Top 10 Amazon MTurk Tips and Tricks for Making More Money

Here are some tips and tricks that will help you make the most money on Amazon Mechanical Turk.

1. Participate in Mturk Related Forums

Mturk Forums are indeed very useful.

Joining or reading these forums will provide so much information including what other workers have experienced, the kind of hits that pay more, which “requesters” to avoid, which ones to work with, etc.

You can ask questions, read other people’s questions and answers, and overall, get a feel for how everything works.

Here are the 2 main forums:

1. Turker Nation
2. MTurk Forum

2. Take Advantage of the Turkopticon Toolbar

The Turkopticon toolbar lets you view how past Mechanical Turk workers have evaluated a specific requester.

You may want to browse through the reviews of other workers before deciding to take a hit or not as these reviews are absolutely helpful.

Some reviews answer the following questions about requesters they have worked with:

• Have they rejected a hit without justifiable reason?
• Did they pay within a reasonable time frame?
• etc.

This tool is a must have if you plan on being a regular Mechanical Turk user since it really works.

Firefox and Google Chrome browsers also have an equivalent toolbar version. But I am not so sure about Internet Explorer since I was not able to find an Internet Explorer version on their website.

3. Find Good Paying Hits Faster with the “Sort By” Search Option

Use the search options to narrow down your search.

For example, if you’re searching for survey hits that pay 50 cents or more, you can type in “survey” in the search bar, then set the value to 50 cents. You can then organize the results of the search according to the newest or freshest hits first.

This will definitely save you time which is important as there are hundreds and thousands of hits available at any given moment.

You’re there to make some money in your spare time, not to waste your time trying to find hits.

4. Don’t Bother with 1 Cent Hits Unless…

It’s just not worth it.

Sure, a 1 cent hit may take less time to do, but it still takes time.

And when you compare the amount of time you spend doing the hit and the amount of money you earn, it just doesn’t look good.

The two cent hits are not that profitable either.

I personally only do low paying hits if the only requirement is clicking on something or copy and pasting a word or phrase.

5. Only Work on Hits with Worthwhile Payment

Following up Evaluate first if a particular hit is really worth it before taking an Amazon Mechanical Turk hit. Take note that some hits would entail that you pass a qualification exam before you start working on the hit(s).

Others also have complicated sets of instructions that will consume so much of your time. This, in turn, increases the likelihood that your hits will be rejected.

You may have a lot of hits to work on that pays well, but always make sure that you evaluate if these are really worth your time.

6. Understand the Requirements Before Accepting a Hit

Make sure you can actually do the task and correctly before you accept it.

Having your work rejected too often will affect your “hit return rate” negatively which may make you less likely to get invited to higher paying hits.

7. Do as Many Survey Hits as Possible

Surveys normally pay much more compared to other “simple” hits. So jump on them whenever you can.

Plus, the chances of being paid are higher too with these surveys since these are being solicited by schools colleges and universities, unlike other hits that are from virtually unknown people.

Some of the surveys you find will pay you $1 or more for hits that take a few minutes to do.

Also, keep an eye for scam hits that pretend to be surveys. Although Mturk is getting better at weeding out scam hits,some still get through.

For example, some of these scam hits disguised as “surveys” will ask you to enter your personal details on the form first (so to you it may look like a legit survey since that’s how all surveys start – with your demographic,) they then ask you to answer the questions about their site or product. Once they got their answers, they simply disqualify you for the “survey” so you don’t get paid.

8. Don’t Give out Personal Information

Have you received any hits that require you to give out personal information such as full name, email address, credit card details and the like?

If so, ignore them!

As I said, Mturk is getting better at keeping scammers at bay, but there are still scammer who somehow manage to get in. You don’t want to pass on your credit card info to a criminal. Not to mention, there is never a reason to give your credit card info to anyone on Mturk or any other task sites where you are supposed to get paid.

9. If It Looks Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is!

If you see a hit with an unusually high pay, be a little skeptic.

No one in their right mind will pay someone $20 on Mturk to visit their site for 10 seconds to “test” it.

