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Lava Flow Hazard map of Haleakala. The Maui Hazard Zone numbers are a different scale from the island of Hawaiʻi's map. The lava flow hazard zones on Maui use a different scale. They can be compared to Hawai'i Island's lava zones. [4] [5] Maui Zone 1 - Includes the crater of Haleakalā and some rift zones, mainly areas that have experienced ...
Lava Flow Hazard map of Haleakalā. The Maui Hazard Zone numbers are two less than the equivalent Hawaiʻi Hazard Zone numbers. [9] On the island of Hawaiʻi, lava-flow hazards are rated on a scale of one through nine with one being the zone of highest hazard and nine
Volcano: Kīlauea's Lower East rift zone: Start date: May 3, 2018 (): End date: August 4, 2018 (): Type: Fissure eruption: Location: Hawaii Island, Hawaii, United States: Impact: 24 injuries; lava fountains, lava flows; at least $800 million (2018 USD) in property damage; volcanic gas and earthquakes forced the evacuation of populated areas and destroyed houses, roads, and utilities.
Hawaii County hasn’t finished buying out Leilani and Kapoho property owners after the 2018 lava flow, and here comes another potential disaster. Why are homes allowed to be built in lava zones?
English: The Island of Hawaiʻi was mapped into 9 lava flow hazard zones meant to portray the future long-term hazard due to lava flow activity. Date 26 January 2013
The reserve's land boundary was specifically designed to encompass the young rugged lava flows on Haleakala volcano's southwest rift zone. Much of the reserve is barren, rough and jagged ʻaʻa lava with some smooth pahoehoe lava fed by the Kalua O Lapa cinder cone. These lava flows form Cape Kīnaʻu and coat the adjacent sea floor.
In this aerial view, lava fissures flow downslope from the north flank of Mauna Loa volcano, as it erupts on Nov. 30 near Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
The volcanic soils underlying Pāhoa are considered to have been generated by lava flows within the last 125 to 500 years. For example, the eruption of 1840 is known to have deposited a lava flow within 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of Pāhoa. Both Hawaii Route 130 and Hawaii Route 132 enter the town boundaries.