Earthquakes signal Hawaii’s Kilauea about to resume erupting

HONOLULU – Hawaii’s second-largest volcano is prone to resume erupting quickly after a short pause.

The U.S. Geological Survey stated Saturday {that a} shallow earthquake storm had been detected beneath the summit of Kilauea. That alerts that “resumption of eruptive exercise at Kilauea summit is probably going imminent,” the USGS stated.

Scientists simply stated Tuesday that lava had stopped flowing after 61 days of volcanic exercise, however Kilauea resides as much as its status as one of many world’s most lively volcanoes. It additionally erupted from September 2021 to final December. A 2018 Kilauea eruption destroyed greater than 700 residences.

For about two weeks final December, Hawaii’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa, was additionally erupting on Hawaii’s Huge Island.

The twin eruptions of Hawaii’s largest volcanos offered a short lived enhance to tourism through the sluggish season.

Volcanic eruptions have deep non secular and cultural significance for Native Hawaiians. When Mauna Loa began erupting in November after mendacity dormant for 38 years, many Hawaiians took half in cultural traditions similar to singing, chanting and dancing to honor Pele, the deity of volcanoes and fireplace, and leaving choices referred to as “hookupu.”