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Overflight confirms weak ocean entry, in Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone

Deflation at Kīlauea's summit has caused up to 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) of subsidence, which has stressed the faults around and within Kīlauea...

Erupting vents and flows continue to change

Radar shows enlargement of summit eruptive vent

Lower East Rift Zone activity continues

Activity continues along Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone

Aerial imagery of Kīlauea summit activity

Numerous hazards are associated with active lava flows, and USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists have written about many of them in past...

An explanation of magma movement from Kīlauea's summit through the volcano's East Rift Zone and to the eruption site(s) in lower Puna.

Fissure complex continues to send lava to the ocean