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Kīlauea Middle East Rift Zone

Detailed Description

On September 8, Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater experienced a series of small collapses. These produced episodes of visible brown plume throughout the day (the most prominent at about 10:30 AM HST) and generated small tilt offsets and seismic energy recorded by nearby geophysical instruments, and in this web camera image. The collapses had no discernible effect on other parts of the rift.

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Public Domain.