Hawaii Volcano : Kilauea Summit Collapse ‘LARGEST in History’ USGS Reveals ~ June 25, 2018


AERIAL photos of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano show the magnitude of the lava continuing to flow out of fissures in the lower East Rift Zone. These dramatic pictures show the extent of the incredible lava flows which continue to ooze out of fissures on Hawaii’s Big Island. The United States Geological Survey has said lava continues to flow out of fissure 8 into a channel which is “nearly full to brim” in Leilani Estates. “Fissure 8 continues to fountain to heights of about 100 to 130 feet. Lava flows out of fissure 8 into a channel that is nearly full to the brim in the vicinity of the Leilani Estates subdivision,” the USGS said.“The lava travels about 8 miles to the ocean entry at Kapoho Bay and Vacationland.“The ocean entry is most active is most active in the Vacationland area, with multiple small lava streams spilling into the water, producing many small laze plumes.” The aerial images show the rivers of lava spouting out from fissure 8 moving down and entering the ocean. Lava has boiled away Hawaii’s largest freshwater lake in a matter of hours and sent a white plume high into the sky. The molten rock entered Green Lake on Saturday and creative a massive plume of steam, casing the body of water to fizzle away, the USGS reported.The lava had crept into the lake between 11.30am and 1.30pm local time (10.30pm and 12.30am BST) and had completely evaporated all of its waster by 3pm (2am BST Sunday, June 10). Kilauea – one of the most active in the world – began erupting on May 3, destroying about 600 to 700 homes and there are no signs of it stopping anytime soon. In the last two weeks, more vigorous lava flows have poured downhill to the coast, blocking roads and destroying hundreds of homes in the Kapoho and Vacationland areas. President Trump declared a major disaster area in Hawaii on May 11.On Monday, two explosions triggered a magnitude 5.4 earthquake and there continues to be explosions which shoot plumes of ash into the sky. USGS footage captured on Monday shows molten lava from Kilauea’s lower East Rift Zone entering the ocean. The aerial video shows lava releasing bursts of steam, hot water and tephra or molten splatter, called a “tephra jet.” The volcano has sent occasional columns of ash and volcanic gas into the atmosphere at between 10,000 ft (3,050m) and 30,000 ft (9,145m) above sea level, USGS said.A fissure in the volcano spewed molten rock 160 feet (49m) on Tuesday, slightly lower than the 180 feet (55m) it reached from Saturday night into Sunday, pushing a steady flow of lava into the ocean. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency spokesman Richard Rapoza said: “The summit itself is fairly stable, with continued seismic activity and a high likelihood of additional small explosions. “The lava flow is contained within a channel flowing to the ocean with only minor outflows.” The eruption entered its 41st day on Wednesday and stands as the most destructive in the US since at least the violent 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens in Washington state, according to geologist Scott Rowland. Hundreds of construction workers and volunteers, including officials from the Hawaii National Guard and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, began building around 20 temporary housing units in Pahoa for families forced from their homes.

 

Hawaii Volcano Eruption Update – Friday Morning ~ June 22, 2018


Stay current with the following news on the Kilauea eruption.

 

Kilauea Eruption Update ~ June 21, 2018


News Alert – Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Eruption Refuses To Stop, Lava Now Covering 380 Acres In Size In the lower east rift zone activity continues with little change. Lava from the fissure eight fountain continues to reach heights of about 175 feet as measured during the overnight hours. The lava pulses sending a shower of hot lava fragments over the rim of the cinder cone building it slightly higher and wider.

The lava exits fissure eight traveling at a rate of about seventeen miles per hour. It slows down significantly toward the quarry to about two miles an hour and significantly less than that at the ocean entry. At the ocean entry lava is entering in the southern part near the vicinity of Vacationland producing a robust steam and laze plume.

The lava has now created a lava delta in seaward that is approximately 380 acres in size. Up at the summit, subsidence continues with the withdrawal of magma at depth. The popular overlook parking area has now slumped into the crater. This area was closed since 2008. Earlier this week crews installed temporary GPS stations to track the rate of subsidence at the caldera and today a UAS team a drone team will be up trying to take pictures, weather permitting, of the changes that have occurred in the summit to produce digital elevation models that will help characterize and track the extensive subsidence. This is the video update for Thursday June 21st.

Breaking Alert – Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Turns Mordor With Lava Speed Exceeding 17 Miles Per Hour ~ June 20, 2018


Hawaii volcano Kilauea has undergone the single “largest scale collapse” witnessed in recent history, volcanologists at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) revealed.

Kilauea’s volatile crater has lost around 250 million cubic metres of volume since eruptions began on May 3 this year.

The subsiding Halemaumau crater summit has lost the equivalent of 100,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Kilauea’s draining magma chambers are fuelling the summit collapse, the USGS warned on Tuesday, June 19.

Two aerial photographs snapped by USGS scientists reveal the extent of the widening crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Read more: http://bit.ly/2lobTB3 Courtesy – USGS

HAWAII KILAUEA VOLCANO UPDATE TODAY – Hawaii Volcano Latest News ~ June 18, 2018


A survey of the Kilauea volcano eruption shows a sizable cone has developed around fissure eight, and that the river of lava flowing from it is over 100 feet (30 meters) across and moving quickly.

People around the world have been transfixed by images of red and orange lava fountains exploding out of volcanic vents on Hawaii’s Big Island. Three weeks of destruction from Mount Kilauea is costing the island millions with fears it could damage tourism there for months ahead.