Tourists from all the world over are visiting Volcano National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. The guests middle issued an alert.
An orange alert was issued this afternoon on the Island of Hawaii warning there was an opportunity for the Kilauea volcano to erupt:
Kīlauea volcano isn’t erupting. Increased earthquake exercise and modifications within the patterns of floor deformation at Kīlauea’s summit started occurring within the early morning of January 5, 2022, indicating the motion of magma within the subsurface.
At this time, it isn’t attainable to say with certainty if this exercise will result in an eruption; the exercise could stay under floor. However, an eruption in Kīlauea’s summit area, inside Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and away from infrastructure, is one potential end result.
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is elevating the volcano alert stage/aviation coloration code for Kīlauea from Advisory/Yellow to Watch/Orange as a consequence of this exercise.
HVO will proceed to watch this exercise carefully and regulate the alert stage accordingly.
Visitors ought to go to the Volcano Website earlier than touring to the park.
HVO is in fixed communication with Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park as this case evolves. The exercise is confined totally inside the park.