Kilauea Volcano -Outbreak Update for Wednesday, February 12

USGS: “On the evening of February 11, 2025, the USGS geologists deployed to the edge of Kalaelele to observe and document the episode nine of the current December 2024 -February 2025 Halema’uma’u outbreaks at the Kīlauea summit. Near the KWCAM site controlled USGS geologists on Timelapse cameras that have caught the ongoing outbreak since December 23, 2024. Tall Fountain Heights from this latest episode of the outbreak pose a threat to the cameras, which can begin to distort and melt if erupting lava -jumping water reaches high enough to get close to them. “(USGS -Foto by J. Barnett)

(Bivn) – Section 9 of the ongoing summit outbreak of the Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii Island continues. USGS Volcano Alert level for Kīlauea stays on Watch.

Section 9 began on Tuesday morning, February 11, with high lava jumping water producing currents that covered part of Halemaʻumau crater bottom.

On Tuesday night, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported 160 to 200 feet of high lava jumping water continued from the northern venting within the Halemaʻumaub crater, while the fountain at the south valve was 80-100 feet high.

This morning lava Fountain Heights is much lower than they were on Tuesday.

All activity is limited to the Kīlauea summit Caldera in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

This story is updated when the USGS HVO issues its daily update and observations.