Elevated Volcanic Activity and Information Releases
Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:50:45 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 22, 2009, 07:48 HST
Elevated SO2 emissions from two vents, small amts of tephra from summit; East rift zone lava flows through tubes to coast.
(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 18, 2009, 12:18 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
