The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano

Christina A. Neal; Steven Brantley; Loren Antolik; Janet Babb; Matthew K. Burgess; Michael Cappos; Jefferson Chang; Sarah Conway; Liliana G. Desmither; Peter Dotray; Tamar Elias; Pauline Fukunaga; Steven Fuke; Ingrid A. Johanson; Kevan Kamibayashi; James P. Kauahikaua; R. Lopaka Lee; S. Pekalib; Asta Miklius; Brian Shiro; Don Swanson; Patricia A. Nadeau; Michael H. Zoeller; P. Okubo; Carolyn Parcheta; Matthew R. Patrick; William Tollett; Frank A. Trusdell; Edward F. Younger; Emily K. Montgomery-Brown; Kyle R. Anderson; Michael P. Poland; Jessica L. Ball; Joseph A. Bard; Michelle L. Coombs; Hannah R. Dietterich; Christoph Kern; Weston Thelen; Peter Cervelli; Tim R. Orr; Bruce F. Houghton; Cheryl Gansecki; Richard Hazlett; Paul Lundgren; Angela K. Diefenbach; Allan Lerner; Greg Waite; Peter J. Kelly; Laura E. Clor; Cynthia Werner; Katherine Mulliken; Gary B. Fisher; David Damby

doi:10.1126/science.aav7046

The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano

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By: Christina A. Neal, Steven Brantley, Loren Antolik, Janet Babb, Matthew K. Burgess, Michael Cappos, Jefferson Chang, Sarah Conway, Liliana G. Desmither, Peter Dotray, Tamar Elias, Pauline Fukunaga, Steven Fuke, Ingrid A. Johanson, Kevan Kamibayashi, James P. Kauahikaua, R. Lopaka Lee, S. Pekalib, Asta Miklius, Brian Shiro, Don Swanson, Patricia A. Nadeau, Michael H. Zoeller, P. Okubo, Carolyn Parcheta, Matthew R. Patrick, William Tollett, Frank A. Trusdell, Edward F. Younger, Emily K. Montgomery-Brown, Kyle R. Anderson, Michael P. Poland, Jessica L. Ball, Joseph A. Bard, Michelle L. Coombs, Hannah R. Dietterich, Christoph Kern, Weston Thelen, Peter Cervelli, Tim R. Orr, Bruce F. Houghton, Cheryl Gansecki, Richard Hazlett, Paul Lundgren, Angela K. Diefenbach, Allan Lerner, Greg Waite, Peter J. Kelly, Laura E. Clor, Cynthia Werner, Katherine Mulliken, Gary B. Fisher, and David Damby

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In 2018, Kīlauea Volcano experienced its largest lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) eruption and caldera collapse in at least 200 years. After collapse of the Pu'u 'Ō'ō vent on 30 April, magma propagated downrift. Eruptive fissures opened in the LERZ on 3 May, eventually extending ~6.8 km. A 4 May earthquake (M6.9) produced ~5 m of fault slip. Lava erupted at rates exceeding 100 m3/s, eventually covering 35.5 km2. The summit magma system partially drained, producing minor explosions and near-daily collapses releasing energy equivalent to M4.7-M5.4 earthquakes. Activity declined rapidly on 4 August. Summit collapse and lava flow volume estimates are roughly equivalent--about 0.8 km3. Careful historical observation and monitoring of Kīlauea enabled successful forecasting of hazardous events.

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Neal, C.A., Brantley, S., Antolik, L., Babb, J., Burgess, M.K., Cappos, M., Chang, J., Conway, S., Desmither, L.G., Dotray, P., Elias, T., Fukunaga, P., Fuke, S., Johanson, I.A., Kamibayashi, K., Kauahikaua, J.P., Lee, R., Pekalib, S., Miklius, A., Shiro, B., Swanson, D., Nadeau, P.A., Zoeller, M.H., Okubo, P., Parcheta, C., Patrick, M.R., Tollett, W., Trusdell, F., Younger, E.F., Montgomery-Brown, E.K., Anderson, K.R., Poland, M.P., Ball, J.L., Bard, J., Coombs, M.L., Dietterich, H., Kern, C., Thelen, W., Cervelli, P., Orr, T.R., Houghton, B.F., Gansecki, C., Hazlett, R., Lundgren, P., Diefenbach, A., Lerner, A., Waite, G., Kelly, P.J., Clor, L., Werner, C., Mulliken, K., Fisher, G.B., Damby, D., 2019, The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano: Science, v. 363, no. 6425, p. 367-374, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav7046.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	The 2018 rift eruption and summit collapse of Kilauea Volcano
Series title	Science
DOI	10.1126/science.aav7046
Volume	363
Issue	6425
Year Published	2019
Language	English
Publisher	American Association for the Advancement of Science
Contributing office(s)	Volcano Science Center
Description	8 p.
First page	367
Last page	374
Country	United States
State	Hawaii
Other Geospatial	Kilauea Volcano