Hawaii Civil Defense has warned residents to have a plan in case they need one but many people in Hawaii are used to volcanic activity so hopefully that means they are watching the news and paying attention. This is not the first time Kilauea has gotten really active as there are whole neighborhoods that it has taken out in previous decades and just a few years ago, it threatened the major road to several towns.
Hundreds of earthquakes have hit the island and that is one of the clues they are saying shows it might be getting ready. The largest quake was in the 4.6 to 5 range.
Photo Credit : West Hawaii Today
So let’s hope this isn’t “the big one” and that it is just some overactivity but better to be safe than sorry when it comes to something like that.
I did find it interesting that there was increased seismic activity at Yellowstone over the last few weeks and now we are hearing about an increase in Seismic activity in Hawaii. They are not “close” but it is still interesting that you have an increase in both areas in the same time frame.