Hawaii
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano spews fountains of lava
STORY: :: Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
:: April 1, 2025
:: United States Geological Survey (USGS)/M. Patrick
:: The Kilauea volcano spews lava fountains as high as 650 feet on Tuesday
In aerial footage captured on Tuesday at approximately noon, during a U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring flight, the volcano was seen to be spewing lava continuously, producing smoke along with it.
The lava fountain was reaching heights of more than 650 ft at times and feeding a lava flow that as of noon on Tuesday reached about 2,300 ft from its vent, reported USGS.
The USGS added that the lava fountain was also depositing a tephra blanket to the northwest that was reaching Highway 11. In some places near the vents, the tephra deposit is up to 5 ft thick and represents accumulation of 16 eruptive episodes since December 23, 2024, said the USGS.