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Volcano Watch: Kilauea activity update for March 19, 2015


Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. March 13-20, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO


Time-lapse thermal image movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. March 13-20, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO


Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Crater looking Southwest. March 13-20, 2015. Images courtesy of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

(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 near PuÊ»u ʻŌʻō. The breakout 6 km (4 mi) northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō was the farthest downslope activity observed on Tuesday, March 17. The lava flow near Pāhoa is no longer active.

There have been no major changes at KÄ«lauea’s summit vent, which continues to host an active lava lake. The lava lake level continues to fluctuate, with changes of several tens of meters (yards) measured in recent months.

There were no earthquakes reported felt on the Island of Hawai‘i 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 of KÄ«lauea Caldera from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. March 13-20, 2015. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO

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