Mauna Kea has had more than a million deep long-period earthquakes over the past 20 years

A team of researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Oregon has found evidence that Mauna Kea has experienced over 1 million deep, long-period earthquakes (DLPs) over the past 19 years. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes their study of the long-dormant volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, and what they learned about it. Robin Matoza with the University of California, Santa Barbara, has published a Perspective piece on the work by the team in the same journal issue.

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