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The 2018 lower Puna eruption was a volcanic event on the island of Hawaiʻi, on Kīlauea volcano's East Rift Zone that began on May 3, 2018. It is related to the larger eruption of Kīlauea that began on January 3, 1983, though some volcanologists and USGS scientists have discussed whether to classify it as a new eruption. [2]
On the evening of January 29, 1997, a series of earthquakes struck Kīlauea's east rift zone. Deep within the rift zone, magma was escaping from the conduit leading to the Puʻu ʻŌʻō vent, cutting off the supply to the ongoing eruption. The lava pond at Puʻu ʻŌʻō drained, and residents 10 miles (16 km) away heard a low, rumbling roar ...
The last known eruption began on Sept. 15 in the middle East Rift Zone, covering 4 acres with lava. Following a brief pause, activity resumed at Nāpau Crater, continuing over the next few days ...
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 ...
PHOTO: This photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, captured during a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory helicopter flyover, Sept. 17, 2024, shows the eruption in Kilauea's middle East Rift Zone ...
Kilauea erupted most recently between Sept. 15-20 along the middle East Rift Zone, ... marking the first eruption in that region of the volcano in about 50 years. The last one took place in ...
East Rift Zone on Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi. A rift zone is a feature of some volcanoes, especially shield volcanoes, in which a set of linear cracks (or rifts) develops in a volcanic edifice, typically forming into two or three well-defined regions along the flanks of the vent. [1]
However, an eruption in Kīlauea’s summit region or beneath the upper East Rift Zone, within the park, is one potential outcome,” officials said. In Hawaii, a state made up of 15 volcanoes ...