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This map shows recent deformation at Kīlauea, over the timeframe of June 6 to July 8, 2024. Data was recorded by the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) Cosmo-SkyMED satellite. Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation, with more fringes indicating more deformation.  Each color cycle represents 1.5 cm (0.6 in) of ground motion.

The Community Internet Intensity Map for the magnitude-4.1 earthquake on July 6, 2024, on the Island of Hawaiʻi (location shown by star). Felt reports show the intensity of shaking during the earthquake across the Island of Hawaiʻi. Not shown are felt reports from Maui and Lanaʻi for this event. 

While HVO geologists were moving temporary webcams, they revisited the site of the June 3 eruption. This photo looks downrift, with the June 3 pad of lava in the upper right. Extensive cracking uprift of the fissure had weak residual outgassing and vibrant sulfur deposits. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

With permission from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, a new temporary webcam was installed on Cone Peak, providing a better view of Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

Sulfur deposits downwind of the cracks show the southwest direction of trade winds in Hawaii. These cracks were just uprift of the June 3 eruption site on Kīlauea. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

Extensive ground cracks are present uprift of the June 3 eruption site on the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

A close up view of delicate sulfur crystals in one of the cracks near the June 3 eruption site, on Kīlauea. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

View of the broomsedge grass in the Puhimau thermal area on the upper East Rift Zone of Kīlauea. The Puhimau thermal area is apparent on both sides of Chain of Craters Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. USGS image by K. Mulliken. 

Location where the May 1973 lava flows on Kīlauea’s upper East Rift Zone cross Chain of Craters Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. USGS image by K. Mulliken. 

View of Puhimau Crater, one of the many craters visible just off of Chain of Craters Road within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. USGS photo by K. Mulliken. 

Before the UWE tiltmeter could be leveled, sand had to removed from the six-meter-deep (20 feet) borehole housing the tiltmeter. HVO field engineers use a high-power vacuum to remove the sand, in order to access the tiltmeter. USGS image by M. Warren.

A view down the borehole that houses the UWE tiltmeter. The UWE tiltmeter was installed in 1999 and it is an important instrument within HVO's Kīlauea monitoring network, providing data on the pressurization levels within the shallow magma storage body beneath Halema‘uma‘u. USGS image by M. Warren. 

On July 2, 2024, HVO field engineers re-leveled the UWE tiltmeter located near Uēkahuna bluff in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. The instrument has recently approached the edge of its scale range, having recorded over 300 microradians of deformation since it was last re-leveled in August 2018.

This reference map depicts the features on Kīlauea's upper East Rift Zone. Chain of Craters Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park follows the path of the upper East Rift Zone. Pit craters, thermal areas, and lava flows are evidence of a long history of magma moving along this rift zone pathway.

This map shows recent deformation at Kīlauea, over the timeframe of June 13 to June 29, 2024. Data was recorded by the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) Cosmo-SkyMED satellite. Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation, with more fringes indicating more deformation.  Each color cycle represents 1.5 cm (0.6 in) of ground motion.

HVO physical science technicians maintain dozens of HVO field stations across the Island of Hawai‘i, providing an opportunity to work in remote wilderness areas. Here, an HVO physical science technician carries out the old webcam along the Mauna Loa trail on a beautiful day. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

The upgraded KPcam is located in the white box, fixed on a mast about a couple meters (yards) high. The camera view, which is the southeast, captures the uppermost portions of Kīlauea's middle East Rift Zone, the summit region, and the upper part of Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone.

An HVO geologist tests the upgraded KPcam connection to see if newly acquired images are being transmitted to the observatory. During the most recent Kīlauea eruption on June 3, the KPcam captured the glow as lava began erupting on the surface of the Southwest Rift Zone. USGS photo by M. Warren.

Energy from solar panels at the KPcam site is stored in large batteries, which power the camera. Images captured by the camera are relayed, via an antenna, back to the observatory. USGS image by M. Warren.

An HVO physical science technician checks the wiring on the new webcam, attached to the top of the mast, that looks towards the summit and Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea. USGS photo by M. Patrick.

An HVO geologist attaches the upgraded KPcam to the mast. Like all HVO webcams, the KPcam is in box that protects it against the weather and elements. USGS photo by M. Warren.