March 5, 2014, marked the third anniversary of the onset of Kīlauea Volcano’s four-day-long Kamoamoa fissure eruption.
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Posted on 4:09 pm, Thursday, March 6, 2014.
March 5, 2014, marked the third anniversary of the onset of Kīlauea Volcano’s four-day-long Kamoamoa fissure eruption.
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Posted on 12:15 pm, Friday, April 29, 2011.
The steady stream of lava cascading down the slopes above Kalapana village died out shortly after March 5 this year, when the spectacular Kamoamoa fissure eruption began. That fissure eruption lasted four days and was followed by a pause in activity on the east rift zone that persisted for 17 days. On March 26, lava […]
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Posted on 6:36 pm, Thursday, March 31, 2011.
fter 17 days of quiet on Kilauea’s east rift zone, following the March 5–9 Kamoamoa eruption, lava returned to Pu`u `O`o on March 26. The onset occurred during the inflation phase of a deflation–inflation cycle (DI event), and erupting lava formed a small lava lake at the bottom of Pu`u `O`o crater.
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Posted on 6:35 pm, Thursday, March 31, 2011.
In early March, a new phase of Kilauea’s east rift zone eruption occurred as lava erupted in the Kamoamoa area, between Napau Crater and Pu`u `O`o. The eruption lasted for five days, ending at about 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10. After a pause of about 17 days, the east rift eruption resumed on March […]
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Posted on 1:14 pm, Sunday, March 27, 2011.
The Napau Fire is reported to be 80% contained with no increase in size of the burn area as of mid-day Sunday (March 27). Firefighters are continuing to set a high priority in protecting the East Rift SEA (Special Ecological Area) on the South side of the fire and the Kealakomo and Naula SEAs on […]
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Posted on 11:23 am, Sunday, March 27, 2011.
Following an almost 17-day pause in eruptive activity, lava is once again visible on Kilauea Volcano’s east rift zone according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. At 10:09 a.m. HST on Saturday, March 26, 2011, lava returned to the Pu‘u ‘O‘o crater. HVO Webcam images
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Posted on 11:44 pm, Saturday, March 26, 2011.
Since the Kamoamoa fissure eruption ended on the evening of March 9, no lava has been erupted on the east rift zone. The floor of Pu`u `O`o is still filled with rubble, and there is no active lava anywhere on the Thanksgiving Eve Breakout (TEB) flow field.
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Posted on 11:40 pm, Saturday, March 26, 2011.
HVO scientists were shaken out of their weekend routine when, at 1:42 p.m., on Saturday, March 5, 2011, the seismic tremor alarms started and, at 2:16 p.m., the floor of Pu`u `O`o crater began to collapse.
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Posted on 12:59 am, Monday, March 21, 2011.
The lava sparked Napau wildfire which started March 5, 2011 from the Kamoamoa Fissure Eruption continues to grow in size. Recent rains have slowed the spread of the fire which is still not contained.
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Posted on 2:27 pm, Thursday, March 17, 2011.
Fire managers are still in a planning stage to determine fire resources needs, measure firefighter risk to value, and determine probability and measures of success of operations in terms of costs and efforts.
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Posted on 1:11 pm, Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
Kamoamoa fissure eruption continues on the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano.
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