9 months have passed since the start of Kīlauea’s most recent summit eruption on September 29, 2021, and while the volcano had a quiet week, its eruption is still quietly ongoing. A pressure drop caused the lava level to drop by about 20 feet (7 m) for most of the the past week, yet lava […]
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Kīlauea Eruption Update: 7 Months & Going Steady, April 28, 2022 – lanikai-beach
7-months into Kīlauea’s latest summit eruption, its now typical activity continues. Lava circulates at the surface within a relatively small active lake that rises and falls with changes in magma pressure, but usually remains within sight in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Scattered lava flows “ooze up” across other parts of the crater floor, leaking as […]
Eruption Quick Take: Is It Over, 5 Months In at Kīlauea? – lanikai-beach
0 Has Kīlauea volcano stopped erupting lava, 5 months to the day after it began? The nearly complete crusting over of the open lava lake surface has made it difficult to tell, but live monitoring data of the lava lake’s depth by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory suggest no signs of injection beneath the cooling […]
