Just had a 4.5 mag quake on Big Island Hawaii......several immediate aftershocks

Magnitude 4.4....so far....3.6 after shock

Last Edited by Xisuthros Rex on 10/19/2011 08:16 PM

I didn't feel it on Oahu.

Big island quake?

Tracking here

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

Wow, crap, 6 miles away from the Muana Kea summit...

[link to tux.wr.usgs.gov]

Yes, Big Island.

Several shocks so far...

2.6 2011/10/20 00:18:11 19.872 -155.542 17.3 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

3.0 2011/10/20 00:16:16 19.883 -155.540 17.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

3.6 2011/10/20 00:12:35 19.882 -155.533 16.6 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

4.4 2011/10/20 00:10:04 19.884 -155.534 17.1 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

Yep, 3.0, 2.6....the first one was a nice jolt!

3.1 2011/10/20 00:21:04 19.871 -155.543 15.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

ooh, Mauna Kea Doom!

Volcano related? I am not a seismic person, what do you all think?

2.7 2011/10/20 00:27:44 19.874 -155.543 14.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

It's very possible..

We "should" know if Mauna Kea was about to go as the Astronomers would detect swelling of the mountain instantly....it's listed as domant but eruption is still possible.

Mauna Loa on the other hand is over-due...

Upgraded to 4.5

3.1 2011/10/20 00:31:52 19.868 -155.537 16.1 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAI

[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

All on the volcano. EQ's still happening, 10 listed so far.

Volcanic, for sure.

I'm sure it was just a piece of Elenin impacting......

Last Edited by Xisuthros Rex on 10/19/2011 08:42 PM

"When Pele puts on her dancing skirt the turtle islands shall rise."

:Turtle 1:

OMGLOL!

How they appear on GE [link to i56.tinypic.com]

The swarm continues...

Few more quakes.
This reminds me of the Nabro eruption night.

Volcano doom? Just in case, I'd like to contribute this:

Elaborate on that would you?