Halemaʻumaʻu eruption · episode 28 of 55

Kīlauea episode 28

Episode 28 of Kīlauea's Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 4:10 a.m. HST on July 9, 2025 and ended at 1:20 p.m. HST the same day. USGS gives the duration as 9 hours. HVO's Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) recorded 15 microradians of deflation during the episode. HVO notes: Only north vent active.

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Episode 28 at a glance

Start (HST)
July 9, 2025, 4:10 a.m.USGS timeline
End (HST)
July 9, 2025, 1:20 p.m.USGS timeline
Duration
9 hoursUSGS timeline
UWD tilt (deflation)
15 microradiansHVO notice
Max fountain height
about 321 mUSGS timeline
Lava erupted
about 5.2 million m³USGS timeline
Pause that followed
11 daysUSGS timeline

In HVO's words

The sentences these figures come from, quoted from USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory notices.

UWD tilt

“Lava fountaining associated with episode 28 resulted in 15 microradians of deflation on the UWD tiltmeter.”

HVO notice

HVO notices about episode 28

Daily updates: USGS Kīlauea volcano updates. Full table: USGS Timeline of Eruptive Episodes.

Times are Hawaiʻi-Aleutian Standard Time (HST). Start and pause times, durations, fountain heights and lava volumes come from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's Timeline of Eruptive Episodes; tilt figures and episodes not yet in that table are quoted from HVO notices. USGS describes these as unreviewed, preliminary estimates that are subject to revision. Durations for episodes 17 and earlier may include precursory activity, and HVO rounds durations to the nearest hour, half-hour or day. A blank cell means HVO hasn't published that figure in a form we could read; we don't estimate it.

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey. This archive is generated automatically and is not an official USGS product.