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Kīlauea Lower East Rift Zone Fissures and Flows, August 14, 2018 2:00 p.m. HST

August 14, 2018

 

Map showing fissure flows
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The lull in eruptive activity on Kīlauea's lower East Rift Zone continues. Lava flows have not expanded since August 9. The fissure 8 cone still hosts a small pond of lava, but no new lava has entered the existing channel in over a week. Lava may intermittently enter the ocean between the Kapoho Bay and Isaac Hale Beach Park areas until residual lava contained within the existing flow is depleted. Given the dynamic nature of Kīlauea's eruption, map details shown here are accurate as of the date/time noted. Shaded purple areas indicate lava flows erupted in 1840, 1955, 1960, and 2014-2015. A NEW MAP WILL NOT BE ISSUED until the current conditions change.

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Title Kīlauea Lower East Rift Zone Fissures and Flows, August 14, 2018 2:00 p.m. HST
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse