Loading ...Sorry about the toe! I suppose you don’t want pain meds that might affect your ability to work, too.
The summit crater that is collapsing is contained within a larger caldera field with a pronounced rim around it that shows this kind of thing has happened in the distant geologic past, and it was much bigger back then. At present, the hole is near one edge of the caldera rim where the Hawaii Volcano Observatory and Museum building are, and that building is damaged and abandoned now. The caldera area is contained well within the boundaries of the National Park and it is all surrounding wilderness area. Nearest habitations are the volcano golf course subdivision about 3 miles from the summit crater, and there is no geologic indication that the crater could expand that far. But those folks are getting mighty tired of the near constant 3 magnitude earthquakes daily, topped off with the big 5.3 daily. My ham radio friends there report FEMA encouraged them to Pre-Apply for disaster assistance at the center here just in case they suffer earthquake damage to their homes in the future.
The orange fire clouds above my front yard are beautiful tonight!