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Volcano Watch: Kilauea activity update for June 26, 2014


Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Crater (6/19/14-6/26/14)


Thermal image movie of Halemaumau Crater (6/19/14-6/26/14)


Halemaʻumaʻu Overlook Vent from HVO (6/19/14-6/26/14)


KÄ«lauea Caldera from HVO (6/19/14-6/26/14)

(Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.)

A lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u produced nighttime glow that was visible via HVO’s Webcam during the past week. The lava lake level varied between 30 and 40 m (100-130 ft) below the rim of the Overlook crater.

On Kīlauea’s East Rift Zone, the Kahauale‘a 2 flow remains active. The flow front stalled at 8.8 km (5.5 miles) northeast of its vent on Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō in mid-May. On Tuesday, June 24, the most distant active flows were approximately 7.1 km (4.4 miles) northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. In addition, several small, brief lava flows erupted from spatter cones within the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

One earthquake was reported felt in the past week across the Island of Hawai‘i. On Friday, June 20, 2014, at 10:25 p.m., HST, a magnitude-3.1 earthquake occurred 5 km (3 mi) south-southwest of Volcano village at a depth of 3 km (2 mi).

Visit the HVO Web site (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov) for Volcano Awareness Month details and Kīlauea, Mauna Loa, and Hualālai activity updates, recent volcano photos, recent earthquakes, and more; call (808) 967-8862 for a Kīlauea summary; email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov.


Multi-image movie of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater. (6/19/14-6/26/14)


Thermal image movie of Pu‘u ‘O‘o Crater (6/19/14-6/26/14)


Pu’u ‘O’o Crater East Flank. (6/19/14-6/26/14)

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