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A new lava fissure has commenced around 1:00 am HST in the Leilani Estates subdivision in the lower East Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano on Makamae and Leilani Streets. This photo shows spatter being thrown roughly 30 m high.
Fissure 2 opened around 1 am on Friday, May 4, with a small area of spattering in a residential driveway. Within an hour the spattering was more vigorous, with spatter reaching about 30 meters (100 feet). This spatter was thrown over the power lines and landed on Makamae St.
Fissure 3 opened around 6 am on Friday, May 4, with weak fuming from a crack on Laupili St. This fuming increased, as did rumbling sounds. Eventually spatter was ejected and accumulated around the fissure. Large, loud bubble bursts were common at this fissure.
Steaming cracks on Leilani Street--view is looking up rift--crack in foreground opened during the 12:33 p.m. Magnitude 6.9 South flank of Kīlauea earthquake.
