HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea started erupting inside its summit crater Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey stated, lower than one month after the volcano and its bigger neighbor Mauna Loa stopped releasing lava.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam photographs indicating Kilauea had begun erupting inside Halemaumau crater on the volcano’s summit caldera, the company stated.
Kilauea’s summit is inside Hawaii Volcanoes Nationwide Park and away from residential communities.
Earlier Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey raised the alert stage for Kilauea attributable to indicators that magma was shifting under the summit floor, a sign that the volcano may erupt.