Understanding the eruptive history of volcanoes in Hawaii requires a tremendous amount of time and effort examining deposits. Typically, older eruptions have less material exposed at the surface because younger eruptions bury them, or wind and rain erode them. Such is the case for one of Kīlauea’s largest explosive eruptions, which is not exposed near its source at the summit
Volcano Watch: Searching for tephra from one of Kīlauea s largest explosive eruptions : Big Island Now bigislandnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bigislandnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
April Is Tsunami Awareness Month for the State of Hawaii hstoday.us - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hstoday.us Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For decades, officials from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and International Tsunami Information Center, the Pacific Tsunami Museum, and other government officials have used April for a month-long campaign to educate the public on recognizing and mitigating hazards from tsunamis, a series of waves generated when a large volume of ocean water is displaced.
Locally generated tsunamis are why we must always be prepared. A local tsunami strikes fast and with little time for us to react devastating waves can travel across the Hawaiian island chain in minutes, and not just in the month of April. If there is a strong earthquake and you are at a location along the coast, “Don’t Fool Around. Get to High Ground!”