Kilauea volcano erupts again in Hawaii

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday inside its summit crater, the US Geological Survey reported, less than a month after it, along with neighboring Mauna Loa, stopped spewing lava.

The Hawaii Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam images indicating Kilauea was erupting inside Halemaumau crater, in the volcano’s summit caldera.

Kilauea’s summit is within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and away from residential areas.

The US Geological Survey had raised the alert level for the volcano earlier on Thursday after signs of magma moving below the surface of the summit, an indication that it could erupt.

Kilauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Its most recent eruption began in September 2021 and lasted 16 months. For almost two weeks, starting on November 27, Hawaii had two volcanoes spewing lava next to each other as Mauna Loa erupted for the first time in 38 years.

Both ceased their activity almost at the same time.

On those days, those who visited the park were able to see the lava from both eruptions at the same time.

The observatory plans to continue monitoring volcanoes for signs of new activity.

Ken Hon, the lead scientist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, had explained that there is usually a three-month “cooling-off” period before an eruption can be considered over.

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