Halemaʻumaʻu eruption · episode 42 of 55
Kīlauea episode 42
Episode 42 of Kīlauea's Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 1:50 p.m. HST on February 15, 2026 and ended at 11:38 p.m. HST the same day. USGS gives the duration as 10 hours. HVO's Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) recorded about 33.7 microradians of deflation during the episode. HVO notes: North and south vents active, small intermediate fountain.
Episode 42 at a glance
- Start (HST)
- February 15, 2026, 1:50 p.m.USGS timeline
- End (HST)
- February 15, 2026, 11:38 p.m.USGS timeline
- Duration
- 10 hoursUSGS timeline
- UWD tilt (deflation)
- about 33.7 microradiansHVO notice
- Max fountain height
- about 400 (may update) mUSGS timeline
- Lava erupted
- about 11.6 million m³USGS timeline
- Pause that followed
- 22 daysUSGS timeline
In HVO's words
The sentences these figures come from, quoted from USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory notices.
“The Uēkahuna tiltmeter (UWD) recorded about 33.7 microradians of deflationary tilt during episode 42.”
HVO notices about episode 42
- Volcano Activity Notice · Feb 15, 2026, 2:03 p.m. HST
- Status Report · Feb 15, 2026, 2:58 p.m. HST
- Volcano Activity Notice · Feb 15, 2026, 3:15 p.m. HST
- Volcano Activity Notice · Feb 15, 2026, 11:44 p.m. HST
- Status Report · Feb 16, 2026, 12:04 a.m. HST
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.