Large explosions have been recorded at Hawaii’s Kilauea summit, with some having the force of a magnitude-5.3 earthquake.
The explosions have happened for five days in a row, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
On Monday, an event at 5:03 p.m. local time registered as the equivalent as a 5.3-magnitude earthquake, the agency said. It produced a smoke plume of less than 2,000 feet and didn’t cause a tsunami threat.
According to CNN, on Sunday at 4:12 p.m. local time, there was a collapse explosion registered at magnitude 5.3. On Saturday at 4:34 p.m., a 5.3-magnitude explosion occurred. On Friday, at 6:52 p.m., a collapse explosion registered as a 5.3 earthquake on the Richter scale. On Thursday, at 1:14 p.m., an explosion releasing a significant amount of gas and ash was the same.
About 4,000 small earthquakes have hit the area in the past week, with as many as 40 quakes per hour, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. Most of the quakes have been between 2 and 3 on the Richter scale.
Lava from the volcano has destroyed hundreds of homes, acres of land, and roads. The USGS said recently that it also lost a piece of equipment: the North Pit GPS station.
The agency tweeted that the North Pit GPS station dropped 300 feet since mid-May and is no longer able to transmit data.
Kīlauea Message Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:11:45 HST: At 5:03 PM HST June 25, a collapse explosion event occurred at Kīlauea's summit. An ash-poor plume less than 2000 ft above the ground drifted SW. The energy released by the event was equivalent to M5.3 earthquake.
— USGS Volcanoes? (@USGSVolcanoes) June 26, 2018
HVO staff visit the observatory to assess earthquake and subsidence damage: cracks, buckling, books tossed from shelves. Scientists working from temporary digs at UH-Hilo. https://t.co/bzZaUAkYUI pic.twitter.com/2e15vcWpbq
— USGS Volcanoes? (@USGSVolcanoes) June 21, 2018
..ish, yeah. NPIT is on #Halemaumau Crater rim and has dropped nearly 300 ft (90 m) in total since mid-May! UWEV is on northwest caldera rim & moves slowly to south (toward HMM) between explosions then rockets back north as explosions occur. Though UWEV total movement nets to 0.
— USGS Volcanoes? (@USGSVolcanoes) June 17, 2018
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