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UPDATE: Eruptive episode 54 at K????lauea on the Big Island has begun
11+ hour ago (341+ words) Episode 54 of the ongoing Kīlauea eruption on Hawai‘i Island began at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 25. Lava fountaining is contained to Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. North vent fountains are currently about 50-75 feet high and are expected…...
Volcano Watch: Hawai‘i Five-O! Fifty fountaining episodes at Kīlauea summit
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (944+ words) “Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Hawai‘i, the 50th state, reached a golden anniversary June 27. Surprise, it’s the 50th fountaining episode of the ongoing episodic eruption…...
Lava fountaining again as Episode 50 of summit eruption begins at Kīlauea volcano on Big Island
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (375+ words) Episode 50 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island is underway. Lava fountaining began shortly after 10 a.m. June 27. Fountains were about 100 feet high and growing. They are expected to grow to…...
Volcano Watch: What is the difference between an eruption and an episode?
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (852+ words) “Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. The historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kīlauea has had 49 episodes of lava fountaining so far during the…...
Community members invited to meeting about Morgan’s Ponds Breakwater Maintenance Project
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (224+ words) The purpose of the meeting is to provide an update and discuss the proposed plan to repair the Morgan’s Ponds breakwater wall at Lydgate park; RSVP by July 17. Kaua‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with Friends…...
Kīlauea episode 49 ends after hours of lava fountaining
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (445+ words) UPDATE: June 14, 5:33 p.m. | Episode 49 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 5:05 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The eruptive phase lasted approximately 7.5 hours before activity suddenly ceased. Following the episode, scientists lowered Kīlauea’s Volcano Alert Level from…...
San Andreas fault reaches highest stress level in 1,000 years
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (508+ words) Recent research led by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa scientists found tectonic stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in Southern California has reached — in some places exceeded — the highest levels seen in the past 1,000 years....
Volcano Watch: Handling the pressure; what gases trapped inside crystals tell us
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (814+ words) “Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This week’s article was written by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory post-doc researcher Heather Winslow. Volcanic gases can give us critical…...