Section 8 occurs in Kīlauea Caldera after 6-day break in activity: Big Island Now

This story was updated at 1 p.m. 12:07 with updated information from the Daily Kīlauea update from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Kīlauea Volcano on Big Island roared back to action the night of February 3rd after a 6-day break in erptive activity, where lava fountains reached more than 250 meters high within the first hour of the latest erptive activity inside Kaluapele, Volcano’s Caldera Summary .

Section 8 of the ongoing outbreak in the southwestern part of the Halemaʻumaʻu crater began at 1 p.m. 21.52 Monday and continued to fountain on Tuesday morning, although in slightly slightly reduced heights from livestream Pictures.

Lava also continued to flow on the crater bottom.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported at 1 p.m. 11.19 February 4, that strong fountains from the northern and southern ventilation openings fed lava flows on the crater bottom.

Lava -jumping water reached peak -loaded heights of up to 330 feet at the northern vent in the initial hours of section 8.

This new episode was preceded by small, sporadic sprayer fountains that began the evening of February 2nd.

The intensity of scattered fountains increased on Monday afternoon accompanied by an uptick in seismic trembling and a shift from inflation to deflation at Volcano’s summit. Persistent fountains were underway at. 21.52

Fountain grew from approx. 50 meters to more than 250 meters high at. 10:50 and fed several lava flows.

Estimated fountain heights of 130 to 160 feet at North wait and 80 to 115 feet at South Vent were observed from 1 p.m. 9:20 Tuesday.

Active lava flows had covered approx. 15% to 20% of the crater floor at that time, which is when the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory sent out its notification of the beginning of the new Erptive Episode.

Lava streams had covered about half of the crater floor from almost noon on Tuesday.

Deflationary tilt at the summit continued from almost at. 11:30 pm Tuesday. Seismic trembling remained elevated.

The outbreak occurs within a closed area of ​​Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, so high levels of volcanic gas-primarily water vapor, carbon dioxide and especially sulfur dioxide-are the greatest danger of concern as they can have far-reaching effects with shrinkage with shrinkage.

As sulfur dioxide continuously released from the summit, it responds in the atmosphere to create the visible haze known as Vogor volcanic smog, headwind from Kīlauea.

Hawaii -Vulcan Observatory reported that sulfur dioxide emission speeds were estimated Tuesday morning to be 10,000 tonnes per year. Day or more.

Additional hazards include Peles hair And other volcanic fragments from lava jumping water that may fall down from the eruptive ventilation openings.

Kīlauea’s Volcano -alarm level stays on Watch and its aviation color code at orange.

Each episode of lava jumping water throughout Volcano’s sixth summit outbreak since 2020 has continued for at least 13 hours and up to 8 days. They have been separated by breaks that last from less than 24 hours to 12 days.

No changes have been found in the East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone.

This outbreak is one-on-one-stroke in recent years at the Kīlauea summit, marked with episodic fountains that were not seen in any of the other Halemaʻumau outbreaks since 2020.

Each episode has been accompanied by strong deflation of the summit, with breaks marked with an immediate change from deflation to inflation, as Volcano’s magma chamber charger and suppresses.

Uēkahuna tiltmeter had registered at noon on Tuesday nearly 8 micro -radians of deflationary slope since the beginning of section 8.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to monitor closely Kīlauea.