Earthquakes signal Hawaii’s Kilauea about to resume erupting

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

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

Scientists simply mentioned Tuesday that lava had stopped flowing after 61 days of volcanic exercise, however Kilauea resides as much as its fame 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 Massive Island.

The twin eruptions of Hawaii’s largest volcanos offered a brief increase to tourism in the course of the gradual 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 equivalent to singing, chanting and dancing to honor Pele, the deity of volcanoes and hearth, and leaving choices often known as “hookupu.”