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TREMORS
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Volcanoes National Park, Big Island of Hawaii.
“Ouch. s**t, what was that?” Karl Vargman, a second-year intern at the US Geological Survey monitoring station said.
“What do you have, Karl?” Makelo Kama, his supervisor, replied. Makelo’s tone was one part droll and one part unadulterated exhaustion.
Karl removed the headphones from his ears. “Christ, we just had a spike! It’s only a 3.6 magnitude, but we might have some seismic activity starting. It could be a precursor to something larger, like volcanic activity.”
“It’s too early in the morning,” Makelo said as he rubbed his eyes. “Dang interns. You guys get so excited. One little spike pops across the seismograph monitors and you get all giddy on us. Are you sure?”
“I’m an intern, not an idi
