Kīlauea East Rift Zone

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The Kīlauea East Rift Zone is a highly active volcanic rift system on Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano, characterized by frequent fissure eruptions and long-lived lava outpourings that have reshaped the island’s landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
volcanic rift zone ⓘ
affects landscape evolution of Island of Hawaiʻi ⓘ
local communities in Puna district ⓘ
characterizedBy cinder and spatter cones ⓘ
frequent fissure eruptions ⓘ
lava tubes ⓘ
long-lived lava outpourings ⓘ
spatter ramparts ⓘ
contains Kupaianaha vent ⓘ
Leilani Estates fissure system ⓘ
Puʻu ʻŌʻō ⓘ
lower East Rift Zone ⓘ
middle East Rift Zone ⓘ
upper East Rift Zone ⓘ
dominantLavaType basalt ⓘ
tholeiitic basalt ⓘ
eruptionStyle primarily effusive ⓘ
extendsFrom Kīlauea summit caldera ⓘ
extendsTo Puna district ⓘ
linked to: Puna District

offshore of Kīlauea ⓘ
formsPartOf Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park region ⓘ
hasEruption 1955 Puna eruption ⓘ
1960 Kapoho eruption ⓘ
1983–2018 Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption ⓘ
2018 lower Puna eruption ⓘ
hasProcess dike emplacement ⓘ
ground deformation ⓘ
magma intrusion ⓘ
seismic swarms ⓘ
hazardLevel very high ⓘ
lavaFlowsReached Kalapana ⓘ
Kapoho ⓘ
Kapoho Bay ⓘ
Leilani Estates ⓘ
Puna district communities ⓘ
length approximately 125 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Hawaiʻi ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii

Island of Hawaiʻi ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedOn Hawaiian hotspot ⓘ
Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ⓘ
monitoredBy Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ⓘ
U.S. Geological Survey ⓘ
notableEruptionDuration Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption lasted about 35 years ⓘ
orientation east-northeast ⓘ
partOf Kīlauea ⓘ
tectonicSetting intraplate hotspot ⓘ
volcanoType shield volcano rift zone ⓘ

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Puʻu ʻŌʻō → eruptionSeriesOf → Kīlauea East Rift Zone ⓘ
Puʻu ʻŌʻō → liesOn → East Rift Zone of Kīlauea ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone
Kīlauea East Rift Zone → contains → lower East Rift Zone ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone
Kupaianaha vent → locatedOn → East Rift Zone of Kīlauea ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone
Kupaianaha vent → eruptionPhaseOf → Kīlauea 1983–2018 East Rift Zone eruption ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone
Kupaianaha vent → partOf → Kīlauea East Rift Zone vent system ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone
2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea → mainVentArea → lower East Rift Zone of Kīlauea ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone
Kilauea Iki 1959 eruption → associatedWith → Kīlauea East Rift Zone ⓘ
Kilauea Iki 1959 eruption → relatedEvent → Kīlauea 1955 East Rift Zone eruption ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone
Mauna Ulu eruption → fedBy → east rift zone of Kīlauea ⓘ
linked to: Kīlauea East Rift Zone