2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea

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The 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea was a major volcanic event on Hawaiʻi Island that produced extensive lava flows, destroyed hundreds of homes, and dramatically reshaped the landscape in the lower Puna district.

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instanceOf natural disaster ⓘ
volcanic eruption ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2018 Kīlauea eruption in lower Puna ⓘ
2018 Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone eruption ⓘ
areaCoveredByLava about 13.7 square miles ⓘ
about 35.5 square kilometers ⓘ
associatedHazard ashfall ⓘ
earthquakes ⓘ
ground cracking ⓘ
lava flows ⓘ
laze ⓘ
vog ⓘ
volcanic gas emissions ⓘ
bayFilled Kapoho Bay ⓘ
cause drainage of magma from Puʻu ʻŌʻō region into lower East Rift Zone ⓘ
communitiesAffected Kapoho Beach Lots ⓘ
Lanipuna Gardens ⓘ
Leilani Estates ⓘ
Vacationland Hawaii ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicImpact hundreds of millions of US dollars ⓘ
emergencyManagement Hawaii County Civil Defense ⓘ
endDate 2018-09-04 ⓘ
eruptionStyle Strombolian activity ⓘ
effusive eruption ⓘ
eruptionType fissure eruption ⓘ
evacuations thousands of residents ⓘ
homesDestroyed over 700 ⓘ
impact destruction of residential subdivisions in lower Puna ⓘ
major reshaping of coastline near Kapoho ⓘ
landformsCreated new lava delta at Kapoho Bay ⓘ
landmarksDestroyed Kapoho tide pools ⓘ
largestEarthquakeDate 2018-05-04 ⓘ
largestEarthquakeMagnitude 6.9 ⓘ
lavaFlowType pāhoehoe lava ⓘ
ʻAʻā lava ⓘ
lavaType basaltic lava ⓘ
lavaVolume approximately 0.2 cubic miles ⓘ
approximately 0.8 cubic kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Hawaii ⓘ
Hawaiʻi Island ⓘ
lower Puna district ⓘ
linked to: Puna District
mainVentArea Kapoho ⓘ
Lanipuna Gardens ⓘ
Leilani Estates ⓘ
lower East Rift Zone of Kīlauea ⓘ
maximumVolcanicExplosivityIndex 3 ⓘ
maxLavaFlowRate up to 200 cubic meters per second ⓘ
monitoringMethod gas emission measurements ⓘ
ground-based seismic monitoring ⓘ
satellite remote sensing ⓘ
thermal imaging ⓘ
notableEvent collapse events at Kīlauea summit producing large earthquakes ⓘ
notableFissure Fissure 8 ⓘ
numberOfFissures 24 ⓘ
partOf eruptive activity of Kīlauea ⓘ
precededBy Puʻu ʻŌʻō eruption of Kīlauea ⓘ
responsibleAgency Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ⓘ
United States Geological Survey ⓘ
startDate 2018-05-03 ⓘ
summitEffects collapse of Kīlauea summit caldera ⓘ
lowering of Halemaʻumaʻu crater floor ⓘ
timePeriod 2018 ⓘ
tourismImpact closure of parts of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park ⓘ
volcano Kīlauea ⓘ

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Puʻu ʻŌʻō → collapseLinkedTo → 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea ⓘ
2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea → alsoKnownAs → 2018 Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone eruption ⓘ
linked to: 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea
Kīlauea summit caldera → experiencedEvent → 2018 Kīlauea eruption ⓘ
linked to: 2018 lower Puna eruption of Kīlauea