Are Mauna Loa and Kilauea connected? New study finds network of magma chambers

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A captivating new research within the Journal of Science reveals that Mauna Loa and Kilauea could also be related deep beneath the Earth’s floor.

Scientists at CalTech tracked almost 200,000 earthquakes that rumbled beneath Hawaii Island’s volcanoes from 2018 by way of this 12 months.

And with that information, they have been capable of create a 3D map.

Because the Washington Publish places, it “revealed a beforehand hidden assortment of magma caches that will act just like the beating coronary heart of the volcanoes above.”

Earlier in December, Mauna Loa and Kilauea stopped erupting virtually concurrently, elevating questions whether or not that was a mere coincidence.

This new research doesn’t present definitive solutions to that query as a result of the research led to Could of this 12 months.

In the meantime, Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory scientists mentioned they are going to proceed investigating if there’s a potential connection between these two volcanoes utilizing information collected from the latest eruptions.

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