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Kilauea — Volcano Alert Level ADVISORY
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The Halema'uma'u eruption of Kīlauea is currently paused after episode 55 fountaining ended yesterday at 9:03 a.m. HST. Summit reinflation continues today following the end of the fountaining.
Measurements
| Coordinates | 19.4210, -155.2870 |
|---|---|
| Region | Hawaiian Volcano Observatory |
| Alert Level | ADVISORY |
| Aviation Colour Code | YELLOW |
| Volcano Number | 332010 |
| Elevation M | 1247 |
| Observatory | Hawaiian Volcano Observatory |
| Elevated Since | 2026-09-07 |
| Severity Note | Severity is the US Geological Survey own Volcano Alert Level. |
Official source
Volcano alert levels courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program
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Severity as published by USGS Volcano Hazards Program.
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Source updated 11 minutes ago (Oct 19, 2026 18:47 UTC) · we last heard from USGS Volcano Hazards Program 11 minutes ago
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What has changed
- Severity lowered from Severe to Moderate — Oct 17, 20:08 UTC by USGS Volcano Hazards Program
Figures published in the first minutes of an event are preliminary. A change here is the agency refining its own estimate, not a correction to this page.
Satellite view, before and after
The latest clear Sentinel-2 pass before this event and the earliest one after it.
28 Sep 2026, 20 days before this event. 7% cloud across the tile.
No clear pass yet. Sentinel-2 revisits every few days and cloud can hide a place for longer — this event is less than a day old, and a clear scene will appear here once one exists.
The white ring marks where the event was reported.
Each image is a preview of a whole Sentinel-2 tile — an area of roughly 110 by 110 km, where one pixel is about 320 metres — not a close-up of the event, which may be a small part of it. "Clear" means under 30% cloud across the entire tile, so the exact place that matters can still be hidden. These are pictures for context, not an assessment of damage.
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, found through the Earth Search catalogue (Element 84) and served from the AWS Open Data Sentinel-2 archive.
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