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When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the ...
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Kilauea’s lava fountains reaching 500 feet high resumed Sunday afternoon, less than a week after its latest episode paused Tuesday night.
Mauna Loa is erupting for the first time in nearly 40 years, forcing closures and putting Hawaii residents on high alert. The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Monday that ...
USGS Volcanoes announced the volcano's eruption had moved to the northeast rift zone, with lava flows heading downslope to the north. In a later update, USGS Volcanoes announced that the ...
The latest episode of Kīlauea’s summit eruption ended at 4:28 a.m. HST, with no changes detected in the East or Southwest ...
HAWAII COUNTY (KITV4) -- Some wonder how long the latest eruption of Kilauea will last, and if this current summit eruption will move to one of the volcano's rift zones. By monitoring current ...
After five days of volcanic activity, the eruption in Kilauea’s middle East Rift Zone has paused Friday morning but an eruption could occur again in the near future, according to the U.S ...
The east rift zone erupted along the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. Aerial footage from September 15 shows smoke rising from the volcano, with some trees already burned. Officials said the outburst ...
KILAUEA, Hawaii (Island News) -- Kilauea resumed eruption west of Napau Crater, in the middle East Rift Zone of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The eruption was reported by the USGS on Monday at ...
Iceland is a "hot spot" for volcanic activity. A once long-dormant volcano in Iceland is erupting again and impacting activity in a populated region nearby. The volcano, on the Reykjanes peninsula ...