Kilauea - Volcano Messages
This page displays the latest volcano observatory short messages for Kīlauea volcano. These short messages are quick status updates published on our website, social media, RSS and JSON. They supplement more detailed official products published in the Volcano Notification Service.
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Kilauea Message 2025-02-05 05:31:04 UTC
Episode 8 of the eruption of Halema'uma'u ended at 7:23 pm HST on February 4. The eruption began the previous night and lasted for about 21.5 hours. The north vent stopped erupting at about 7:05 followed by the south vent at 7:23 pm HST.
Kilauea Message 2025-02-04 08:12:16 UTC
Episode 8 of the Halema'uma'u eruption began at 9:52 pm HST. Fountaining from the north vent rapidly increased to 50-80 feet high and is feeding a flow that is spreading rapidly on the crater floor.
Kilauea Message 2025-02-03 07:51:42 UTC
Sporadic fountaining from the north vent began just around 7:15 pm HST on February 2. Spattering increased between 8:15 and 9:00 pm HST when steam obscured the vent. Inflation remains at the minimum needed for the start of a new episode.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-28 21:41:06 UTC
Episode 7 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption abruptly stopped this morning January 28 at 10:47 am HST. Fountains from the south vent stopped at 10:43 followed by shutdown of the north vent at 10:47. Episode 7 lasted just over 16 hours.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-28 15:41:05 UTC
Lava fountains 80-120 feet high continue from both the north and south vents within Halemaʻumaʻu crater this morning at 5:40 am HST January 28. Lava flows fed by the fountains cover more than half of Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-28 05:40:16 UTC
Fountains from the north vent are 100-120 feet high and feeding multiple lava streams at 7:40 pm HST January 27. A small fountain can be seen in the south vent and there is a small lava flow emerging from the south side of its cone.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-28 05:12:48 UTC
Fountains from the episode 7 eruption that began at 6:41 p.m. January 27 are 60-100 feet high and are feeding a lava fountain onto the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-28 04:59:44 UTC
Episode 7 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 6:42 pm HST on January 27 and is currently feeding a small flow onto the crater floor. Lava fountains are 10-20 ft high and eruption is likely to last 10-20 hours.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-28 04:22:05 UTC
Spatter within the north vent of Halemaʻumaʻu began again around 1:30 pm HST January 27 and has been increasing all afternoon. Inflation tilt and activity indicate that episode 7 could start at anytime. Time of this report is 6:20 pm
Kilauea Message 2025-01-25 22:46:44 UTC
Lava fountains and flows of episode 6 stopped at 12:36 p.m. HST on January 25. Tremor began to decline and deflation of the summit ended about 30 minutes earlier, around 12:00 p.m. HST.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-25 18:16:00 UTC
Episode 6 of the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption continues at 8:15 a.m. HST this morning, January 25. Fountain heights are down to 50-100 ft from the maximum of more than 150 ft. The second lava channel stopped around 3:30 a.m. HST.
Kilauea Message 2025-01-25 10:54:28 UTC
The north vent continues to erupt with 2 channels fed by fountains at least 150 feet (50 m) high. A small dome fountain began in the south vent around 12:30 a.m. on January 25, about 1 hour after episode 6 began.
