Unexpected Hawaii

Every day she gets a little more comfortable in her home ...

Welcome home, beautiful!

Hoping for a glow tonight from Volcano House 🌸🥰🙏🏼

Want to keep an eye on Kilauea's latest rumblings? They have a new web cam!

In case you missed it, our partners at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory have added a new we**am, KOCAM, positioned toward the south area of the Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera). The we**am faces the August 2021 magma intrusion where the 1982 lava flow spilled out of the south caldera.

See it and other we**ams, courtesy of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory:

https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/photosmultimedia/we**ams.htm

Note: this view is not available from publicly accessible areas

When you live on one of the most active volcanoes in the world, expect the unexpected!

Is Kīlauea volcano going to erupt again? Yes. And we can say that with absolute confidence. The real question is when, not if. Kīlauea ranks among the world's most active volcanoes and may even top the list. In fact, many of us have witnessed its creative and destructive forces in our lifetime.

But, to answer the "when" question we turn to the volcano professionals! According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, recent earthquake swarms may indicate magma intruding beneath the southern section of Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera). Approximately 200 earthquakes have been recorded since 8:30 p.m. on August 26, less than half of the number of earthquakes detected in the initial August 23–25 swarm. While the activity has slowed down, additional intrusion pulses are possible that could lead to an eruption.

For the most up to date information on what's going on with the volcano follow our webpage: https://go.nps.gov/zmc5d0

USGS map showing the seismic activity beneath the south part of Kīlauea caldera, within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, from August 23, 2021, at noon through the same time on August 25, 2021.