Kilauea, the active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, has gone quiet again. But that won’t last.
Among the most active volcanoes on Earth, Kilauea erupted in the early hours of June 3. A fissure released lava at a remote corner of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Initiating excitement among volcano enthusiasts, the renewed volcanic activity didn’t last.
Kilauea went quiet again shortly after the fissure eruption briefly captured national attention. That eruption activity “is unlikely to resume,” the US National Park Service says.
“There is no lava or night glow visible at this time,” NPS said.
Eruptions at Kilauea generally draw in more visitors as guests hope to catch a glimpse of lava spewing from the earth or flowing toward the sea. This latest eruption came and went far too quickly to elicit any noticeable boost in park attendance.
Even if it were continuing, NPS didn’t appear to have plans to accommodate sightseers. The eruption happened in a remote and inaccessible area and was not viewable except at night as a red-orange glow, and only from a great distance, NPS noted.
NPS also didn’t report any damages caused by this eruption.
The 2018 eruption of Kilauea destroyed approximately 700 homes and completely filled in a bay once popular with snorkelers.
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