Hawaii Magazine

The Current Kīlauea Summit Eruption Makes One Year

A year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, one of the world’s most active volcanoes awoke.   That morning, lava fountains spewed from a ...
Big Island Now

Kīlauea volcano’s rare eruption at summit, with 38 episodes and counting, hits 1-year anniversary

1959 Kīlauea Iki eruption: It happened in the crater just north of the volcano’s caldera, lasting only about a month with 17 ...
Maui Now

Episode 39 of Kīlauea Volcano eruption to most likely begin Dec. 24-25

Episode 39 of the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea is expected to begin Dec. 24-25, 2025. PC: USGS (12.23.25) The forecast window ...
Hawai‘i Public Radio

One year of dazzling displays from the Kīlauea eruption

Dec. 23, 2025 marks one year since the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea began, bringing glowing displays of lava and fountains sometimes as tall as the Empire State Building.
Big Island Now

UPDATE: Lava geysers reach 1,400 feet before Episode 39 of ongoing Kīlauea eruption ends after about 6 hours

Update at 4:34 a.m. Dec. 24, 2025: Episode 39 of the ongoing episodic eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu Crater at the summit of ...

Kilauea summit eruption to mark one-year anniversary

Scientists say sustained, repeated high fountaining — where molten lava is lofted hundreds of meters — is uncommon at Kīlauea ...