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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is currently spewing fiery red-orange lava up to 250 feet high from its north vent – in what’s called "Episode 8" of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption.
The volcano also erupted in June about a mile south of Kilauea caldera, marking the first eruption in that region of the volcano in about 50 years. The last one took place in December 1974 ...
The last eruption on Kilauea was in June 2024 and lasted about five days. The volcano also erupted in September 2023 and lasted for a week, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Kilauea began its latest eruption on Dec. 23, 2024, with each eruptive episode that flowed lasting from 13 hours to eight days. Pauses between each episode have lasted from less than 24 hours to ...
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano showed a surge in activity as lava fountains reached heights of up to 130 feet. United States Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists stationed on the ...
The eruption ended 61 days later on March 7, 2023. [96] On June 7, 2023, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in web camera images atop Kilauea, indicating that an eruption had begun in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater, within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. [97] The eruptive episode ended after twelve days on June 19, 2023. [98]
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano roared back to life and resumed its eruption Wednesday as dramatic video provided by the U.S. Geological Survey showed lava shooting hundreds of feet into the air.
These eruptions have taken place from pit craters and the main caldera, as well as parasitic cones and fissures along the East and Southwest rift zones. They are generally fluid ( VEI -0) Hawaiian eruptions , but more violent eruptions have occurred throughout Kīlauea's eruptive history, with the largest recorded explosive eruption having ...