Last fiery outbreak in the Kilauea volcano from Hawaii

Last fiery outbreak in the Kilauea volcano from Hawaii

From Bianca Barr

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The Kilauea volcano from Hawaii currently spits fiery red-orange lava up to 250 feet high of its northern ventilation, in the so-called “episode 8” of the ongoing Halemaʻuma outbreak.

Fountain from the northern ventilation grew from 50 feet to more than 250 feet in an hour and feed several lava plugs, said the observatory. Active lava flows now cover about 15 to 20 percent of the crater floor.

There is no immediate threat to structures nearby.

The volcanic activity on the summit of Kilauea in Hawaii Vulcanoes National Park has been intermittent in the past few weeks.

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The initial outbreak began on December 23 in the southwestern part of Caldera, a large volcanic depression that houses the volcanic ventilation openings. Magma breaks out and Vulkangase are emitted from these ventilation slots.

According to the Hawaii Vulcano Observatory, this last episode began on February 3. It was advisable that small, sporadic spray fountain, which started on February 2 and then increased the following day, began as a continuing fountain, the observatory said.

Every episode of Halemaʻumʻu lava fountaining since December 23 has continued between 13 hours and eight days after the youngest Hawaiian Vulcano Observatory report of the US Geological Survey. The eight episodes were separated from less than 24 hours to 12 days by breaks.

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