HAWAII — The Kīlauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island stopped erupting on Sunday after flowing for almost 10 hours. At its highest, the fountain of lava soared 1,300 feet in the air from the south vent, ...

Hot lava was caught on camera shooting more than 1,000 feet into the air.

When referred to as a gas, it means a volatile has transitioned into the vapor phase. The most common gases (or vapor phase volatiles) emitted at the surface are water (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ...

Many Hawaiʻi Island communities downwind from the eruptive vents in the southwest portion of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater inside the ...

Since late 2024, Klauea has unleashed 42 episodic fountaining events, each typically lasting a day or less, separated by recharging pauses like the recent 19-day lull after Episode 41.

Large lava fountains erupted from the north and south vents Jan. 24 within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater — reaching heights of at least 1,475 feet — during Episode 41 of the ongoing episodic eruption at Kīlauea ...

The latest activity marks Episode 42 of Kilauea’s ongoing summit eruption, which began on December 23, 2024. This new episode started at 5:20 am IST on February 16, 2026, inside the Halemaumau crater ...

This map shows the tephra fall associated with episode 41 of Kilauea’s episodic summit eruption, on Jan. 24. Tephra is a ...

Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.

In volcanoes, fluid inclusions are dominantly composed of CO 2. At magmatic temperatures (1200˚ C or 2192˚ F), the density of the CO 2 strongly depends on pressure, which is influenced by the depth of ...