36 AM

It happened again? Just read on this yesterday.

Sorry, hasn't noticed a post.

But it continues
[link to quakes.globalincidentmap.com]
Friday February 24 2012, 23:35:59 UTC 6 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.1 4.1
Saturday February 25 2012, 01:03:07 UTC 5 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 2.0 4.5
Saturday February 25 2012, 01:45:05 UTC 4 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 3.1 4.4
Saturday February 25 2012, 01:53:20 UTC 4 hours ago Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 1.7 4.0

And cam
[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov]
swithed off from 2012-02-23 04:28:40 (HST) ...

Last Edited by Tramp on 02/25/2012 12:42 AM

Puʻu cam still not working, good pic of Halema barbecu
[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov]

People like these are part of why I love living in Hawaii!

A lady who doesn't care what time it is. (the true meaning of Hawaiian time)

2 guys picking avocadoes in the the jungle.

Kids happily cheering because they hear a loud boom.

And a guy named Pirate that apparently knows what it's like to throw dynamite in a cesspool!

Like putting dynamite in a cesspool...

Awesome, Pirate.

lol

boom boom shake the room

Really great, I like it too!


But all the same I will add a little bit on a theme
[link to volcanoes.usgs.gov]

Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: The Ka`oiki seismic swarm continued about 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Halema`uma`u Crater with more than 180 earthquakes since early Wednesday morning. Seventy-four earthquakes were strong enough to be located beneath Kilauea in the past day: 60 quakes were related to the earthquake swarm, two were beneath the summit area, three within the southwest rift zone, two were within the upper east rift zone, and seven were on south flank faults.

There have been no changes in the eruption related to the Ka`oiki seismic swarm. DI inflation and the rise of the lava lake continued overnight; a 2-3 hour-long lava high stand started at about 4 pm yesterday. Since mid-October 2011, the summit GPS network recorded continued weak extension. Seismic tremor levels were low. The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide emission rate measurement was 850 tonnes/day on February 22, 2012.

Past 24 hours at the middle east rift zone vents: Within Pu`u `O`o crater, HVO geologists on yesterday's overflight described the northeast source as a small cone that ejected spatter episodically and the southeast source as a fuming; overnight, the northeast source continued vigorous spattering and the southeast source came alive and issued a lava flow toward the northeast source and to the west between 9:45 and 10:30 pm last night; the public Webcams viewing Pu`u `O`o crater will be out of operation for a few weeks. Incandescence was visible at sources on the upper part of the tube system on Pu`u `O`o's east flank.

Seismic tremor levels near Pu`u `O`o were low. The tiltmeter on the north flank of Pu`u `O`o cone recorded continued DI inflation with a brief deflation at the time of the above-mentioned crater lava flow. GPS receivers on opposite sides of the cone continued to show neither extension nor contraction. The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide emission rate measurement was 600 tonnes/day on February 17, 2012, from all east rift zone sources.

HVO geologists reported that the flow was advancing in two lobes: the east lobe was advancing along the east margin of the December flows and had reached the 900-ft elevation; the west lobe had advanced along the western margin of earlier flows and, yesterday morning, was crossing a 1980s `a`a flow to about the 1500-ft elevation at about the upper boundary of the abandoned Royal Gardense subdivision. Webcam and satellite images indicate that the lava flows continued to be active on the pali overnight. The leading edge of the flows are about 7.5 km (4 mi) southeast of Pu`u `O`o. There are no active flows on the coastal plain or entering the ocean.

Thanks for keeping on eye on things OP - have got friends over there

Very far from Hawaii, but also Pacific region:
Welcome to Kamchatka

[link to www.kscnet.ru]
BEZYMIANNY VOLCANO (1000-25)
55°58'N, 160°36'E; Elevation 9,455 ft (2,882 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE ISORANGE

Activity of the volcano gradually increases. Strong ash explosions up to 42,640 ft (13 km) a.s.l. possible during next two weeks. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft

KARYMSKY VOLCANO (1000-13)
54�03'N, 159�27'E; Elevation 4,874 ft (1,486 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE

Explosive activity of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 19,700 ft (6 km) ASL could occur at any time.Activity of the volcano could affect low-flying aircraft

SHEVELUCH VOLCANO (1000-27)
56°38'N, 161°19'E; Elevation 3,283 m, the dome elevation ~8,200 ft (~2,500 m)
AVIATION COLOR CODE IS ORANGE

Explosive-extrusive-effusive eruption of the volcano continues. Ash explosions up to 32,800 ft (10 km) ASL could occur at any time. Ongoing activity could affect international and low-flying aircraft

Strong quakes near Kamchatka today