10. Link Your Bank Account to Amazon for Faster Payments

Within your Amazon.com account, you can see your earnings from Mturk if you click on the “Amazon Payment” tab.

There you have two options:

1. You can either link your bank account to your Amazon account and transfer money to your bank account.
2. Or you can convert your earnings to Amazon gift cards and use them to buy stuff on Amazon.

The Bottom Line

Although there are many Amazon Mechanical Turk alternatives out there, Mturk still remains as one of the best and most popular crowdsourcing sites.

And by using these Mturk tips and tricks you can not only earn a little more money but you can also avoid the scams.

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New to Mtruk : Here's What you should know

So you just got your account approved and you started out, cranking out as many HITs as you possibly can making a few bucks a day? Well STOP! Read on for helpful tips to make turking worthwhile and pay a lot more.

1. In your initial window of 10 days of turking you are limited to 100 HITs per day. The biggest mistake you can make in your first couple days is trying to earn a decent amount of money by doing high paying surveys. These surveys, however, take quite a bit of time and are really not worth it (see number 4) INSTEAD, do a bunch of really small HITs that don't pay very well (usually $0.01) but you can do a lot of them fairly quickly. In order to make really good money you need your HIT numbers up (see number 6)
2. Qualifications- DO NOT tick the button that says "HITS you are qualified for" on your search bar. Look at the reasons you are not qualified and see if you can take their tests. (I recently took a test that approved me to do a batch of 20 that paid $2.00 a piece at 2 minutes a hit) *will post proof at end. EDIT: Some HITs require a certain percentage or number of HITs to be qualified to do them. You don't want to block these from your searches because then you won't know what to look for when you hit 100, 200, 500 etc. approved. Plus when searching for HITs if you see a qualification test you may as well take it as it may be of use later on. Especially if you turk for long periods of time. Certain qualifications are only open to a limited amount of people. If you hold a closed qualification, you're more likely to get better paying HITs.
3. Scripts-If you don't know what scripts are, google "mturk scripts" get the tamper monkey add-on (chrome) grease monkey (firefox) and find what scripts are useful to you. There are some pretty good crowdsource scripts that help you do the $0.08 hits in under 30 seconds. Plus useful additions like blocking hits you don't want to see, and a search bar for your pending and paid hits as well as daily goals and buttons to see requester stats without leaving the page.
4. Fair pay. The standard fair pay for a hit is around 10 cents a minute. If you can't make that, don't do it if possible. I don't care if it pays 10 dollars for only 3 hours. It isn't worth it.
5. Turkopticon. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check ratings before doing HITs. If the requester does not have a good history of fair paying or gives out lots of rejections, you may be getting the raw end of a deal.
6. Qualified... Now what? A lot of requesters want at LEAST 100 approved hits so they know you're taking their studies seriously. When you get to the 100 approved a lot more better paying hits will become available to you. Even more opportunities arise at 1000 with a few requesters having thresholds at 200 and 500. The more hits you do, the more opportunities. Some requesters I've seen require 5000
7. set a daily goal or a time limit. My first few days on mturk I spent around 6 hours or so and only made a couple bucks. I didn't know what I was doing. It is much easier to say you will only spend an hour or two, or quit when you hit 5 dollars for the day.
8. http://www.reddit.com/r/HITsWorthTurkingFor/new/ If you want to make actual money and not find your own HITs, this is the place to go. This increased my earnings there, and I'm a regular poster there as well.
9. Don't get discouraged. Keep with it! Eventually you'll figure out all the tricks and be making money a lot more quickly.
10. Look for batch HITs. These are HITs that are very easy to do, take little time, and pay well. Jeff strong, project endor, crowdsource are good examples. If you want to combine some of the tips from above, do the HubPages qualification test. They are a paid batch of test HITs that are 15 cents a piece.

TL;DR- Go back and read it, or you'll be missing out on money.

Why trust me? That's up to you! these are just the tips I use. I've been making around 10-20 dollars a day and have not been on mturk for more than 3 hours a day in over a month.

http://postimg.org/image/d0t7v3aux/ Hits totals

http://postimg.org/image/ybqrzcszd/ (sorry, not giving the requester's name!)

