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The effusive eruption at the volcano continues.
A phase of intense activity has been recorded between 15:00 and 18:00 local time yesterday.
The HVO seismic station registered a swarm of about 50 earthquakes occurring mostly 1 mile (1,5 km) beneath the edifice. The largest recorded quake was measured with magnitude M 2.9, but the most of quakes were detected with magnitudes of 2 and less.
A rapid ground inflation followed around 16:20 local time associated with a lava lake drop by 7 meters resulting in a new lava ooze out exposed on the west and north crater floor margin.
All activity is focused on the summit area without any indication of magma shifting into either rift zone.
At about 17:30 local time, the activity returned to background levels.
Source: Hawaiian Volcano Observatory volcano activity update 21 September 2022