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New USGS Report: Undocumented late 18th- to early 19th-century volcanic eruptions in the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano

By Hawaiian Volcano Observatory March 26, 2019

Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone was more volcanically active in the late 18th- to early 19th-centurys than previously assumed.

A recent field study by USGS and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo scientists indicate that two large, long-lasting eruptions of lava took place sometime in the interval 1790–1823. Read the full report here... 

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Undocumented late 18th- to early 19th-century volcanic eruptions in the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i Undocumented late 18th- to early 19th-century volcanic eruptions in the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

The historical record of volcanic activity at Kīlauea Volcano on the Island of Hawaiʻi begins with the phreatomagmatic blasts of 1790. Three decades later, in 1823, the first party of non-Hawaiian visitors, organized by the English Reverend William Ellis, reached Kīlauea’s summit. A detailed narrative by Ellis includes an account of an eruption in Kīlauea’s Southwest Rift Zone that...
Authors
Richard Hazlett, Tim Orr, Steve Lundblad
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

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Undocumented late 18th- to early 19th-century volcanic eruptions in the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i Undocumented late 18th- to early 19th-century volcanic eruptions in the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i

The historical record of volcanic activity at Kīlauea Volcano on the Island of Hawaiʻi begins with the phreatomagmatic blasts of 1790. Three decades later, in 1823, the first party of non-Hawaiian visitors, organized by the English Reverend William Ellis, reached Kīlauea’s summit. A detailed narrative by Ellis includes an account of an eruption in Kīlauea’s Southwest Rift Zone that...
Authors
Richard Hazlett, Tim Orr, Steve Lundblad
By
Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center
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