Kilauea Volcano’s summit lava lake continues to circulate Monday morning, but remains out of view to visitors at Jaggar Museum, U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists report.
The lava lake level within the Overlook vent on the floor of Halemaumau Crater was about 148 feet below the vent’s rim, the scientists said. The lake continues to circulate and occasionally spatters, producing a gas plume during the day and a glow at night.
Tiltmeters at the summit have recorded neither inflation nor deflation at the summit since Friday morning. Seismicity rates beneath Kilauea’s summit remain within normal background levels.
Seismicity rates at the East Rift Zone also remained at normal levels Monday, the scientist said.
At the East Rift Zone eruption site, surface flows remained active about 5 miles northeast of Puu Oo.
The U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on March 25 downgraded its alert level for Kilauea Volcano from a “warning” to a “watch.”