Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting episodically, and as it progresses, the lava fountain's heights are rising.

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How ...

Scientists said “episode 17” of Kilauea Volcano’s ongoing eruption ended at 9:45 a.m. today after low fountaining stopped at ...

Scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said “episode 16” of the ongoing eruption began at 10:57 p.m. on Monday, with ...

The episodic summit eruption of Kilauea in Halema‘uma‘u crater has been going on for over three months now, with sixteen ...

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park remained open ... any indications that lava is moving into the lower part of the east rift zone where people live. Currently all the activity is within the park.” ...

No significant changes have been noted along Kilauea’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone. The Kilauea volcano alert level remains at watch, and the aviation color code remains at orange.

When a dike reaches the surface, it often erupts as a linear curtain of lava, as several recent eruptions on the Island of Hawaii have demonstrated. As dikes form in a rift zone, they wedge the ...

The episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea in Halemaʻumaʻu Crater has been going on for more than 3 months now, with 16 eruptive ...

Magma moves through Hawaiian rift zones as dikes, which are tabular sheets of magma that move laterally and vertically ...