Photo and Video Chronology — December 23, 2024 — New Kīlauea summit eruption
A new Kīlauea eruption began within Kaluapele (the summit caldera) at 2:20 a.m HST on December 23, 2024. Activity is confined to the caldera, with lava flows covering an estimated 650 acres. Increased volcanic gas emissions are the primary hazard of concern, with trade winds carrying the emissions to the southwest into the closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
Webcams capture eruption onset
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory maintains a network of webcameras across our active volcanoes. At Kīlauea summit, where eruptions have frequently occurred over the past several years, multiple webcams captured the start of the eruption that began this morning, December 23, 2024.
Analyzing new lava samples
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews collected this frothy, gash-rich pumice and tephra around 5:30 a.m. today, which arrived at the laboratory at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo around 9 a.m. HST. Lab crews are hard at work preparing these latest eruption samples for rapid geochemical analysis today. USGS photo K. Lynn.
Overflight aerial images
Afternoon eruption monitoring
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