

Video showing a small channelized flow, as well as a skylight over the lava tube, on the breakout on the east flank of Puʻu ʻŌʻō. Video aken Thursday, June 2, 2016 courtesy of USGS/HVO

Kīlauea continues to erupt at its summit and East Rift Zone. During the past week, the summit lava lake level varied between about 32 and 42 m (105–138 ft) below the vent rim within Halema‘uma‘u Crater. On the East Rift Zone, the lava flows on the east and north flanks of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō remain active near the cone. Sattered June 27th lava flow activity remained within about 5 km (3 mi) of Puʻu ʻŌʻō. No lava flows were threatening nearby communities.

Mauna Loa is not erupting. Seismicity remains elevated above long-term background levels, with a slight increase in earthquakes during the past week. Deformation related to inflation of a magma reservoir beneath the summit and upper Southwest Rift Zone continues, with inflation recently occurring mainly in the southwestern part of Mauna Loa’s magma storage complex.

One earthquake was reported felt on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the past week. On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at 9:56 p.m., HST, a magnitude-3.1 earthquake occurred 5.0 km (3.1 mi) northwest of Kīlauea summit at a depth of 6.4 km (4.0 mi).

Please visit the HVO website (hvo.wr.usgs.gov) for past Volcano Watch articles, Kīlauea daily eruption updates, Mauna Loa weekly updates, volcano photos, recent earthquakes info, and more; call for summary updates at 808-967-8862 (Kīlauea) or 808-967-8866 (Mauna Loa); email questions to askHVO@usgs.gov



Time-lapse thermal image movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO



Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Overlook Vent. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO



Time-lapse movie of Halemaʻumaʻu Overlook Vent from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO



Time-lapse movie of Halemaumau Crater looking Southwest. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park



Time-lapse movie of Kīlauea Caldera from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO

(Activity updates are written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.)



Time-lapse movie from images gathered from a temporary thermal camera looking into Pu’u ‘O’o Crater. The temperature scale is in degrees Celsius up to a maximum of 500 Celsius (932 Fahrenheit) for this camera model, and scales based on the maximum and minimum temperatures within the frame. Thick fume, image pixel size and other factors often result in image temperatures being lower than actual surface temperatures. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO



Time-lapse multi-image movie of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO



Time-lapse movie of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater North Flank from the North Rim. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO



Time-lapse movie of Pu’u ‘O’o Crater East Flank. May 25-June 2, 2016. Images courtesy of USGS/HVO

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