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21 Dec 2020
Residents on Hawaii’s Big Island were asked to stay indoors when the Kilauea volcano erupted Sunday during an explosion that shot ash into the sky.
The explosion happened at the Halemaumau Crater following several weak earthquakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and a 4.4 magnitude earthquake came shortly after the eruption, NBC News reported.
“The agency added that significant damage to buildings or structures was not expected,” the article read, adding that lava at the crater was contained and no injuries or deaths have so far been reported.
USGS shared photos and videos of the eruption on its Twitter feed Monday morning:
Hawaii s Kilauea Volcano Erupts for First Time in Two Years, Prompting Red Warning
On 12/21/20 at 5:14 AM EST
Hawaii s Kīlauea volcano has erupted prompting the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to issue a red warning for aviation.
The eruption began late on Sunday evening local time within the huge Halemaʻumaʻu crater, which lies at the summit of the volcano.
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) detected glow within the crater at approximately 9:30 p.m. HST.
Read more An eruption has commenced within Kīlauea s summit caldera. The situation is rapidly evolving and HVO will issue another statement when more information is available, an USGS/HVO statement read.
The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted and shot a steam cloud into the atmosphere that lasted about an hour, an official with the National Weather Service has said.
The eruption began late on Sunday within the Halema’uma’u crater, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The volcano is located within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Tom Birchard, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service in Hawaii, said a new lava flow interacted with a pool of water inside the crater and that led to a short-lived but fairly vigorous eruption.
View from the western rim of Kīlauea Caldera. Lava is erupting from a fissure in the NW wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater and cascading into the deepest part of the crater, which had been occupied by a water lake (now replaced with a growing lava lake). pic.twitter.com/VKIFA1Npr0