Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano wows with lava fountains during latest eruptive episode
According to the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, episode 12 of the Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. HST when sporadic lava flows alternated between the south and north cones. The episode ended at 10:37 a.m. HST on Wednesday.
Update: Lava fountains end abrubtly, bringing Episode 13 of ongoing Kīlauea eruption to close
It’s a two-fer Tuesday at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park as Episode 13 of the ongoing summit eruption of Kīlauea on the Big Island continues with lava geysers fountaining from the north and south vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the volcano’s caldera inside the park.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser · 11d
Lava fountaining returns to Kilauea’s summit caldera
Continuous lava fountaining began about 2 p.m. today within Kilauea’s Halemaumau crater as the 12th episode of the ongoing summit eruption continues, according to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists. Episode 12 started this morning with “sluggish” lava flows from the south and north vents of the summit caldera, according to HVO.
Big Island Now · 9d
Volcano Watch: When have lava fountains formed on Kīlauea and what are their hazards?
Several past eruptions were characterized by similar lava fountaining episodes, including at the start of the Puʻuʻōʻō eruption in 1983, the start of the Maunaulu eruption in 1969 and the 1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption.
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