EDIT: A lot of people commenting are seeming to only read a few of the bullets and missing the points.

1. Nowhere in this post did I tell people who are new to Mturk to do 0 hits their first few days. I told them to do low paying batches their first few days because the ONLY way of making decent money on Mturk is by being qualified to do HITs that meet the fair pay $0.10/minute. The ONLY way to find many of these HITs per day is by having at a minimum 100 HITs approved.
2. I got this in the comments "Honestly I think OP is a bit off...The BEST way to find them? Use /r/hitsworthturkingfor" Which is in bullet 8. Please read the post before commenting.
3. The end of the article "Why trust me? That's up to you! these are just the tips I use. I've been making around 10-20 dollars a day and have not been on mturk for more than 3 hours a day in over a month." Nobody is making you use these tips. My first few days on Mturk I did maybe 4 or 5 hits that paid a dollar but took nearly an hour to complete. Now I'm making anywhere from 10-20 dollars on average and even up to 30 dollars a day with under 3 hours of work.
4. Qualifications (again) when searching for HITs without that box checked I found the "Label 3D orientation of Heads" After learning the keyboard shortcuts I was doing them in under 3 minutes with fairly high accuracy, I made a mistake here or there but they all got accepted. I made 16 dollars that hour until they soft blocked me. HubPages was an easy batch of 15 which required qualifications. The best was the qualification test for a batch of 20 two dollar hits that took less than 2 minutes. You can make decent money with the box checked, yes I'm not disputing that. But you also lose a lot of opportunities without it.

EDIT: I see a few of the comments regarding times to Turk. Don't be discouraged if you can't work during these times. I spend a few minutes at all hours of the day on all days of the week and have never encountered a time I did not find HITs. For reference I am in CST. The last couple HITs I posted to HWTF have been from the hours of 12AM to 3AM, 1.50/3 min, 3.00/8-20 minutes (depending on length of video to watch) don't stop Turking because the so called "best times" aren't available to you. It's all about finding the right HITs.http://www.reddit.com/r/HITsWorthTurkingFor/comments/1zdzfc/survey_of_tablet_pcs_hotel_in_nyc_and_frozen/http://www.reddit.com/r/HITsWorthTurkingFor/comments/1z912l/attorney_presentation_steve_wood_318min_14_min/

Side note: A lot of the HITs I post to HWTF are >500 or >100 with 95% or above approval. So it is important to get your numbers up!

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How Trump has changed the Oval Office so far

Anyone who’s ever caught a glimpse of Donald Trump’s three-story penthouse in New York’s Trump Tower knows that the United States’ 45th president likes the look of royalty. His Versailles in the Sky, as it has come to be known, is accented with marble, the Trump family “coat of arms,” and paintings of Greek gods. There is also, of course, loads and loads of gold. 

So, it’s not particularly shocking that President Trump has taken those decor tastes to the White House. What may surprise people, however, is just how fast the redecorating has occurred. Just one week into his presidency, here are three notable choices Donald Trump has made with regard to the look of the Oval Office.

Trump Oval Office Curtains

In accordance with his love of gilded decor, President Trump did away with the red curtains used in the Oval Office during President Obama’s second term and replaced them with a set of gold curtains. While used briefly by President George W. Bush, these curtains ironically first hung in the Oval Office during Bill Clinton’s presidency. President Bush ultimately swapped them out for a slightly different set of golden drapes.

Trump Oval Office Rug

When George W. Bush took over the Oval Office, he wanted a rug that conveyed there was an optimistic man at the office’s helm. As such, first lady Laura Bush designed a beige-and-blue carpet with golden sunbeams radiating out from a robust presidential seal. Then, in August 2010, President Obama toned down the vibe of the Oval Office a bit, unveiling new golden striped wallpaper, new golden-brown couches and, most notably, a new tan-and-navy rug with inspirational quotes from five American heroes around its outer edge.

The quotes around President Obama’s Oval Office rug included the famous line from FDR’s inauguration speech, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself;” Martin Luther King Jr.’s “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice;” and President Lincoln’s famous declaration, “Government of the people, by the people for the people.” It also featured the famous JFK line, “No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings,” and Teddy Roosevelt’s semi-socialist statement, “The welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.” 

