Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt at its summit and from its East Rift Zone, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Friday. ADVERTISING Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt at its summit and from its East Rift Zone, the U.S.
Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt at its summit and from its East Rift Zone, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Friday.
At the volcano’s summit, the lava lake remains active. In addition, tiltmeters, which are used to measure tiny changes in the slope angle or “tilt” of the ground, at the summit continue to record signs of inflation, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports. The summit has been inflating since Wednesday.
During inflation, magma rises into the summit reservoir, according to the observatory. The summit reservoir enters the deflation portion of the cycle when the magma moves laterally into a rift zone, and either erupts or is stored there.
At the East Rift Zone eruption site, surface flows were also active within about 4.3 miles of Puu Oo, scientists said. The tiltmeter on the north flank of Puu Oo continues to show no significant tilt.
Seismicity rates were normal Friday morning beneath Kilauea’s summit and East Rift Zone.
The U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on March 25 downgraded its alert level for Kilauea Volcano from a “warning” to a “watch.”
