The current eruption phase began Dec. 23. In the 24 hours prior to this morning, vents in the southwest portion of the caldera have produced a fan of lava flows covering the southwest portion of the ...
Kilauea was erupting within Halemaʻumaʻu crater in the summit caldera, within a closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, as of 6:30 a.m. local time, after it first erupted around 2:00 a.m.