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January 8, 2025

The eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began on Monday, December 23 remains paused as of 8:40 pm on Friday, January 3. Glow persists from the cones on the southwest side of the caldera. 

A gas plume rises from the inactive vent at Kīlauea summit, two days after the pause in lava effusion.  The vent was quiet, with no audible sound—a contrast with the sounds of lava fountaining, akin to loud crashing waves, on earlier days. USGS video by M. Patrick. 
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Color photograph of scientist monitoring eruption
On the morning of January 7, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff made observations and measurements of the 2024-2025 Halema‘uma‘u vents, which ceased eruption in the evening on January 3, 2025. Both the North and South vents continue to emit volcanic gasses, contributing to vog that has been widespread across the Island of Hawai‘i since Saturday. The plume was being blown by Kona winds to the North and Northeast today. No jetting or other sounds were heard by field crews and no lava flows observed—the eruption remains paused. The South cone height was measured at 36 meters (118 feet), and the North cone was 23 meteres (75 feet) high. Subsidence of the lava surface near the vents after the eruption waned was on the order of about 5 meters (16 feet). USGS photo by K. Lynn.
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Color photograph of rock slides down a steep slope
Rockfalls continue from the steep caldera walls of Kaluapele, above the new cinder cone within Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea. Large blocks roll down the flanks of the cone that formed between December 23, 2024, and January 3, 2025, leaving paths in the tephra cone material. USGS photo by M. Patrick. 
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Color photograph of steamy caldera
Looking out across Kaluapele, Kīlauea summit caldera, from the south rim, small islands of solidified crust dot the area of the lava pond that was fed from the lava fountains during the most recent eruption from December 23, 2024, to January 3, 2025. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

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