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Kilauea Message 2025-03-26 18:11:16 HST
High fountains continue at 6 pm HST from the south vent and are 500-700 feet. Maximum heights of just over 1000 ft from the south vent occurred from 11 am-12 pm today and around 1:30 pm. The new V2cam images are darkened by steam and ash.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-26 11:56:25 HST
Current airborne eruption hazards include vog (volcanic smog), Pele's hair and other small volcanic fragments from lava fountains that can fall on the ground in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and communities downwind of the eruption.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-26 11:49:28 HST
Ep. 15 continues as of 11:40 a.m. HST with voluminous lava flows and sustained fountains over 600 feet (180 meters) high. There is increased potential for exposure to airborne eruption hazards due to vigorous fountaining and weak winds.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-26 10:35:57 HST
Both the south and north vents are feeding high fountains. The south vent fountain heights are more than 500 feet high (150 meters) with the north vent fountains about half as high at 10:35 am HST.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-26 10:18:15 HST
Style of fountaining, increasing tremor, and the onset of deflation indicate episode 15 began transitioning to the high fountain phase just after 10 am HST March 26. Fountains from the south vent are currently 100-200 feet high (30-60 m)
Kilauea Message 2025-03-25 16:27:14 HST
There have been 15 cycles of dome fountaining (30-60 feet high) producing vigorous overflows and drainback from the north vent since the start of episode 15 at 12:05 pm HST. The south vent has been active sporadically during this time.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-25 13:12:20 HST
Episode 15 began with the ninth cycle at 12:04 pm HST that produced vigorous overflows into Halemaʻumaʻu crater. The intensity of activity continues to increase with the tenth and eleventh cycles that began at 12:25 and 12:47 pm HST.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-25 12:22:34 HST
The ninth cycle began at 12:04 pm HST and by 12:09 was overflowing the vent. The volume of overflows continued to increase producing flows that began spreading into Haleamaʻumaʻu. Drainback began at 12:17 pm HST terminating the flows.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-25 11:58:19 HST
The seventh and eighth cycles took place from 11:27 to 11:37 and 11:45 to 11:53 am HST. The eighth cycle had a small spillover of lava that went to the base of the north vent rampart.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-25 11:30:44 HST
The sixth magma rise and drainback cycle happened between 11:07 and 11:18 am HST with a wee amount of lava spilling out of the vent. The onset of episode 14 on March 19 was preceded by 9 hours of sporadic cycles with some minor lava flows.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-25 11:04:27 HST
The fifth cycle of magma rise, fountaining, and drainback began at 10:48 am HST and ended at 10:58 am HST on March 25. All magma has remained within the north vent at this time.
Kilauea Message 2025-03-25 10:46:59 HST
A third cycle of magma rise within the north vent began at 10:11 with drainback starting at 10:17 and ending at 10:20 am HST. This was followed by a fourth cycle at 10:29 with drainback starting at 10:34 and ending by 10:39 am HST.
