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Watch: Cameras capture stunning timelapse of recent eruption episodes in Hawaii
đTRIPLE THREAT: Watch Kilauea, a volcano on Hawaiiâs Big Island, experience three eruption episodes over less than a two month span. Nearly 40 of these episodes have occurred since December, and models project another could happen as soon as next week.
KILAUEA, Hawaii â Cameras on one of Hawaiiâs Big Island volcanoes have captured a stunning timelapse of the mountainâs three previous eruption episodes.
Kilauea, which stands 4,091 feet above sea level, has been actively seeing these events since December 23, 2024, with the last three episodes happening over just a 39-day span.
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The most recent episode from the mountainâs HalemaÊ»umaÊ»u crater began on November 9 at 11:15 am local time, and lasted around 5 hours long, ending at 4:16 pm local time.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) the latest eruption sent lava spewing over 500 feet high from the craterâs north vent, with fountains in the south vent reaching about one-third that height.
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âAll eruptive activity is confined to HalemaÊ»umaÊ»u crater within HawaiÊ»i Volcanoes National Park; commercial airports in Hawaii County (KOA and ITO) will not be affected by this activity,â USGS noted during the most recent eruption.
Some models predict that the volcanoâs next eruption episode could occur sometime within the next week
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Models project that Kilaueaâs 37th episode is imminent, and it could occur sometime between November 21 and November 25th.