Elevated Volcanic Activity and Information Releases
Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 at 01:15:05 PST.
The following U.S. volcanoes are known
to be above normal background (elevated unrest or eruptions) or have shown activity that warranted an Information Release (for example, an earthquake swarm).
Times are local to the volcano and in military format.
Volcano Alert Levels & Aviation Color Codes defined at
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/alertsystem.
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Kilauea
Alert Level=WATCH. Aviation Color Code=ORANGE. As of Nov 6, 2009, 08:10 HST
Elevated SO2 emissions from two vents, small amts of tephra from summit; East rift zone lava flows through tube to ocean.
(Change to current status occurred on Jul 2, 2007 20:09 HST from Alert Level ADVISORY and Aviation Color Code YELLOW )
For more information see http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo/activity/kilaueastatus.php -
Mauna Loa
Alert Level=ADVISORY. Aviation Color Code=YELLOW. As of Nov 4, 2009, 11:48 HST
Low level of unrest continues.
(Mauna Loa has been at this Alert Level and Color Code since this system was implemented in 2005)
For more information see http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hvo/activity/maunaloastatus.php
