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2018 Lower Puna Eruption
Volcanic Eruption
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A volcanic event on Hawaii Island's Kilauea East Rift Zone that began 3 May 2018, part of the long-running Kilauea eruption active since 1983. Lava fountains up to 300 feet high emerged from 24 fissures in and near the Leilani Estates subdivision, forcing about 2,000 residents to evacuate and eventually destroying about 700 homes, and lava flows reaching Kapoho Bay in June 2018 filled the bay and evaporated Green Lake, Hawaii's largest natural freshwater lake, making it the most destructive United States volcanic activity since the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
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Event DateStart date; the eruption was officially declared over 5 December 2018. Magnitude or ScaleLava fountains up to 300 feet high from 24 fissures; associated magnitude 6.9 earthquake on 4 May 2018 1 Death TollNone confirmed. The eruption caused 24 injuries, the evacuation of roughly 3,000 residents, and the destruction of more than 700 structures across Leilani Estates and Kapoho, but no fatality has been attributed to it. 1 LocationLower Puna district, Kilauea East Rift Zone, Hawaii Island 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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