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Kilauea Message 2026-07-14 00:21:56 HST
Strong glow from both vents with a trace of spatter from the north vent just before midnight. The summit is rapidly reinflating. If this rate continues, episode 51 is likely to start some time tomorrow and could be as early as 7-8 am HST.
Kilauea Message 2026-07-13 20:17:30 HST
Kīlauea's summit began inflating at 1:00 pm HST and has regained about 1/3 of the tilt lost from deflation. At current rates, the earliest start of episode 51 fountains is mid-day tomorrow, which may be preceded by precursory activity.
Kilauea Message 2026-07-12 20:16:44 HST
Summit deflation continues with a total of 1.5 urad recorded on UWD tiltmeter since yesterday morning. North vent glow is still strong this evening. Episode 51 unlikely to start until late Monday at the earliest.
Kilauea Message 2026-07-11 14:15:40 HST
Deflation of Kīlauea's summit that began at 7 am HST continues at this time. Visible spattering from the vents ended this morning around 10:15 am HST. The forecast window is pushed back to July 12-14 dependent on the return of inflation.
Kilauea Message 2026-07-11 01:03:03 HST
Intermittent spatter bursts, 5-10 minutes apart, began from the north vent just after 11 pm HST. Spatter bursts became nearly continuous just after midnight on July 11. Glow but no spatter was observed from the south vent.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Message 2026-07-09 20:43:42 HST
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 occurred offshore of Captain Cook, Hawai'i, at 8:17 p.m. HST. No damage is expected.
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Message 2026-07-04 07:55:47 HST
Happy July 4th! Sadly, monitoring data is not being updated on our website since just before noon yesterday. This issue probably will not be resolved until Monday. HVO continues to get data internally and monitor vol...
Kilauea Message 2026-07-01 12:34:54 HST
Since episode 50, HVO has noted a localized area of subsidence on the western floor of Halemaʻumaʻu. To better study this area, we are aiming V1cam to focus on it for at least a few days. V3cam continues to provide a view of the vents.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-27 17:32:01 HST
Tephra that was carried high into the air during episode 50 fountaining may continue to fall on communities and roads in Ka'u today even after lava fountaining has ended.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-27 17:16:06 HST
Episode 50 ended abruptly at 5:10 p.m. HST after 7 hours of fountaining. The last several minutes consisted of gas jetting, which is common at the end of fountain episodes. Lava covered over 50% of the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-27 16:50:01 HST
North vent fountain heights are now ~ 330 ft (100 m). Still no fountains or flows from south vent. Eruptive plume is below 10,000 ft (3,000 m) ASL and is being blown towards southwest. Light tephra may fall on Ka'u communities and roads.
Kilauea Message 2026-06-27 14:24:48 HST
Episode 50 peak effusion rate was ~ 430 cubic yards (330 cubic meters) of lava per second, which is slightly higher than recent episodes. UWD tiltmeter has recorded ~ 10 microradians of deflationary tilt during episode 50 so far.
