Lava fountains reach 650 feet high in latest episode of Kilauea’s eruption - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shoots lava 650 feet into air as spectacular eruption resumes

The HVO said Kilauea's current eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele, the summit caldera, started on Dec. 23, 2024.

Lava fountains reach 650 feet high in latest episode of Kilauea’s eruption - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Episode 18 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu crater eruption resumed today with lava overflowing the south vent at 3:20 a.m., followed by the onset of fountaining from both vents at 3:30 a.m.

On April 22, 2015, the Calbuco volcano was surprised by an explosive eruption that forced more than 6,500 people to evacuate within a few hours. A decade after that event, we remember not only its magnitude, but also the relevance of having solid and permanent monitoring systems, able to anticipate risk scenarios and safeguard lives.

Many volcanic eruptions are preceded by a swarm of tremors, which anticipate the occurrence of the explosion. But not all. As the Calbuco volcano in 2014. Only three hours before its eruption the tremors began, and almost without warning, on April 22, 2015, it simply exploded, despite the fact that a team of scientists from the National Service of Geology and Mining (Sernageomin) monitored the volcano. Despite that, “the initial reaction was rap…

Impressive natural spectacle at the Kilauea volcano on the Pacific island of Hawaii. The lava fountain reached a height of about 200 meters.

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, which has been active since December, erupted on April 22. Lava shot up to a height of about 200 meters, which was an impressive phenomenon. "Rocks were falling on us," tourists who were there report. On April 22, at 3:30 a.m. local time, lava began to emerge from the southern crater of the volcano, and at 3:47 a.m. from its northern rift. Observers were able to admire the impressive phenomenon, when lava shot up t…