Mount Kilauea shows no sign of abatement since its started erupting lava since May 3. With 270 earthquakes recorded at the summit yesterday, here is the latest in what’s going on at Big Island of Hawaii.
The flurry of earthquakes caused four massive explosions from the volcano’s summit, sending ash clouds up to 4,500 meters into the atmosphere.
Lava from the main summit lava lake continues to seep underground into tunnels and explodes through the fissures in the ground.
According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), fissures 22, 6, and 13 are feeding lava flows moving southeast to the coast southwest of Pohoiki. At midday today, two ocean entries were active.
Over the past 24 hours, channels feeding these ocean entries have diminished somewhat in vigor, however, the laze plume generated remains significant.
Fissure 21 is feeding an 'a'ā flow that has advanced to the northeast and this afternoon crossed Pahoa Pohoiki Road onto PGV property. Fissure 7 is feeding a flow that has turned south toward the coast, and at dusk, the lava was cascading into the Pawaii crater, adjacent to the western margin of the fissure 6 flow that feeds one of the ocean entries.
U.S. Marine Corps and National Guard helicopters are on standby for an air evacuation near Highway 130, the last exit route for coastal residents.
The summit area is adjusting to the withdrawal of magma and the walls of the Overlook crater are retreating. Ash continued to erupt intermittently from the Overlook crater and gas emissions also remain high.  |
View of a rising ash plume from Halema‘uma‘u, a crater at the summit of Kīlauea, late yesterday
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