Inspirational, perhaps, but apparently not President Trump’s taste. He has already followed in the footsteps of his predecessors and swapped out the Oval Office rug. The rug he chose instead? A red-and-beige carpet with green leaves around its outer edge, which was used briefly by George W. Bush but originated in the Reagan era.

Trump Oval Office Desk

For now at least, it appears Donald Trump has chosen to keep the same desk used by President Obama. This, however, isn’t actually all that surprising when one examines the style of said desk. The Resolute Desk, as it is officially known, is the most ornate of the Oval Office desks and it’s most popular one. 

Used by Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and John F. Kennedy, the Resolute Desk has been used by more U.S. presidents than the Hoover Desk, the Johnson Desk and the Wilson Desk combined. Opulent and highly ornamented, its wood was salvaged from a British ship called the HMS Resolute, which explored the Arctic in the mid-1800s.

Not only is it the most in keeping with Trump’s signature style, the Resolute Desk famously features front panels that provide children in the White House with an iconic hiding place, featured in famous photographs of young John-John and Caroline Kennedy. And while Barron Trump is probably a little old now for a game of hide and seek, Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric each have several children likely to appreciate that feature of the Oval Office in the coming years.

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Donald Trump anti-refugee order: 'green-card holders included in ban'

Trump’s conversation with Putin, which began about noon Eastern time, comes as the president faces pressure to maintain sanctions against Moscow. Trump has previously spoken about the need to repair the US-Russian relationship, which has particularly tense in recent years.

Trump spoke with Putin from the Oval Office and was flanked by Vice President Pence, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon and press secretary Sean Spicer.

We’ll update you when we receive official statements regarding the content of the call from both the Kremlin and the White House.

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CONSTIPATION : Benifits of OLIVE Oil for Constipation

Constipation is a very common gastrointestinal problem, which everyone experiences it at some point in life. In this condition, the suffering person either has a very difficult bowel movement or it happens less than the normal.  If a person has less than three times bowel movements in a week, then he/she is suffering from constipation.  In such a condition, the bowel movement becomes extremely difficult as well as painful.

Constipation mainly occurs due to any change in the diet, less intake of fluid, due to some medication, excessive intake of iron and calcium, lack of exercise, etc. Also, during pregnancy most of the women face this issue of constipation more or less.

Constipation is not a life threatening condition but it makes your life extremely difficult as well as painful. Unclear bowel movement makes you feel uneasy and uncomfortable throughout the day. There are many OTC drugs that you can try to get rid of constipation but you cannot rule out their side effects completely. So in such a case, olive oil can give you much relief from the pain and suffering of constipation.

How Does Olive Oil Help Treat Constipation

Before trying olive oil for constipation, we should be clear about how olive oil can help treat constipation properly. Let’s find out!

Helps to Release More Bile, Our Natural Laxative: The  consumption of olive oil helps the gallbladder to release more bile, which helps to digest the fat in the food properly. Apart from that the bile also maintains the moisture of the stool, so you will not face any difficulty and pain during bowel movement. It also irritates the gut mucosa, which stimulates the stool movement.

Reduces Dilation in the Intestine: The consumption of olive oil prevents the swelling, irritation and bloating of the intestine. This process, in turn, relaxes the intestine and allows the stool to pass smoothly.

Softens the Stool : The use of olive oil coats the fecal matter and gets soaked into it, which softens the stool and makes it easy for your body to pass it smoothly.

Stimulates the Digestive System: The use of olive oil stimulates the digestive system, which in turn digests the food properly. Proper digestion of foods means you will have a smooth and regular bowel movement.

Maintains the Overall Health of the Digestive Track: Olive oil is a rich source of Vitamin E and K, antioxidants and Omega 3 fatty acids which all together help to keep the digestive track healthy. A healthy digestive track helps to keep constipation at bay.

