Volcanic Eruption,Kilauea May 2018 Hawaii, United States

Disaster Event: Volcano Eruption
Location: "Big Island" Volcano National Park, Hawaii, USA
19°25'16" N 155°17'13" W

Photo Credit: United States Geological Survey (USGS) May 18, 2018

Kilauea Volcanic Eruption Source Overview: USGS

LOWER EAST RIFT ZONE

Moderate-level eruption of lava continues from multiple points along the northeast end of the active fissure system. Fissure 22 is erupting a short line of low lava fountains that feed a channelized flow that reaches the coast just north of MacKenzie State Park. Spattering continues from a reactivated Fissures 6 that intermittently feeds a short lava flow. Fissures 17 and 19 continue weak spattering. HVO field crews are on site tracking the lava flows and spattering from multiple fissures as conditions allow and reporting information to Hawaii County Civil Defense.

Kilauea Summit: Active

Interview with Jim Kauahikaua - of the USGS HVO

Location on USGS Map Portal

Lava Flow Maps 

Ash Flow models by the USGS

Lead Agencies

State of Emergency declared: Yes (State and Federal)

• County of Hawaii Civil Defense
• United States Geological Survey  
• Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA
• Hawaii Department of Health (Air Quality Index Map included)
• Hawaii Police Department

Type of Volcanic Activity

• Hawaii USGS Volcano Observatory 
• HVO Updates
• USGS Volcano Science 

Kilauea history

• Wikipedia 

Resources:

• Hawaiian Civil Defense XML Alert RSS Feed
• Hawaii Datasets
• Google 2018 Kilauea Volcanic eruption News Feed
• YouTube Lava Flow Live Feed (may expire at anytime)
• Kilauea Volcano Webcams 
• NASA Kilauea Volcano Satellite Imagery
• Hawaii local newspaper: Tribune - Herald
• Hawaii Open Data Portal (including Census Data)
• Hospitals and Medical Centers 

Social Media

• Facebook: USGS Volcanos
• Twitter: USGS Volcanos