Kilauea volcano in Hawai’i has resumed its eruptive activity after a second pause on December 26, 2024, with lava flows confined to the Halema’uma’u region. Park officials urged caution after a toddler narrowly avoided a fatal fall from a 120 m (400 feet) cliff while visiting the site on December 23.
A new eruption at Kilauea volcano led the USGS to raise the Aviation Color Code to Red and the Volcano Alert Level to Warning on Monday, December 23, 2024. The eruption is occurring within a closed area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.
Increased seismic activity has been recorded at Kilauea volcano over the past week, with an increase from 10 located events per day to 20 per day.
A period of increased seismic activity started at Kamaʻehuakanaloa volcano (previously known as Lōʻihi) near Hawaii on November 1, 2024, with over 70 recorded earthquakes and two reaching M4.3. Seismicity remains above normal levels today, indicating magma movement beneath the volcano.
A new volcanic eruption is taking place in a remote and closed area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, west of Kilauea’s Nāpau Crater in the middle East Rift Zone.
Magma intrusion began in Kīlauea’s Middle East Rift Zone on September 15, 2024, increasing the potential for an eruption in this region. As a result, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory raised the Volcano Alert Level from Advisory to Watch and the Aviation Color Code from Yellow to Orange on September 16.
Earthquake activity has increased in Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone, near Makaopuhi rater at around 02:00 UTC, on Sunday, September 15, 2024. At the same time, ground deformation patterns west (uprift) of Puʻuʻōʻō suggest that another intrusive event could be occurring in this region.
Tropical Storm “Hone” formed in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, August 22, 2024, as the 8th named storm of the 2024 Pacific hurricane season. The system is moving W just south of Hawaii, bringing strong winds and heavy rains.
Increased earthquake activity and ground deformation at Kīlauea’s upper East Rift Zone began at approximately 13:30 UTC (03:30 HST) on July 23, 2024, indicating likely magma movement in the subsurface. This activity has prompted Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park to close areas that could put visitors and staff at risk if the volcano erupts.
A new eruption began at Kilauea volcano in Hawaii at approximately 10:30 UTC (00:30 HST) on June 3, 2024. The eruption took place in a closed area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.
