Kilauea - seismic swarm of 05.03.2017 - annotations Volcanoes and ciencia hoy
A seismic swarm, characterized by 31 shocks in 42 minutes, struck the upper zone of the eastern rift of Kilauea on 5 March a little before 6 am local time.
The largest earthquakes had magnitudes between 1.7 and 3.9 and a depth of one to two miles below the surface.
According to the experts, the localization and the importance of the sequence suggests a link with the pressurization of the magmatic system under the summit of Kilauea. However, these earthquakes did not cause any changes in the current eruptions, no surface deformation or cracks.
Sources: HVO / recent earthquakes, Big Island video news, Hawaii news now.
Kilauea - seismic swarm of 05.03.2017 - Doc. Big Island video
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