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Kilauea volcan

Mise à jour: 29 nov.. 2023 09:08 GMT -
Shield volcano 1277 m (4,190 ft)
Hawai'i, 19.41°N / -155.29°W
Condition actuelle: en vigilance - niveau agité (2 sur 5)
Last update: 24 oct. 2023 (intense seismic swarm)
Haleamaumau crater in the center of the Kilauea caldera - the heart of Kilauea volcano
Haleamaumau crater in the center of the Kilauea caldera - the heart of Kilauea volcano

Kilauea is the youngest and most active Hawaiian shield volcano, located on the southern part of the Island of Hawai'i, known as Big Island. Hawai'i is the southernmost and largest of the island chain, which owes its existence to the very active Hawaiian hot spot.
Kilauea volcano is near-constantly erupting from vents either on its summit (caldera) or on the rift zones. At present, Kilauea volcano is still having one of the most long-lived eruptions known on earth, which started in 1983 on the eastern rift zone and has mainly been concentrated at the Pu'u 'O'o vent.

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Style éruptif tipique: Dominant effusive depuis 1790, mais ~ de 60% au cours des derniers explosive ~ 2500 ans.
Eruptions du volcan Kilauea: Near-continuous eruptions. Since 1960: 1961 (4x), 1962, 1963 (2x), 1965 (2x), 1967-68, 1968 (2x), 1969, 1969-74, 1971 (2x), 1973 (2x), 1974 (3x), 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 (2x), 1983-2018 (incl. 1986, 1992, 1997, 2007, 2011 (3x)), 2018 (lower east rift zone in Leilani subdivision), 2020 (Dec) - 2022 (Nov), 2023 (Jan) - ongoing

Derniers séismes proches

HeureMag. / ProfondeurDistance/Lieu
dimanche, 26 novembre 2023 GMT (1 séisme)
26 nov. 02:24 (Honolulu)
(26 nov.. 12:24 GMT)
3.2

1.8 km
4.9 km (3 mi)
5 Km S of Volcano, Hawaii
mercredi, 22 novembre 2023 GMT (1 séisme)
22 nov. 00:46 (Honolulu)
(22 nov.. 10:46 GMT)
3.2

1.4 km
5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Hawaii Region, Hawaii
dimanche, 26 novembre 2023 GMT (1 séisme)
26 nov. 02:24 (Honolulu)
(26 nov.. 12:24 GMT)
3.2

1.8 km
4.9 km (3 mi)
5 Km S of Volcano, Hawaii
mercredi, 22 novembre 2023 GMT (1 séisme)
22 nov. 00:46 (Honolulu)
(22 nov.. 10:46 GMT)
3.2

1.4 km
5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Hawaii Region, Hawaii

Introduction

Kilauea volcano, a youthful shield volcano, sitting on the south east flank of the massive Mauna Loa shield volcano, is the youngest volcano (on land) of the Hawaiian hot spot and not only the most active volcano of Hawaii but at the same time also the world's active volcano. It has been in near-constant activity since there is oral or written history and it is having an uninterrupted eruption since 1983 (at present at the Pu'u 'O'o vent on the East rift zone).

Its eruptions are prominent in Hawaiian Polynesian legends and written documentation about its activity go back to only 1820s when it started to attract interested visitor from all over the world and bacame one of volcanology's hot spots.

Kilauea has a large summit caldera with a central crater, Halemaumau, which is according to Hawaiian legends the home of the fire goddess Pele. Until 1924, it contained a lava lake. Kilauea has frequent summit and flank lava flow eruptions that are occurring along two elongated rift zones to the south-west and to the east, which extend to the sea on both sides of the volcano. The 3 x 5 km caldera was formed in several stages about 1500 years ago. About 90% of the surface of the basaltic shield volcano is formed of lava flows less than about 1100 years old; 70% of the volcano's surface is younger than 600 years. The long-term eruption from the East rift zone that began in 1983 has produced lava flows covering more than 100 sq km, destroying nearly 200 houses and adding new coastline to the island.

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See also: Sentinel hub | Landsat 8 | NASA FIRMS

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mar., 24 oct. 2023, 07:50

Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): intense seismic swarm

The seismic swarm has been continuing over the past 24 hours (image: HVO)
An elevated seismic unrest has been continuing beneath the volcano's Southwest Rift connector over the past hours. ... Read all
sam., 14 oct. 2023, 17:12

Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): uplift has reached 10 cm, continuing magma intrusion manifests in elevated inflation

Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation and yellow circles denote earthquake locations (image: HVO)
A new InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensing revealed a ground uplift beneath the southwestern area of the volcano from 24 Sept-10 Oct, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) reported. ... Read all
Satellite photo of Kilauea volcano, showing the summit caldera and parts of its east rift zone with the active vent Pu'u 'O'o.
Satellite photo of Kilauea volcano, showing the summit caldera and parts of its east rift zone with the active vent Pu'u 'O'o.
Three-dimesional view of Kilauea volcano based on satellite imagery.
Three-dimesional view of Kilauea volcano based on satellite imagery.

Map of Kilauea volcano, Big Island Hawai'i
Map of Kilauea volcano, Big Island Hawai'i
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