Scientists unsure when Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano will quiet – IOTW Report

Scientists unsure when Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano will quiet

VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — Experts remained flummoxed Friday about when Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano will calm down.

The Big Island volcano exploded at its summit Thursday, sending ash and rocks thousands of feet into the sky.

Scientists said the eruption was the most powerful in recent days, though it probably lasted only a few minutes.

It came two weeks after the volcano began sending lava flows into neighborhoods 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the east of the summit, destroying 26 homes.

A new lava vent — the 22nd such fissure — was reported Friday by county civil defense officials.

Several open fissure vents are still producing lava splatter and flow in evacuated areas. Gas is also pouring from the vents, cloaking homes and trees in smoke.

The fresher, hotter magma will allow faster lava flows that can potentially cover more area, said Janet Babb, a geologist with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.  more

10 Comments on Scientists unsure when Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano will quiet

  1. Pele is female, and therefore fickle.
    Bow and make offerings, she will be appeased eventually.
    And if any of you haolis took a piece of lava home to the mainland for a souvenir, mail it back now.

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  2. Lazlo tried living on the Big Island about ten years ago.
    It turned out disastrously.
    I ran afoul of the locals, and got the hell out of there.

    What do you think of my revenge so far?

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