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On December 13, 2022, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory determined that the eruption had ended. Over the course of the eruption, 111 million m 3 (29 billion U.S. gal) of lava had been effused, and the floor of Halemaʻumaʻu had risen 143 meters (469 ft), since the beginning of the eruption on September 29, 2021.
A U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist checks a webcam located on the rim of the caldera during a new eruption that began early at the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. December ...
2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami: Volcanic-eruption NOAA animation of the tsunami's propagation. A major eruption of Hunga Tonga, a volcanic island in Tonga in the Pacific Ocean, occurred on 15 January 2022. The eruption caused tsunamis in Tonga and Fiji. Tsunami warnings were issued for Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Australia ...
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 ...
This is the sixth eruption within the Kilauea caldera since 2020. According to the USGS, these eruptions in the summit region have lasted for about a week to more than a year in duration. Kilauea ...
An explosive volcanic eruption occurred near the Kingdom of Tonga, a nation of 170 islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, causing tsunami waves to impact the region and ash to fill the sky. A ...
A volcanic tsunami, also called a volcanogenic tsunami, is a tsunami produced by volcanic phenomena. About 20–25% of all fatalities at volcanoes during the last 250 years have been caused by volcanic tsunamis. The most devastating volcanic tsunami in recorded history was that produced by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The waves reached ...
HAWAII COUNTY, Hawaii – Kilauea volcano's eruption has significantly slowed and appears to be paused, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The eruption occurred about 2:20 a.m. local ...