Overall Green alert Volcanic eruption for Kilauea
in United States

Event summary

GREEN alert: The Kilauea Volcanic eruption is unlikely to require external humanitarian assistance based on the exposed population and coping capacity.

GDACS ID VO 1000061
Name: Kilauea
Lat/Lon: 19.421 , -155.287
Event Date: 06 Jan 2023 UTC
Exposed Population 30km: About 3000 people within 30km
Exposed Population 100km: About 190000 people within 100km
Max Volc. Explosivity Index VEI: 4
Population Exposure Index PEI: 3
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2023 06:41 UTC

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

The Smithsonian/USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report provides information about global volcanism on a weekly basis. Latest Kilauea report has been published on 14 Dec 2022 07:09.
HVO reported that lava continued to effuse from a vent in the lower W wall of Kilauea?s Halema`uma`u Crater during 6-8 December and entered the lava lake, though the eruption rate had diminished, and the floor of the crater had deflated. The eruption ceased on 9 December. During 10-12 December the lake crusted over, no incandescence was visible, and sulfur dioxide emissions had decreased to near pre-eruption background levels. On 13 December HVO lowered the Volcano Alert Level to Advisory (the second lowest level on a four-level scale) and the Aviation Color Code to Yellow (the second lowest level on a four-color scale). Source: US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 95 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

L'un des volcans les plus actifs du monde est de nouveau entré en érup ... 2023-01-09T12:45+0100.

Des fontaines de lave ont jailli du sommet du volcan Kilauea le jeudi 5 janvier, selon l'USGS, et rempli une grande partie de son cratère de 120 hectares de roche en fusion. Le lendemain matin, l'intensité de cette éruption "diminuait rapid
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La Natura dà spettacolo, alle Hawaii il vulcano Kilauea ha ripreso ad ... 2023-01-09T10:17+0100.

Uno dei vulcani più attivi al mondo è di nuovo in eruzione. Si tratta del Kilauea sull'isola di Big Island nell'arcipelago delle Hawaii. Il vulcano si trova all'interno del Volcanoes National Park, lontano da zone residenziali, quindi non r
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Tonga volcanic eruption triggered more than 25,000 lightning strikes i ... 2023-01-09T10:14+0100.

Original title: Tonga volcano eruption triggered more than 25,000 lightning strikes in 5 minutes. Researchers recently released a report showing that the Tonga volcanic eruption in mid-January 2022 not only triggered a huge tsunami, but als
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Hawaii, lo spettacolare timelapse dell'eruzione del vulcano Kilauea2023-01-09T09:15+0100.

Uno dei vulcani più attivi al mondo è di nuovo in eruzione. Si tratta del Kilauea sull'isola di Big Island nell'arcipelago delle Hawaii. Il vulcano si trova all'interno del Volcanoes National Park, lontano da zone residenziali, quindi non r
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (32), (2), INGV (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),