Overall Orange Volcanic eruption alert for Kilauea in United States on 04 May 2018 22:00 UTC

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Overall Orange alert Volcanic eruption for Kilauea

in United States

Event summary

Volcanic eruption is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Name:	Kilauea
Lat/Lon:	19.421097 , -155.286762
Event Date:	28 May 2018 06:00 UTC
Exposed Population 30km:	180000 people within 100km
Exposed Population 100km:	No people affected
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI:
Population exposure index:
Inserted at:	07 May 2018 05:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	2.2 (USA)

GDACS Score

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Historical Timeline

Volcano Timeline

ID	GDACS alert color	Date	Eruption Details	Source
1		04 May 2018 22:00		VAAC

Exposed population

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Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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Tsunami impact

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Tsunami affected locations

Initial conditions

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