Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō A Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA story
Natural Disasters
The 2018 eruption was part of an ongoing eruption sequence that started on January 3, 1983, with fissures breaking out along the East Rift Zone.
Over the next 3 years, constant fountaining from one vent built a cone named Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. Eruptive activity continued from this vent until 2018, the longest East Rift Zone eruption ever recorded.
Landsat images show the area around Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. The 2018 lava flow emerged farther along the East Rift Zone to the northeast.
Location
Feb. 11, 1973, Landsat 1 (path/row 67/47) — Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, HI, USA
Oct. 11, 1991, Landsat 5 (path/row 62/47) — Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, HI, USA
Feb. 26, 2019, Landsat 8 (path/row 62/47) — Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, HI, USA
Kīlauea, Hawaii, USA Additional Imagery & Stories
2018 Eruption
On April 30, 2018, rapid changes in the East Rift Zone were detected. The Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater floor collapsed. Ground deformation toward the east indicat...
End of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Eruption
Meanwhile, at the summit of Kīlauea, the Halema‘uma‘u crater and surrounding caldera floor subsided throughout the summer of 2018. Kīlauea has somethi...
Kalapana
The Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption took a destructive turn in March 1990. Breakouts from a lava tube spread lava into the Kalapana community. Images show the enti...
Pāhoa
On June 27, 2014, new fissures erupted just east of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater and lava advanced rapidly to the east. By late October, lava had advanced 20 km t...