Best Methods To Use Olive Oil for Constipation

1. Olive Oil

This is one of the easiest ways of using olive oil to treat constipation. Following this olive oil home remedy will definitely help you to get rid of the constipation issue effectively.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 to 2 tbsp

Process:

1. Consume 1 to 2 tsp of olive oil in the morning on an empty stomach.
2. Do not drink water for 1 hour after taking the olive oil.
3. Follow this home remedy till you cure this constipation issue completely.
4. You can also give your constipated child 1 tsp of olive oil in the morning before any food to alleviate the issue of constipation.

2. Olive Oil and Lemon Juice

The high acidic content of lemon juice stimulates the digestive system. So the consumption of lemon juice helps the things to move from the digestive track smoothly. And when lemon juice gets combined with olive oil, it really works well to get rid of the constipation issue properly.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
• Lemon Juice – 1 tsp

Process:

• Take 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil in a cup and add1 tsp of lemon juice to it.
• Mix both the ingredients well and then drink it.
• Prefer to take this remedy every night before going to bed as olive will prevent the drying of the colon, which will ultimately promote smooth bowel movement.
• Following this method regularly will help to treat constipation successfully.

3. Olive Oil and Orange Juice

Orange juice is known as a good laxative. Its consumption creates a coating around the colon wall which promotes smoother bowel movement.  Apart from that it is a rich source of fibre, which makes it a useful fruit that can help treat constipation effectively.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 2 tbsp
• Fresh Orange Juice – 1 glass

Process:

1. Take 1 glass of fresh orange juice and add 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil to it.
2. Mix the olive oil in the orange juice properly and drink it.
3. Take this olive oil mixed orange juice in the morning on an empty stomach to get the maximum benefits.
4. For children, you can use ½ tbsp of extra virgin olive oil in 1 cup of orange juice on an empty stomach in the morning.

4. Olive Oil and Yogurt

Our body badly needs good bacteria as they help to keep us healthy by  protecting our digestive system and making it work properly. A good amount of good bacteria makes your body strong and helps to treat constipation by reducing its severity. And to back your body with a good amount of good bacteria, you need to take a cup of yogurt daily. And when you combine it with the goodness of olive oil it will work wonders to treat constipation successfully.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
• Yogurt – 1 cup

Process:

• Take 1 cup of yogurt and add 1 tbsp of olive oil it.
• Mix the olive oil in the yogurt properly and then consume it.
• Have this olive oil 3 times a day, once in the morning on an empty stomach, once during your lunch and again before going to bed.
• Following this method regularly will soon help you to get rid of constipation properly.

5. Olive Oil and Banana

Banana is a rich source of dietary fibre and potassium, which are beneficial for the digestive system. The consumption of banana helps the digestive system work smoothly. Potassium plays an important role to smoothen the function of the muscles in the digestive track. The insoluble fibres in banana help the food to move freely through the digestive track. Including a banana in your daily diet not only prevents constipation but also cures other digestive problems like gas and bloating.

What You Need:

• Fresh Banana- 1
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp

Process:

1. Take a fresh banana and peel it.
2. Cut it into thin slices and add the olive oil to it.
3. Mix it properly and have the banana slices.
4. Consuming this olive oil mixed banana slices 3 times a day till you get rid of constipation completely.

6. Olive Oil and Pineapple

Pineapple is said to be a natural potential remedy for constipation. It is a good source of natural plant enzymes that helps to improve the bowel movement and provide relief from constipation. It also works as a good natural laxative that helps to smoothen the bowel movement.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
• Pineapple Pieces – 1 bowl

Process:

1. Take 1 bowl of pineapple pieces and add 1 tbsp of olive oil to it.
2. Mix it properly and have it.
3. You can also add a pinch of black salt to it.
4. This remedy will help treat the constipation issue by improving the digestion process.
5. Have this mixture twice a day for smooth bowel movement.

7. Olive oil and Coffee

Coffee contains a good amount of caffeine, which acts as a diuretic. Its consumption improves the digestive process and stimulates the colon by triggering the contraction of the colon. In this way, caffeine speeds up the movement of fluids in the digestive track. Apart from that the warm temperature of coffee also softens the hardened feces to move smoothly.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
• Hot Coffee – 1 cup

Process:

1. Take a cup of hot coffee and add 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil to it.
2. Mix it properly and drink it both in the morning as well as well as in the evening.
3. This remedy will keep your digestive system lubricated and lessen the symptoms of constipation.

