Kīlauea Eruption & Maunaloa Update, Day 96: March 26, 2021
3:33 AM · Mar 27, 2021Kīlauea eruption continues, and no major changes on Maunaloa: New on Kīlauea: - Steady entry from West Vent continues, double entry merged - Lava lake depth creeps up to 224 m / 735 ft - No major ground tilt changes - SO2 output still variable, around 950 t/d - 100-year anniversary of Last Overflow of Halemaʻumaʻu We review media and monitoring data from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the current Kīlauea eruption, continued Maunaloa inflation, and return to Kīlauea for an in-depth look at the last overflow of Halemaʻumaʻu crater for over a century. Thomas Jaggar, founder of HVO, wrote of this eruption at the time: “Kīlauea was never more spectacular.” https://youtu.be/5IAoJ1oGAIE