Kilauea Daily Update issued Jan 27, 2012 07:51 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE

By Newsroom America Feeds at 27 Jan 2012

Activity Summary for past 24 hours: Overall eruptive activity was slightly elevated. DI deflation started and the summit lava lake started to drop. Within Pu`u `O`o Crater, the eastern depression was periodically covered with lava. Surface flows were active southeast of Pu`u `O`o. Overall seismic tremor levels were low and gas emissions were elevated. Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: DI deflation started at 12:45 pm yesterday and the lava lake level started to drop soon afterward. The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide emission rate measurement was 1,500 tonnes/day on ...

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