Kilauea's Magma Migrates Down East Rift Zone: Geologist Analysis

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Published 2024-08-09

Geology professor Shawn Willsey provides an update on magma movement and other geologic activity beneath Kilauea volcano on the Island of Hawaii.

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All Comments (21)

@shawnwillsey 4 hours ago

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@JustHim1710 4 hours ago

Thank you Shawn for the important information, always support your channel ✌️
@jackienaturelover9761 4 hours ago

Thanks Shawn for the update. This is becoming very interesting.
@sheilagraham8543 4 hours ago

Thanks once again Shawn.: the 3-d view makes it easy to visualise your analysis of how the magma may have migrated causing the deeper earthquakes.
@sandrine.t 3 hours ago

Two updates today, awesome! Thank YOU, Shawn :) And the 3D view really helps!
@joannekellam191 3 hours ago

It's a special double-update day! Thanks for updating us on the Hawaii situation too!! Question - I am not clear on the difference between the measurements made by the tiltmeter vs the uplift portion of the GPS... could you address in a future video at some point?
@loisrossi841 4 hours ago

Thank you.
@Travel-bug365 4 hours ago

I plan to visit Kilauea in about 2 weeks. I Hope the road is open regardless of eruption or not. Earthquakes can change our plans in a hurry. Would be nice to see an eruption as long as it’s nowhere near any homes.
@jmuehlbauer42 3 hours ago

Thanks for the information. Your updates are so well done and understandable. Keep up the great work!
@xwiick 2 hours ago

Thanks for all the hard work on these videos!
@stephanniecb 4 hours ago

Well done on the shirt!
@sueellens 3 hours ago

Thank you!
@orchidorio 4 hours ago

Now I have a better idea how all this happens. It begins to seem like the volcano is alive and moving around through the earth and you can follow it's movements.
@ellenbryn 3 hours ago

Thanks for the quick reassurance it's not moving fown past (or even as far as) Pu'u O'o so far. 2018 was one of those eruptions where you feel guilty watching (and listening, when fissure 16 was first clearing its throat) and enjoying the spectacle bc you know it's causing so much heartbreak and hardship for displaced residents.
@jamespark3944 3 hours ago

Thanks Shawn I have been following all posts for both Iceland and Kilauea and very appreciative, have you any info on mt Edna volcano?
@terribrown7587 4 hours ago

Hope it doesn't go to the houses again
@Jack-ne8vm 3 hours ago

Comments on earthquake swarm 20 miles sw of Bakersfield, CA?
@Aoi_Fans 4 hours ago

Any thoughts on the first ever Nankai Trough megaquake alert which was issued following the M7 earthquake in Miyazaki, Japan?
@deniseatkins9407 3 hours ago

Wonder if it will punch through another pu u as I asked them if pu u o o would erupt again and they said no it will never erupt again
@terryridge4596 4 hours ago

Mahalo, Shawn! I have 6 acres 9.4 miles southeast of Pu'u Mo'o (BELOW the rim), 4.4 miles northeast of Pu'u O'o (ABOVE the rim), and about 10-12 miles north of the East Rift Zone but still south of HI-11, and certainly love EVERYTHING about lua pele! Aloha noho'i ~ ~ ~ PS: Like I've mentioned to you before, a book on Kilauea (Hale Ma'u Ma'u/Pu'u Mo'o), Pu'u O'o and the rift zones would be AWESOME ~ ~ ~