Hawaii earthquake (2018 May 5 M6.9) & Eruptions

(2018/6/13 update)



Fig.1: USGS earthquake data from 2018 May 1 to June 13 8:31 (UTC). Hawaii time is UTC-10 hours. M>=5 and depth -3 to 40km. The left + is the location of Kilauea volcano and the right one is PuuO'o.


Fig.2: The time-space distribution of the hypocenters in the cut-out area in the fig.1. Triangles show eruptions of Kilauea.


Fig.3: Recent earthquakes were shown using USGS earthquake data from 2018 June 14 to June 18 14:45(UT). M>=1 and the depth from -3 to 40km.


Fig.4: The time-space distribution of the hypocenters in the cutout area in the fig.3. The pattern of the seismicity was changed from May 27.


Fig.5: M-T figure. The small earthquakes were increased before M5 event(eruption). Just after M5, the number of earthquakes drop.


Fig.6: USGS earthquake data from 2018 May 27 to June 13 12:45(UT). M>=1 and the depth from -3 to 40.


Fig.7: M-T figure of earthquakes in the cut-out area in the fig.6. This figure shows that the next eruption will be soon on 13th.


Fig.8; Hourly change of the number of earthquakes in the cut-out area in Fig.6.


Fig.9: CMT solution by GCMT groupe.