Kilauea Eruption 12/23/24

[leilanidude]

Rico, who owns Rico's Taco Shop (a food truck) in Volcano, posted a video of it "raining rocks".

Raining tephra

[randomq]

It seems to have settled down. I hear they cancelled all flights in and out of Hilo this afternoon and tonight.

Reassuring to know if there is ever some kind of dangerous eruption we'll all be trapped here!

[ironyak]

May not be able to escape, but we'll get high tech notifications of the unique "weather conditions". At least the "snow" and "hail" here aren't cold - take that mainlanders! ;)

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Episode 42 began Sunday afternoon (2/15).
Ash fall advisory for Puna, although the winds are trades from the NE which usually blows the ash away from us
https://www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyKt8mc...kv9xZobvQE

Description
* WHAT...Kilauea is undergoing a minor eruption where the public will be affected by a limited hazard extent such as less than quarter inch of ashfall accumulation.

* WHERE...Big Island East and Big Island Southeast.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM HST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Possible harm to crops and animals. Minor equipment and infrastructure damage. Reduced visibility. Widespread clean-up may be necessary.
Action Recommended
Monitor the situation and take precautions if necessary.
Urgency
Take action within next hour.
Affected Area
Big Island East
Issued By
National Weather Service

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Short time lapse video of a recent eruption as viewed from Mauna Kea:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1199241805523388/

[MyManao]

Interesting changes on the mountain.. are they subtle.. meaningless.. or heralding in some larger changes..?

But, regardless, they’re fun to note…

Here’s two views of the summit tilt.. the last month showing (at time of the posting) the entire steady inflation leading up to the last eruption, and the eruption deflation itself, followed by our new.. and rather subdued.. inflation so far..



And a view of all the inflation followed by the rapid eruption deflation cycles since this series started..



So as to point out the unusualness of this current inflation pattern when compared to all the cycles that came before.

[kalianna]

I wondered about this too. Time will tell. Just donʻt want any more tephra please.

[MyManao]

Building on my last post.. because the site is set to only allow two images per post..

The screwy part during this time of change in the inflation pattern is the seismicity. Here is the last 48 hours of trace at the summit.. 



And a closer 6 hour view of the same..



Showing these are not rapid onset earthquake events but more like short tremor bursts..

And HVO covers theses changes with their most recent update as reported by BIVN at..

https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2026/...n-episode/

But doesn’t speculate much on what it all means.. though I would point out that in recent cycles there has been evidence of magmatic movement underground which this seems to be a continuation of.. 

Fun.

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I wondered about this too.  Time will tell.  Just donʻt want any more tephra please.

I sure get that... no more da tephra! Seriously.. no more.. complete with the whole tribe chanting.. the drum circles.. and churches filled with the faithful all praying.

But will second Yak's 'but we do live on an active volcano' (I'm loosely paraphrasing) sentiment.. which in turns reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend back in the early eighties.. 

She, they, I was really a long time friend of her husband, who had, before he married her, lived in Waipio back in the '70s. He, a life long, and renowned, painter who when I was talking with them we were at their home in Vacationland, and I was explaining that to be investing all their hopes and dreams on such a volatile part of Kilauea was a real gamble.. and she turned to me and said "but not in my lifetime." That's a direct quote. And she wasn't some bimbo, but rather a teacher at Pahoa High..

And now the home, the farm/orchards out in the farm lots, the art studio, and guest house are all under 50 feel of rock. 

And still, yes, no more da tephra!

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Someone fell off the cliff in an area closed to the public of Kīlauea Crater, and died.  Resident of Hawaii Island.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/03/03...onal-park/

[MyManao]

Thar she blows!