Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Geologists are asking for the community's help in mapping fallen particles of glass and rock from Kīlauea's eruption.

Since December 2024, Kīlauea has settled into a predictable pattern, erupting roughly every one to three weeks. The 50th episode of Kīlauea's eruption is expected to start this week.

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Kīlauea has hit a record number of lava fountaining episodes for any one eruption from the volcano. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says that Monday marked fountaining episode 48 since the latest on-and-off eruption began in December 2024.

Dec. 23, 2025, marks one year since the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea began, bringing glowing displays of lava and fountains sometimes as tall as the Empire State Building.

HPR contributor Betsy Brown spoke with a USGS geologist during the last eruptive episode to find out what’s causing this eruptive pattern and how it’s changing the landscape inside the crater and beyond.

After a three-month pause, Kīlauea started erupting again on Dec. 23. The on-again-off-again eruption has delighted parkgoers. The Conversation talked to Jessica Ferracane from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park about what people should expect when they visit the park to see the volcanoes.

About two months before Maunaloa spewed lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby and other signals. Now a study of the volcano’s lava confirms that molten rock within Earth's crust was rising upward about 70 days before the eruption in late November 2022.

The head of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said providing near-constant updates on an eruption is critical to fighting misinformation. Government agencies also have to deal with the fact that people sometimes want to go toward — rather than away — from an eruption, even if it’s dangerous. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

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