2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea

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The 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea was a major volcanic event on Hawaiʻi Island that produced extensive lava flows, destroyed hundreds of homes, and dramatically reshaped the landscape in the lower Puna district.

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instanceOf natural disaster
volcanic eruption
alsoKnownAs 2018 Kīlauea eruption in lower Puna
2018 Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone eruption
areaCoveredByLava about 13.7 square miles
about 35.5 square kilometers
associatedHazard ashfall
earthquakes
ground cracking
lava flows
laze
vog
volcanic gas emissions
bayFilled Kapoho Bay
cause drainage of magma from Puʻu ʻŌʻō region into lower East Rift Zone
communitiesAffected Kapoho Beach Lots
Lanipuna Gardens
Leilani Estates
Vacationland Hawaii
country United States
economicImpact hundreds of millions of US dollars
emergencyManagement Hawaii County Civil Defense
endDate 2018-09-04
eruptionStyle Strombolian activity
effusive eruption
eruptionType fissure eruption
evacuations thousands of residents
homesDestroyed over 700
impact destruction of residential subdivisions in lower Puna
major reshaping of coastline near Kapoho
landformsCreated new lava delta at Kapoho Bay
landmarksDestroyed Kapoho tide pools
largestEarthquakeDate 2018-05-04
largestEarthquakeMagnitude 6.9
lavaFlowType pāhoehoe lava
ʻAʻā lava
lavaType basaltic lava
lavaVolume approximately 0.2 cubic miles
approximately 0.8 cubic kilometers
locatedIn Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Island
lower Puna district
linked to: Puna District
mainVentArea Kapoho
Lanipuna Gardens
Leilani Estates
lower East Rift Zone of Kīlauea
maximumVolcanicExplosivityIndex 3
maxLavaFlowRate up to 200 cubic meters per second
monitoringMethod gas emission measurements
ground-based seismic monitoring
satellite remote sensing
thermal imaging
notableEvent collapse events at Kīlauea summit producing large earthquakes
notableFissure Fissure 8
numberOfFissures 24
partOf eruptive activity of Kīlauea
precededBy Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption of Kīlauea
responsibleAgency Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
United States Geological Survey
startDate 2018-05-03
summitEffects collapse of Kīlauea summit caldera
lowering of Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor
timePeriod 2018
tourismImpact closure of parts of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
volcano Kīlauea

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Puʻu ʻŌʻō collapseLinkedTo 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea
2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea alsoKnownAs 2018 Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone eruption
linked to: 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea
Kīlauea summit caldera experiencedEvent 2018 Kīlauea eruption
linked to: 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea