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Volcano Watch: Kilauea activity update for April 16, 2015


Time-lapse thermal image movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. April 9-16, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO


Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Crater looking Southwest. April 9-16, 2015. Images courtesy of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park


Time-lapse movie of KÄ«lauea Caldera from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. April 9-16, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO

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

KÄ«lauea’s East Rift Zone lava flow continues to feed three areas of breakouts northeast of PuÊ»u ʻŌʻō. The front of the breakout farthest downslope was 7.4 km (4.6 mi) from PuÊ»u ʻŌʻō on Thursday, April 16, based on satellite imagery.

There have been no major changes at KÄ«lauea’s summit vent, which continues to host an active lava lake. The lava lake level fluctuated between about 30 and 40 m (100–130 ft) below the rim of the Overlook crater during the week.

No earthquakes were reported felt in Hawaii during the past week.

Visit the HVO website (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov) for past Volcano Watch articles, KÄ«lauea daily eruption updates and other volcano status reports, current volcano photos, recent earthquakes, and more; call (808) 967-8862 for a KÄ«lauea summary update; email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov


Time-lapse movie from images gathered from a temporary thermal camera looking into Pu’u ‘O’o Crater. The temperature scale is in degrees Celsius up to a maximum of 500 Celsius (932 Fahrenheit) for this camera model, and scales based on the maximum and minimum temperatures within the frame. Thick fume, image pixel size and other factors often result in image temperatures being lower than actual surface temperatures. April 16, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO

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