Since Mauna Loa is in a state of continued unrest I will include Mauna Loa updates with the Kilauea updates unless something out of the ordinary happens. Kilauea eruption update for 20 October 2022. The crater floor of Halema’uma’u is rising at a rate of 2 meters/7 feet per 10 days or about 0.2 meter/0.75 […]
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Kīlauea Video Brief: Crater Floor Drops, Refilling Resumes By 1-Yr Anniversary – lanikai-beach
A quick annotated summary of the recent minor drop of Kīlauea’s crater floor and the resumption of lava filling by its one-year milestone, including full eruption time-lapses and the latest monitoring data courtesy of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory data. #Kilauea2022 #KilaueaErupts
Kīlauea Eruption Update: Crater Floor Drops, Cracks, and Erupts, Maunaloa & Samoa, September 22, … – lanikai-beach
Kīlauea’s steady pattern of eruptive activity ended this past week with a dramatic change in activity contained within its summit crater of Halemaʻumaʻu, just 9 days ahead of the eruption’s one-year anniversary. At 3pm on Tuesday, September 20th, several things began to happen at once. The lava level in the active lake began its 33 […]
Timelapse showing rise of Halema‘uma‘u crater floor - lanikai-beach.net
This timelapse sequence shows activity in Halema‘uma‘u, at the summit of Kīlauea, from March to August. The video shows the rise of the crater floor due to lava supplied beneath the surface crust, lifting the crater floor in an “endogenous” process. In addition, lava flows erupt sporadically and resurface portions of the crater floor. USGS […]
Kilauea Eruption Update 1 August 2022 | Halemaumau Crater Floor & Lava Lake Continues To Rise! - lanikai-beach.net
Kilauea Volcano Hawai’i Eruption Update for 1 August 2022. Lava extrusions continues to cause the lava lake surface (Halema’uma’u Crater Floor) to rise. Lava is starting to fill in low lying areas on the lowest part of the down dropped block. USGS conducts Airborne Electromagnetic & Magnetic surveys of Kilauea to image its underground plumbing […]
Rise of the Halema‘uma‘u crater floor - lanikai-beach.net
This timelapse sequence shows one image per day over the past two months from the B1cam webcam on the east rim of Halema‘uma‘u, at the summit of Kīlauea. The images show that the floor of Halema‘uma‘u has been growing endogenously. Lava is supplied beneath the solidified crust that forms the surface of the crater floor, […]
Kilauea Volcano Eruption Update; Lava Overflows Part of the Caldera Floor – lanikai-beach
The eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is now in its 44th day. In recent days, the ever deepening lava lake overflowed the rim of the lowest of three down dropped blocks of the caldera floor. As a result, lava can now be directly witnessed (and not just an orange glow) from several overlooks. […]
