Lava activity in Kilauea volcano was still confined to Halema‘uma‘u crater this morning, according to an update from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Lava activity in Kilauea volcano was still confined to Halema‘uma‘u crater this morning, according to an update from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Lava continued to erupt from a vent on the northwest side of the crater.
As of 10 p.m. Sunday, the lava lake was 581 feet deep, with a narrow black ledge around it, according to HVO.
The lake volume was about 4.9 billion gallons.
Preliminary analysis of sulfur dioxide emission rates measured Sunday show that the rates are still about 5,500 tonnes per day — lower than the 40,000 tonnes per day during the first three days of the eruption, but still elevated.
Summit tiltmeters continued to record weak inflationary tilt. Seismicity remained elevated but stable, with steady elevated tremor and a few minor earthquakes.
There is no seismic or deformation data to indicate that magma is moving into either of Kilauea’s rift zones, HVO said.
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