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Lava remains about 0.3 miles from Isaac Hale, boat ramp

By West Hawaii Today Staff | Sunday, July 22, 2018, 3:55 p.m.

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The main ocean entry, as observed Sunday morning, was located a few hundred yards northeast of the southern flow margin, which remains about 0.3 mile from the boat ramp at the Isaac Hale Park. (U.S. Geological Survey/Special to West Hawaii Today) ▲
Fissure 8 on Kilauea's lower East Rift Zone continued to erupt Sunday morning, feeding a channel that carries lava to the coast. (U.S. Geological Survey/Special to West Hawaii Today) ▲
Collapses of Kilauea's caldera floor has exposed South Sulphur Bank, prominent in the mid-19th century but covered as lava flows filled the caldera. The flat top of the white deposit shows how high the caldera fill reached. As the caldera floor dropped in mid-June, South Sulphur Bank was again exposed. The height of the bank, now more than 213 feet, increases about 9 feet with each collapse event at Kilauea's summit. On the caldera floor, white patches lie along spatter ramparts formed in 1971 and '74. (U.S. Geological Survey/Special to West Hawaii Today) ▲
The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) team frequently works into the night, flying aircraft (also referred to as drones) that hover over the active lava channel to collect data and look for changes, such as significant channel overflows. The moon (bright white area above the UAS team scientist) is partially obscured by clouds. (U.S. Geological Survey/Special to West Hawaii Today) ▲
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HILO — The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported Sunday morning that eruption activity continues from fissure 8 into the lava channel flowing to the ocean entry at Ahalanui producing a large laze plume.

The most vigorous ocean entry is located a few hundred yards northeast of the southern flow margin with a few tiny pahoehoe toes were entering the ocean from the Kapoho Bay lobe to the north. The southern margin of the flow remains about 0.3 miles from the Pohoiki boat ramp and Isaac Hale Park.

Earthquakes continue at the Kilauea summit. A collapse-explosion event occurred at 9:43 a.m. Saturday with energy released the equivalent of a magnitude-5.4 earthquake.

Meanwhile, the speed limit on Highway 11 remains reduced to 25 mph between mile markers 28 and 30, in the area of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park entrance, due to cracks in the road.

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