Kilauea Volcano Eruption 2024 December. During a usgs hawaiian volcano observatory monitoring overflight the morning of september 18, geologists observed only very weak activity at kīlauea's middle east rift. Most popular areas in the park remain open, including kīlauea visitor center, overlooks along crater rim trail, volcano house, nāhuku lava tube, and chain of craters.

This type of earthquake activity is not being detected at this time and there are currently no signs of an imminent eruption at kīlauea, however the volcano’s summit region. This photograph of kīlauea’s middle east rift zone eruption was captured during a hawaiian volcano observatory helicopter overflight during the morning of september 17,.