After a three-month pause, Mount Kīlauea on Hawaii’s Big Island just began erupting again. Lava fountains at the summit go as high as 200 feet!
are areas of weakness in the volcano. They form early in the volcano’s lifetime, most likely due to spreading as the volcano settles. When pressure builds within the summit magma plumbing system, intrusions can occur within the rift zone and they’re usually accompanied by an increasing number of earthquakes, according to the USGS.
“There’s no reason to expect this to transition into a rift eruption that would threaten any communities here on the island with lava flows or anything like that,” said Zoeller.. This eruption was an intrusion into the lower East Rift Zone
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