Halemaʻumaʻu eruption · episode 2 of 55

Kīlauea episode 2

Episode 2 of Kīlauea's Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 8:00 a.m. HST on December 24, 2024 and ended at 11:00 a.m. HST on December 25, 2024. USGS gives the duration as 27 hours. HVO notes: Several vents reactivate.

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Episode 2 at a glance

Start (HST)
December 24, 2024, 8:00 a.m.USGS timeline
End (HST)
December 25, 2024, 11:00 a.m.USGS timeline
Duration
27 hoursUSGS timeline
UWD tilt (deflation)
Not stated by HVO
Max fountain height
about 95 mUSGS timeline
Lava erupted
about 4.7 million m³USGS timeline
Pause that followed
21 hoursUSGS timeline

HVO notices about episode 2

Daily updates: USGS Kīlauea volcano updates. Full table: USGS Timeline of Eruptive Episodes.

Times are Hawaiʻi-Aleutian Standard Time (HST). Start and pause times, durations, fountain heights and lava volumes come from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's Timeline of Eruptive Episodes; tilt figures and episodes not yet in that table are quoted from HVO notices. USGS describes these as unreviewed, preliminary estimates that are subject to revision. Durations for episodes 17 and earlier may include precursory activity, and HVO rounds durations to the nearest hour, half-hour or day. A blank cell means HVO hasn't published that figure in a form we could read; we don't estimate it.

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey. This archive is generated automatically and is not an official USGS product.