[Rockhounds] Earthquake Swarm Hits World’s Largest Volcano

[Axel Emmermann]

Hi Kreigh,

When we were staying with Kitty and Bill Heacox in 2013, we also got a gentle wake-up call from Pele in the early hours... Felt like a clearly noticeable tremor (It woke us up) and a rumbling sound... Like a tall building collapsing, but somewhat muffled.
I understand now why all breakable objects in Hawaiian museums, art shops and homes are secured with quake-proof kit. Since glass-art is somewhat of the local trade on the islands... 
The reason for these earthquake swarms is probably that people are still offering to Pele. Booze, that's what they offer... you find those small altars, built from loose lava stones on quite a few places in Volcano Park. There's a bottle inside, mostly gin.  So can you blame Pele for being drunk as a skunk and knocking over everything on her path?
But you were there too with us... You know this, of course 😉

Aloha
Axel  

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Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] Earthquake Swarm Hits World’s Largest Volcano

An earthquake swarm continues on Mauna Loa, known as the world’s largest active volcano. While nearby smaller Kilauea Volcano is erupting, Mauna Loa is not yet at this time. But that could change with time.

Beginning at 2:30 am HT on March 29, 2021, the U.S. Geological Survey’s
(USGS)  Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)  recorded over 130 earthquakes beneath the northwest side of Mauna Loa’s summit, about  26 miles west
northwest of the town of Volcano, Hawaii.   According to HVO, most of these
earthquakes are occurring in a cluster about  1 mile  wide and  3.5–5 miles below the surface.

The swarm continues this morning, with a 2.6 earthquake recorded in Pahala at 2:03 am HT.

The largest event in the sequence, so far, was a magnitude-2.7 earthquake, with the bulk of the events being less than magnitude-2. Only one event was reported felt by a resident and was described as weak shaking with a maximum Intensity of II on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.

https://weatherboy.com/earthquake-swarm-hits-worlds-largest-volcano/
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