8. Olive Oil and Warm Milk

A glass of warm milk with olive oil also helps to treat constipation properly. The warm temperature of the milk along with olive will work well to treat the constipation issue.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
• Warm Milk – 1 glass

Process:

1. Take 1 glass of warm milk and add 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil to it.
2. Mix the olive oil in the milk properly and drink.
3. Take this drink preferable on an empty stomach in the morning to get the maximum benefits.

9. Olive Oil with Fruits

You can take olive with some fruits that help treat constipation successfully. Fruits like prune work as a natural laxative that improves the bowel movement. Apples, pears, raspberries, peach are rich sources of fibre. And you know it well that fibre in food helps proper bowel movement.

What You Need:

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 1 tbsp
• Medium Size Pear – 1
• Raspberries – 1 cup
• Small Apple – 1
• Medium Size Peach – 1

Process:

1. Take all the fruits and clean them properly with water.
2. Cut the apple and pear without peeling the skin.
3. Cut the peach into small pieces.
4. Take all the fruits in a medium size bowl and add the olive oil to it to make a fruit salad.
5. Eat this fruit salad with olive oil every day to get rid of constipation successfully.

10. Olive Oil with Vegetables

You can take olive oil with vegetables that are rich in fibre and magnesium, such as beans, green peas, snap peas, sweet potato, broccoli, Brussels sprouts. The leafy greens that can alleviate constipation are celery, spinach, kale etc.

Note: To prepare the olive oil remedies for constipation, ensure to buy extra virgin, organic and cold pressed olive oil as this olive oil contains most of the vitamins and antioxidants.

Tips to Follow

It is well said that prevention is better than cure. Constipation is such a condition which just makes life difficult. So you need to follow certain things in your daily life so that you can prevent this issue from occurring once again.

• Refrain from eating foods that cause constipation or makes the condition worse. Do not eat food that contains more fats, such as cheese, red meat, white bread, hard boiled eggs, etc. Also, decrease the consumption of food with refined sugar, such as candies and cookies. Do not eat processed food.
• Do some mild exercises or yoga everyday to keep you active. This will promote a healthy bowel movement.
• Avoid taking stress as it is considered as one of the causes of constipation.
• Schedule your everyday bowel movement. This process will trigger your body to have a bowel movement at a particular time of the day.
• Drink a lot of water to keep yourself hydrated. Most of the times insufficient water consumption causes constipation. Drink minimum 8 glasses of water per day. You can also take fluid in the form of fruit or vegetable juices.
• Stop consuming alcohol if you are suffering from constipation as it may worsen the condition.
• Include fruits and vegetables that are rich in fibre in your daily diet.
• Like fibre-rich food, Vitamin-C rich fruits also help to treat mild to severe constipation issues. So include fruits that are rich in Vitamin C like orange, guava, orange, grapes, papaya, and apple in your daily diet to keep constipation at bay.
• You can cook your food in olive oil, add it to your marinades, and use it in your salads to get the maximum benefits of olive oil for constipation.

Olive oil can cure mild to moderate constipation. So use these olive oil remedies to treat constipation for sure. But after using all these olive remedies if you do not get any benefit, then consult a physician to know the underlying causes of it to get better medication.

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Recent Kilauea Volcano Status Reports, Updates, and Information Releases

                               HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY DAILY UPDATE

U.S. Geological Survey

Friday, January 27, 2017, 9:02 AM HST (Friday, January 27, 2017, 19:02 UTC)

KILAUEA VOLCANO (VNUM #332010)
19°25'16" N 155°17'13" W, Summit Elevation 4091 ft (1247 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE

Activity Summary: Kīlauea Volcano continues to erupt at its summit and East Rift Zone. Lava continues to enter the ocean at Kamokuna and surface flows remain active within 2.4 km (1.5 mi) of the vent at Puʻu ʻŌʻō. These lava flows currently pose no threat to nearby communities. The surface height of the lava lake in the Halemaʻumaʻu Overlook crater was roughly 13 m (43 ft) below the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater when measured this morning.

