Kilauea Volcano: Facts About the 30-Year Eruption

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Kilauea Volcano: Facts About the 30-Year Eruption
By Mary Bagley, Live Science Contributor | May 8, 2018 01:34pm ET

 
Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. It is a shield-type volcano that makes up the southeastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii. The volcano rises 4,190 feet (1,227 meters) above sea level and is about 14 percent of the land area of the Big Island. The summit caldera contains a lava lake known as Halema`uma`u that is said to be the home of the Hawaiian volcano goddess, Pele.

To the casual observer, Kilauea appears to be part of the larger volcano Mauna Loa, but geological data indicates that it is a separate volcano with its own vent and conduit system. Kilauea has had more than 60 recorded eruptions in the current cycle, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and has been erupting on a continuous basis since 1983.

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[skeeter]

IMO the most interesting facet of shield volcano islands is they often create very large unstable chunks of land which sometimes break loose with impressive far reaching results.

There are gigantic pieces of Hawaii now resting on the floor of the Pacific, hundreds of miles from their point of origin.