Watch: Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupts terrifyingly, residents advised to stay indoors
The volcano erupted on Sunday night, the US Geological Survey said. An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 was also reported from the volcano’s south flank.
#Kilauea2020 #Lava cascades from a vent in the wall of #Halemaʻumaʻu around midnight on Dec 20. The water lake has boiled away and 3 vents are generating lava flows that are contributing to a growing lava lake. Eruption is confined to Halemaʻumaʻu crater (#Kīlauea's summit). pic.twitter.com/KdQUnMS7bn
— USGS Volcanoes🌋 (@USGSVolcanoes) December 21, 2020
Two fissure vents continue to feed lava into lake at the summit of Kīlauea. Video from today's helicopter overflight shows northern fissure (right) supplying the majority of lava into the lake; western fissure (left) feeds several small channels entering the lake. #Kilauea2020 pic.twitter.com/iQaTudHi2X
— USGS Volcanoes🌋 (@USGSVolcanoes) December 22, 2020
As of just after 6 am HST on Dec 21, 2020, the middle of the 3 fissures that opened at Kīlauea last night has paused; the main eastern and weaker western fissures remain active. Lava continues to fill Halemaʻumaʻu, and volcanic gas and glass (Pele's hair) travels downwind. pic.twitter.com/lBJXJ3EBoG
— USGS Volcanoes🌋 (@USGSVolcanoes) December 21, 2020
Watch this time-lapse of Hawaii's Kīlauea Volcano erupting on Sunday night. By Monday morning, the volcano had stabilized 🌋 pic.twitter.com/K0jgv5jCK0
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 21, 2020