Summit Observations: Similar to yesterday's measurement, the lava lake surface was about 13 m (43 ft) below the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu crater when measured this morning. Slight inflationary tilt continues at the summit. A tiltmeter with data that are posted on the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory website was repaired yesterday, and is again reflecting activity on the volcano. Seismicity rates were at background levels, and as is typical, tremor fluctuated in response to changing lava lake circulation, spattering, and rockfalls. Sulfur dioxide emission rates ranged from about 1,700 to 2,300 metric tons/day over the past week, when measurements were possible during trade wind conditions.

Puʻu ʻŌʻō Observations: Webcam images show persistent glow in long-term sources within the crater. Slight deflationary ground tilt has been recorded on nearby tiltmeters; seismicity rates are at background levels. The sulfur dioxide emission rate from all East Rift Zone vents was about 270 metric tons/day when last measured in late December.

Lava Flow Observations: The episode 61g flow is still active and entering the ocean at Kamokuna. Significant delta development was not observed by HVO scientists on a helicopter overflight conducted Wednesday. Very steep bathymetry may be inhibiting reformation since the New Year's Eve collapse event. Thermal images show an area of high temperature about 5-10 m (16-33 ft) from the edge of the sea cliff, with hot cracks running parallell to the sea cliff around the entry point, suggesting sea cliff instability. Scattered surface flows from a small breakout that occurred on January 22 are still active close to the 61g vent, as are surface flows on a secondary branch of the 61g flow. All surface flows are occurring close to Puʻu ʻŌʻō, within about 2.4 km (1.5 mi) of the 61g vent. The episode 61g flows pose no threat to nearby communities at this time.

As a strong caution to visitors viewing the ocean entry (where lava meets the sea), there are additional significant hazards besides walking on uneven surfaces and around unstable, extremely steep sea cliffs. Venturing too close to an ocean entry exposes you to flying debris created by the explosive interaction between lava and water. Also, the new land created is unstable because it is built on unconsolidated lava fragments and sand. This loose material can easily be eroded away by surf, causing the new land to become unsupported and slide into the sea. In several instances, such collapses, once started, have also incorporated parts of the older sea cliff. This occurred most recently on December 31. Additionally, the interaction of lava with the ocean creates a corrosive seawater plume laden with hydrochloric acid and fine volcanic particles that can irritate the skin, eyes, and lungs.

For hiking tips, visit the park website https://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/upload/Hiking-Tips.pdf. For County of Hawai‘i Lava Viewing information, call (808) 430-1966.

For the latest eruption updates, visit the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory website:http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/activity/kilaueastatus.php. For information on volcanic air pollution please see the vog dashboard at: www.ivhhn.org/vog/

Please see these fact sheets for additional information:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs152-00/

MORE INFORMATION

Daily Activity Summary also available by phone: (808) 967-8862

Lava viewing information:
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: http://www.nps.gov/havo/planyourvisit/lava2.htm
County of Hawaii: http://www.hawaiicounty.gov/lava-viewing/
Kalapana lava-viewing area: 808-430-1966

Subscribe to these messages: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/vns/

Webcam images: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/

Photos/Video: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/multimedia

Lava Flow Maps: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/maps/

Definitions of terms used in update: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea_update/definitions.pdf

Sulfur dioxide emission rate discussion: http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/view.php?id=207

Overview of Kīlauea summit (Halemaʻumaʻu) and East Rift Zone (Puʻu ʻŌʻō ) eruptions:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea_update/background.pdf

Summary of volcanic hazards from Kīlauea eruptions:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea_update/hazards.pdf

Recent Earthquakes in Hawai'i (map and list):
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/seismic/volcweb/earthquakes/

Explanation of Volcano Alert Levels and Aviation Color Codes:
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/alertsystem/index.php
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3139/

HVO Contact: askHVO@usgs.gov 

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is one of five volcano observatories within the U.S. Geological Survey and is responsible for monitoring volcanoes and earthquakes in Hawai`i.

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