May 23, 2023 — Vibroseis at Kīlauea

The Vibroseis vehicle has been operating on roads in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and in the Kīlauea summit region for the past several weeks. The vehicle belongs to the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) experimental facility at the University of Texas at Austin, which is supported with funding from the National Science Foundation. This aerial view shows the truck in the Maunaulu parking lot. You can learn more about the Kīlauea Seismic Imaging Project here: https://www.usgs.gov/supplemental-appropriations-for-disaster-recovery-…. USGS image by K. Mulliken.