No signs of imminent eruption following earthquake near Kilauea: Big Island Now

There are no signs of an imminent eruption following a 4.1-magnitude earthquake that struck the south side of Kilauea island Saturday evening.

The powerful quake struck at 8:47 p.m. about nine miles south of Fern Forest, and was followed by three aftershocks. Earthquake numbers on the Upper East Fault Zone have remained higher than the background, and have increased slightly over the past 24 hours, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Over the past 24 hours, approximately 25 earthquakes were recorded beneath Kalaupale (Kilauea caldera) and 95 earthquakes beneath the Upper East Rift Zone, most at depths between 0.6 and 1.8 miles below the surface.

The number of Upper East Rift Zone events has increased compared to the past few days (which each had about 20 events per day) but remains well below the numbers recorded during the Upper East Rift Zone swarms from June 27 to July 1.

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Seismic activity and ground deformation rates beneath the Middle and Lower East Rift Zone and the Lower Southwest Rift Zone remain low. Recent volcanic activity and ongoing unrest have been limited to the summit and upper rift zones.

Measurements from continuous gas monitoring stations located downwind of Puʻuʻōʻō in the Middle East Rift Zone—the site of volcanic activity from 1983 to 2018—remain below detection limits for sulfur dioxide, indicating that sulfur dioxide emissions from Puʻuʻōʻō are negligible.

Kilauea volcano briefly erupted on June 3 southwest of the summit area within a closed area of ​​Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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Following this event, magma repressed the storage system beneath Halema'uma'u and the southern caldera, triggering earthquakes in the caldera south of Halema'uma'u and in the upper East Rift Zone.

The long-term gradual inflation of the summit and upper rift area has continued since the end of the eruption. At present, experts say it is not possible to say whether this activity will lead to an intrusion or eruption in the near future, or whether it will simply continue as seismic disturbances at depth.

Changes in the nature and location of disturbances can occur rapidly, and the potential for explosion can occur, but there are no signs of an imminent explosion at this time.

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