12-24-2025, 05:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-24-2025, 05:14 AM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
7 PM Tuesday.
One vent is starting to overflow, most lava in the last 24 hours.
From Hawaii Public Radio:
1. Kīlauea’s year of fountaining eruption
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park visitors watch the lava fountains from Uēkahuna overlook on Sunday, Nov. 9. (USGS / M. Patrick)
Today marks one year since the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea began putting out fountaining lava displays. It's the first eruption of its kind from Kīlauea in nearly 40 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
“We've only had three similar eruptions in Kīlauea’s history where we've had these episodic fountains,” said Geologist Katie Mulliken of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Those eruptions from Kīlauea Iki (1959), Maunaulu (1969-1974), and Puʻuoʻo (1983-2018) had between 12 and 44 fountaining episodes. Puʻuoʻo holds the record for the most fountaining episodes, while Kīlauea Iki had the highest fountains recorded, at 1,900 feet.
The current eruption in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater has had 38 episodes so far, with its highest fountain measured during Episode 35 at 1,500 feet. Episode 3 produced the most volume of lava for the eruption, while the most recent episode on Dec. 6 nearly matched it in a much shorter timespan.
One vent is starting to overflow, most lava in the last 24 hours.
From Hawaii Public Radio:
1. Kīlauea’s year of fountaining eruption
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park visitors watch the lava fountains from Uēkahuna overlook on Sunday, Nov. 9. (USGS / M. Patrick)
Today marks one year since the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea began putting out fountaining lava displays. It's the first eruption of its kind from Kīlauea in nearly 40 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
“We've only had three similar eruptions in Kīlauea’s history where we've had these episodic fountains,” said Geologist Katie Mulliken of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Those eruptions from Kīlauea Iki (1959), Maunaulu (1969-1974), and Puʻuoʻo (1983-2018) had between 12 and 44 fountaining episodes. Puʻuoʻo holds the record for the most fountaining episodes, while Kīlauea Iki had the highest fountains recorded, at 1,900 feet.
The current eruption in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater has had 38 episodes so far, with its highest fountain measured during Episode 35 at 1,500 feet. Episode 3 produced the most volume of lava for the eruption, while the most recent episode on Dec. 6 nearly matched it in a much shorter timespan.