Overview
- The eruption resumed Tuesday, with USGS video showing sustained lava fountaining at Kīlauea’s summit.
- Molten rock stayed within the caldera inside Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and no nearby communities were at risk, according to USGS.
- USGS characterizes the sequence as episodic, with individual bursts typically lasting about a day followed by several days of pause.
- A brief Nov. 9 episode produced dramatic jets reaching about 1,200 feet from one vent and 750 feet from another, USGS reported.
- Commercial flights at Kona (KOA) and Hilo (ITO) airports were unaffected, according to the Free Press Journal citing USGS.