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Special Event
Event
Kīlauea Volcano’s Changing Summit
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Fee:
Free. Free event, but park entrance fees apply.Location: LAT/LONG: 19.420201, -155.288594
Uēkahuna parking lot.
Dates & Times
Date:
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Description
Kīlauea Volcano’s Changing Summit.
The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea saw the largest collapse of the volcano’s summit caldera, Kaluapele, in the past 200 years. In 2019–2020 the collapse pit hosted a water lake, which was replaced by lava in December 2020 during the first of a three-year series of caldera-filling eruptions. In 2024, eruptive activity returned to the volcano’s rift zones for the first time since 2018. Join Mike Zoeller, geologist with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, as he describes how this sequence of events provides a snapshot into the volcano’s long-term history and the morphology of present-day landforms within Kaluapele. Mike will also provide a summary of the current status of Kīlauea and discuss what might be coming next.
When: Tuesday, January 14 at 10 a.m.
The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea saw the largest collapse of the volcano’s summit caldera, Kaluapele, in the past 200 years. In 2019–2020 the collapse pit hosted a water lake, which was replaced by lava in December 2020 during the first of a three-year series of caldera-filling eruptions. In 2024, eruptive activity returned to the volcano’s rift zones for the first time since 2018. Join Mike Zoeller, geologist with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, as he describes how this sequence of events provides a snapshot into the volcano’s long-term history and the morphology of present-day landforms within Kaluapele. Mike will also provide a summary of the current status of Kīlauea and discuss what might be coming next.
When: Tuesday, January 14 at 10 a.m.
Where: Meet at Uēkahuna parking lot