Holy crap is right!

Looking at all the IGN elevation maps posted today I was going to say,"All we need now to validate this is quakes popping up under the old caldera" and before I could even post that, BOOM; that 3.5 hits. Perhaps the caldera is waking up....maybe.

I'm curious about pre-eruption data and what that looked like. Is this type of deformation typical in a non-eruptive cycle for these islands as magma does it's thing in the reservoirs? If so, then I wouldn't be too worried, but if those maps are usually always green, then something big is about to go down in the coming weeks; especially if this uplift in the caldera continues. If it does, I'd wager it would be a mt. st. helens-esque swelling given how long it's been dormant.

On another note, we have seen larger 3's and some 4's on the east side of the Cumbre Vieja range, but no steam or new vents opening up over there; so with that precedent perhaps this lone 3.5 is just a fluke and means nothing. That huge red area is none-the-less concerning.

Also, has anybody else noticed the primary active vent this evening is pitching everything at an angle away from the range, instead of straight up as it has been doing for the past two weeks?