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It looks like the fountaining portion of Episode 40 of KΔ«lauea's ongoing eruption may have just begun π
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It looks like the fountaining portion of Episode 40 of KΔ«lauea's ongoing eruption may have just begun π
youtu.be/gXKuUyKt8mc
The #sunset view from the Observatory this evening π
This week's Winter Solstice Sunset as seen from the Observatory (sped up 20x)
youtu.be/NrywAJPy5Ew
WaiΔnuenue (Rainbow) Falls this morning, Hilo, HI
If you're in the Hilo area today, please swing by the Pacific Tsunami Museum to check out the commerative events for the 50th anniversary of the Kalapana Earthquake and HalapΔ Tsunami.
tsunami.org/events/
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the M7.7 earthquake that struck HawaiΚ»i Island, also producing a deadly tsunami at the HalapΔ Campground. This article covers what we've learned about the geologic structure of the island and its earthquakes.
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
All three of our #RaspberryShake seismographs--Mountain View, the Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo, and here at the Makakilo Observatory--recorded tonight's 4.6 magnitude #earthquake underneath KΔ«lauea #Volcano.
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Here at the Observatory we love rocks!
Happy #Halloween !
youtu.be/jrGgY4jYBZg
Our weather camera caught today's approaching downpour.
youtu.be/E5h0UxlFOBI
Today's large aftershock of the M8.8 #earthquake in Kamchatka, Russia produced small, non-dangerous tsunami waves in Hawaii. Here are the sea-level records from Kahului, Maui and Hilo, Hawaii Island.
βWhen a public figure dies, you are not obligated to manufacture sorrow for someone who did not live in a way that earned your compassion. There is a difference between refusing to speak ill of the dead and forcing yourself to honor a life that may have caused harm.β
Penumbral lunar eclipse at moonset over Makakilo as seen from Pearl Harbor this morning.
Before leaving Hilo we checked out the newly-repainted Coconut Point Lighthouse. It now shows the heights of the #tsunami waves that have struck the city, labeled by the years they happened.
The debris line (high water mark) in Hilo Bay from the July 29, 2025 tsunami from Kamchatka, Russia.
An upgraded model to our portable STOMP device (ver. 2 on the left, ver. 1 on the right). The new model has a simple one-button operation and easier setup with reduced cabling.
The first earthquake recorded by our new station in Mountain View, Hawaii County (Big Island).
We're in Hilo for the rest of the week helping out at the Pacific Tsunami Museum. It's across the street from Hilo Bay, where you can still see evidence of last month's #tsunami . We also set up a new Raspberry Shake seismograph in Mountain View and it recorded its first earthquake last night.
PTWC's hindcast of the recent tsunami from Kamchatka based on the USGS finite fault model.
youtu.be/5X3bF1tCw7s?...
Video of last Tuesday's tsunami in Kamchatka, Russia:
www.reddit.com/r/TsunamiVid...
"And when the system works well, like it did Tuesday night, itβs easy to forget how rare that used to be...
"Itβs a dangerous paradox: The better the warning systems perform, the less visible their value becomes β until the systems fail."
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
An opinion piece by Diego Melgar on the recent Russia earthquake and early warning systems was featured on MSNBC today. Check it out here: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Tsunami Advisories (offshore hazard alerts) remain in effect for Hawaii and parts of North America, and here's why: The tsunami is still active, just not as big, and can still cause weird rip currents and other marine hazards. Here's current sea-level data from Kahului, Maui, and Crescent City, CA.
Hawaii is now under a Tsunami Warning. That means evacuate coastal areas. tsunami.gov
Forgotten among the broken-toe drama earlier this month was that July marks the 4-year anniversary of when the Cat Distribution System found Silvius a new home. Here's a photo from that day, July 8, 2021. Happy #Caturday ! (He's fine now π)
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Our #RaspberryShake seismograph in Makakilo recorded the M7.4 #earthquake offshore of Kamchatka. Though it was large enough to prompt #tsunami alerts, none were visible on nearby sea-level instruments. This link is for the closest gauge.
www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/station.php?...
View of the WaiΚ»anae Mountains (including Makakilo) at sunset as viewed from Pearl Harbor, OΚ»ahu
Both of our #RaspberryShake seismographs (Makakilo and Pacific Tsunami Museum) recorded yesterday's M7.3 #earthquake offshore of the #Alaska Peninsula. Thankfully it did not make a dangerous #tsunami, though a very small one was recorded at Sand Point, AK.
Photo shows a limited edition of a can of SPAM with design featuring Disney's "Lilo & Stitch"
Marketing genius
Security camera timelapse video of the flash flood in Texas
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