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Kilauea Message 2026-06-14 09:42:20 HST
Episode 49 fountaining began at 9:32 a.m. HST marked by a rapid increase in summit tremor along with ongoing summit deflation. fountains are currently 100-150 feet high and are expected to grow to 600-800 feet within the next 1-2 hours.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-14 08:10:46 HST
The south vent began overflows at 7:58 am HST and ended at 8:04 am HST. The north vent has active spattering. Several short (
Kilauea Message 2026-06-14 07:19:01 HST
The precursory overflow that began from the north vent at 5:59 am HST stopped at 7:04 am HST as lava drained back into the vent. The summit deflation that accompanied this small eruption stopped with the end of the overflow.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-14 06:10:19 HST
A second precursory overflow began at 5:59 am HST fed by a 15 foot (5m) high dome fountain. Alert levels were raised to orange/watch at 4:45 am HST this morning. Onset of episode 49 fountains is most likely today or tomorrow, June 14-15.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-14 04:33:36 HST
Precursory overflows from the north vent began at 4:10 am HST this morning and were fed by 10-15 ft (3-5m) dome fountains. The flow stagnated and lava drained back at 4:30 am HST.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Message 2026-06-13 15:13:13 HST
There have been a few small spatter bursts from the north vent beginning just after 2:00 pm HST. These are best seen on the V1 streaming camera. The start of episode 48 fountains is most likely Sunday or Monday.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Message 2026-06-06 02:54:32 HST
USGS HVO reports that monitoring stations are now back online and data is being restored as of 2:30 am HST. The backfilling of data may take some time.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Message 2026-06-06 02:31:23 HST
USGS HVO has been experiencing a partial network outage since 1:09 am HST this morning. A field crew is out diagnosing the problem. HVO still has sufficient data to issue alerts if there is a change in activity.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Message 2026-06-02 18:47:59 HST
The USGS HVO information statement for the M4.6 earthquake is here:
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans-public/notice/DOI-USGS-HVO-2026-06-03T04:31:46+00:00
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Message 2026-06-02 18:46:18 HST
A M4.6 earthquake off shore of Keahou-Kahaluu in Kona at 34 km depth was felt widely at 5:58 pm HST June 2. This quake was similar in origin to the M6 May 22 quake, but was not an aftershock of that earthquake.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-01 13:44:05 HST
Episode 48 ended at 1:37 p.m. HST after 9 hours. North vent dropped rapidly in the last few minutes.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-01 12:51:55 HST
Wind at the summit is now out of the south as seen on the V3 camera and the V1 camera is getting pelted with tephra. Summit has deflated 16.5 microradians as measured on the UWD tiltmeter.
