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Seismographs(or whatever they're called) measure any tremors or earthquakes made by the volcano or other geological activity in origin; satellites to measure the rise & fall of the land caused by the volcano's activity/magma chamber, record the eruption/ash cloud plume that drifts away from the volcano/etc, news video camera recorders, etc.

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Geologists use tiltmeters and other instruments to detect slight surface changes in elevation and tilt caused by magma moving underground.

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