About 6 this evening Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense issued another alert about the Kīlauea eruption. It is now on pause.
According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, at about 12:30 pm, or about 12 hours after it started, there was no longer any flow out of the fissure. Officially it is considered paused as scientists continue to collect data about its activity. It is still spewing out clouds of sulfur-containing gases but no lava is flowing. According to the USGS about 24% of volcanoes only last a week or less, with about 9% lasting less than a day so this is not unexpected.
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