Time-lapse thermal image movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. November 12-19, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie of Halemaʻumaʻu Overlook Vent from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. November 12-19, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Crater looking Southwest. November 12-19, 2015. Images courtesy of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Time-lapse movie of KÄ«lauea Caldera from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. November 12-19, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
(Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.)
KÄ«lauea continues to erupt at its summit and East Rift Zone. The summit lava lake level varied between about 55 and 79 m (180–260 ft) below the vent rim within HalemaÊ»umaÊ»u Crater. On the East Rift Zone, scattered lava flow activity remained within about 6.4 km (4 mi) of PuÊ»u ʻŌʻÅ.
Mauna Loa is not erupting. Small earthquakes continue to occur beneath the volcano’s summit and upper Southwest Rift Zone at rates slightly above background levels. GPS lines across the summit have shown no change, but flank crossing lines continue to extend, which is consistent with inflation of magma reservoirs beneath Mauna Loa.
One earthquake was reported felt on the Island of Hawaiʻi this past week. On Monday, November 16, 2015, at 04:12 a.m., HST, a magnitude-2.8 earthquake occurred 3.5 km (2.1 mi) south of Kawaihae at a depth of 31.8 km (19.7 mi).
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 of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater North Flank from the North Rim. November 12-19, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
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. November 12-19, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO
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