167K views · 4.9K reactions | Livestream of ongoing eruption at Kīlauea: www.youtube.com/usgs/live This is the fourth episode of an eruption that began within Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea volcano in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on December 23, 2024. Lava fountains and fissures active within the summit caldera. Credit: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. | U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | Facebook

Live stream of ongoing eruption at Kīlauea: www.youtube.com/usgs/live This morning, December 23, at approximately 2 a.m. HST, elevated earthquake activity began at the volcano's summit. By 2:30 a.m., the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory observed eruptive activity in Kīlauea summit webcam images, indicating that an eruption has commenced within Halemaʻumaʻu and the summit caldera in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Activity updates are being shared with partners and emergency management. The ong

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webcam imagery analyses confirm that lava fountains erupted during episode 23 were the highest recorded so far in the ongoing eruption at the summit of #Kīlauea. Fountains from the north vent reached nearly 350 meters (1,150 feet) around 5:30 p.m. HST on May 25. Cooled pieces of lava (called tephra) falling from the episode 23 fountains contributed to a growing deposit on the southwest rim of Halemaʻumaʻu, in the hazardous closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes Nation