Images

Left: A snapshot of the point cloud from HVO’s September 5, 2024, lidar test flight along Kīlauea’s Southwest Rift Zone, providing an east-looking oblique view of Pu‘ukoa‘e (upper left) and another unnamed cinder cone (lower right).

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Mike Cappos takes the bearing of a crack that formed in Chain of Craters Road during a recent intrusive event near Pauahi Crater in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. USGS photo by C. Sealing.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Mike Cappos measures cracks that formed in Chain of Craters Road during a recent intrusive event near PAUAHI Crater in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. USGS photo by C. Sealing.

The map on the left shows recent deformation at Kīlauea over the timeframe of August 9–21, 2024. Data were acquired by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite. Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation, with more fringes indicating more deformation. Each color cycle represents 2.8 cm (1.1 in) of ground motion.

USGS scientists made a routine visit to the summit of Kīlauea for maintenance work on a webcam and general observations. The weather offered clear views of Kaluapele (the summit caldera), and only minor outgassing from several spots on the caldera floor. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

This map shows recent deformation at Kīlauea, over the timeframe of August 7-19, 2024. Data were acquired by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite. Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation, with more fringes indicating more deformation.  Each color cycle represents 2.8 cm (1.1 in) of ground motion.

This reference map depicts the features on Kīlauea's middle East Rift Zone, much of which is within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Pit craters and lava flows are evidence of a long history of magma moving along this rift zone pathway. Numerous eruptions took place in this region during the 1960s–1970s.

This map shows recent deformation at Kīlauea, over the timeframe of July 26-August 7, 2024. Data were acquired by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite. Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation, with more fringes indicating more deformation.  Each color cycle represents 2.8 cm (1.1 in) of ground motion.

Left: 2024 HVO PIPES intern Kamalani Poepoe and colleagues prepare samples from Kīlauea’s June 2024 eruption for analysis. Top Right: Kamalani gets instruction on how to perform eruption response tasks on the rim of Halemaʻumaʻu. Lower Right: Kamalani presenting her work at the 2024 PIPES symposium in Honolulu, HI. 

Map of Island of Hawaiʻi, highlighting the four active or potentially active volcanoes of the Island, the number of people living on each volcano based on 2020 census data, major roads (transportation corridors) and minor roads (proxy for population density), when each volcano last erupted, and each volcano’s national threat assessment designation.

This reference map depicts recent unrest along Kīlauea's upper East Rift Zone. Earthquakes that occurred between July 22–25, 2024, are shown as yellow circles. Recent ground deformation in this region, over the timeframe of July 15-24, 2024, is shown as colored fringes; data were recorded by the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) Cosmo-SkyMED satellite.

On July 25, USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff again drove down the closed portion of Chain of Craters Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park to check for any damage related to the July 22-25 intrusion on Kīlauea's upper East Rift Zone. They found many new small cracks in Chain of Craters Road, including this one, near Hiʻiaka Crater.

This map shows recent deformation at Kīlauea, over the timeframe of July 15-24, 2024. Data were recorded by the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) Cosmo-SkyMED satellite. Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation, with more fringes indicating more deformation.  Each color cycle represents 1.5 cm (0.6 in) of ground motion.

On July 23, USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff drove down the closed portion of Chain of Craters Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park to check for any damage related to the July 22-25 intrusion on Kīlauea's upper East Rift Zone.

This map shows recent deformation at Kīlauea, over the timeframe of June 6 to July 8, 2024. Data was recorded by the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) Cosmo-SkyMED satellite. Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation, with more fringes indicating more deformation.  Each color cycle represents 1.5 cm (0.6 in) of ground motion.

The Community Internet Intensity Map for the magnitude-4.1 earthquake on July 6, 2024, on the Island of Hawaiʻi (location shown by star). Felt reports show the intensity of shaking during the earthquake across the Island of Hawaiʻi. Not shown are felt reports from Maui and Lanaʻi for this event. 

A close up view of delicate sulfur crystals in one of the cracks near the June 3 eruption site, on Kīlauea. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

View of the broomsedge grass in the Puhimau thermal area on the upper East Rift Zone of Kīlauea. The Puhimau thermal area is apparent on both sides of Chain of Craters Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. USGS image by K. Mulliken. 

While HVO geologists were moving temporary webcams, they revisited the site of the June 3 eruption. This photo looks downrift, with the June 3 pad of lava in the upper right. Extensive cracking uprift of the fissure had weak residual outgassing and vibrant sulfur deposits. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

Extensive ground cracks are present uprift of the June 3 eruption site on the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

With permission from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, a new temporary webcam was installed on Cone Peak, providing a better view of Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone. USGS photo by M. Patrick.