03-29-2019, 04:07 AM
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kil...tatus.html
"On the basis of these observations, we think it most likely that the next eruption of Kilauea will take place in the caldera within a few years, and that the next eruption on one of the volcano's rift zones will be in a decade or longer. This prognosis assumes a return to Kilauea's general style of behavior for the past 200 years.
There remains the possibility that Kilauea's behavior may return to the dominantly explosive 300 years preceding the early 1800s. Monitoring and ongoing analysis by HVO may be able to determine in advance which style of behavior will eventually prevail, but it is currently too early to tell."
"On the basis of these observations, we think it most likely that the next eruption of Kilauea will take place in the caldera within a few years, and that the next eruption on one of the volcano's rift zones will be in a decade or longer. This prognosis assumes a return to Kilauea's general style of behavior for the past 200 years.
There remains the possibility that Kilauea's behavior may return to the dominantly explosive 300 years preceding the early 1800s. Monitoring and ongoing analysis by HVO may be able to determine in advance which style of behavior will eventually prevail, but it is currently too early to tell."