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To help improve data quality, shallow boreholes are being drilled that will house new instruments and allow them to be thermally insulated. These new seismometers have both broadband and strong motion capabilities, and the seismic data quality is proving to be excellent, according to researcher technicians with the University of Hawaiʻi.

This week’s “Volcano Watch” article focuses on the installation process of newly upgraded seismometers that are used to detect and locate earthquakes.

Mount Merapi, located on the border of Yogyakarta and Central Java, ejected six hot clouds of avalanches in a row towards the southwest this morning.

An essential worker’s failed attempt to scam a financially struggling skifield out of a pair of lift passes during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the he

An essential worker’s failed attempt to scam a financially struggling skifield out of a pair of lift passes during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the...

Alert Level 1 raised over 3 Sorsogon towns as 11 earthquakes recorded

The French island of Réunion has been spared the worst of the storm, which is heading for Mauritius.

Over the past several months, periods of increased earthquake activity and ground deformation in the summit region of Kilauea volcano indicate that magma is accumulating beneath the surface. Where does magma reside, and how do we know?

Over the past several months, periods of increased earthquake activity and ground deformation in the summit region of Kīlauea volcano indicate that magma is accumulating beneath the surface. Where does magma reside, and how do we know?

At Kīlauea, there are several storage regions hypothesized from decades of monitoring data.