
The Kīlauea summit eruption continues from the west vent within Halema‘uma‘u crater with no significant changes in the past few days. Early this morning (January 2) at approximately 1:30 a.m. the lava lake was measured at about 189 m (620 ft) deep. HVO scientists monitor the eruption from within an area of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park that remains closed to the public for safety reasons. USGS photo taken by H. Dietterich.
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HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - The west vent in Halema‘uma‘u remains active at Kīlauea. Gas emissions and seismic activity at the summit remain elevated, scientists say.
The west vent within Halema‘uma‘u crater continues to erupt with no significant changes over the last several days. Glowing is seen from skylights above the vent and occasional spatter, visible in the photo, is ejected from these skylights. The weak spatter has slowly been building a cone at the vents. The channel of lava, which crusted over several days ago, continues to supply lava to the lake. The bright upwelling site adjacent to the vent is where lava is entering the lake through the crusted channel. USGS photo taken by H. Dietterich on January 2.
(BIVN) – The new eruption of Kīlauea continues at the summit, and the volcano alert level remains at the WATCH / ORANGE alert level. From this morning’s USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory update: