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The Supervolcano Beneath Japan Is Quietly Refilling With Magma
Seismic imaging reveals that the Kikai caldera, source of the Holocene's most powerful eruption, is accumulating fresh magma at surprisingly shallow depths.
Casey Cooper·

Seismic imaging reveals that the Kikai caldera, source of the Holocene's most powerful eruption, is accumulating fresh magma at surprisingly shallow depths.

A detection method called 'Jerk' identifies nanometer-scale ground movements before magma reaches the surface, and it predicted 92% of eruptions over a decade of testing.