The sounds of a plane engine could be heard as a cargo plane landed at Changi International Airport. In it carried the most advanced geologic and seismic equipment that the USGS had. The plane taxied to the gate and unloaded its cargo. The cargo was immediately sent to the EOS for immediate set-up.
At the EOS, Geologist Steve immediately began churning data from the equipment. He dispatched Geologist Yui Hisagawa, Sam and Robby to place the sensors all across the island for monitoring in case anything happened.
The task was arduous. Going around the whole entire island and setting up the sensors took the whole day. But at the end of the day, it was worth the hassle. The sensors began transmitting data back to the main database at the EOS. For the first time the 5 geologists could have a first-hand look at how big the magma chamber beneath Singapore was. What they saw drained the blood from their faces, especially for Professor Ong and Sam. The data showed that the magma chamber beneath Singapore was an astounding 70km from East to West and 40km from North to South. In essence, it covered the whole island and the southern part of Malaysia, i.e Johor. It was also 15km deep, deeper than Yellowstone Supervolcano. The data also depicted magma rising to the surface, and fast! It predicted an eruption within 40 days with the current amount of activity.
Just then, 3 earthquakes struck. The first measured a 4.2 at Kent Ridge Park. The second measured a 3.5 at Seletar reservoir. The third measured 4.8 at Changi International Airport. All three earthquakes were relatively shallow ones, ranging from 5-30km beneath the surface. The ground detection monitor sounded an alarm. The ground was rising at an alarming rate of 5cm a day at the Central Catchment Reserve (where the major reservoirs and nature reserves were), and 2cm for the rest of the island. They now had concrete evidence of an imminent eruption. It was time to start evacuating. NOW!