Halemaʻumaʻu eruption · episode 56 of 56
Kīlauea episode 56
Episode 56 of Kīlauea's Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 12:10 p.m. HST on November 5, 2026 and ended at 6:01 p.m. HST the same day. USGS gives the duration as about 6 hours.
Episode 56 at a glance
- Start (HST)
- November 5, 2026, 12:10 p.m.HVO notice
- End (HST)
- November 5, 2026, 6:01 p.m.HVO notice
- Duration
- about 6 hoursHVO notice · 5 h 51 min from start to end
- UWD tilt (deflation)
- Not stated by HVO
- Max fountain height
- Not stated by HVO
- Lava erupted
- Not stated by HVO
- Pause that followed
- Not stated by HVO
In HVO's words
The sentences these figures come from, quoted from USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory notices.
“Episode 56 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 12:10 PM HST on November 5, 2026.”
“Episode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 6:01 P.M. HST on November 5, 2026, after about 6 hours of continuous lava fountaining.”
“Episode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 6:01 P.M. HST on November 5, 2026, after about 6 hours of continuous lava fountaining.”
HVO notices about episode 56
- Volcano Activity Notice · Nov 2, 2026, 2:06 p.m. HSTPrecursory low-level eruptive activity before episode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began around 11:43 a.m. HST on Monday, November 2.
- Volcano Activity Notice · Nov 5, 2026, 12:29 p.m. HSTEpisode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 12:10 PM HST on November 5, 2026.
- Volcano Activity Notice · Nov 5, 2026, 2:34 p.m. HSTEpisode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption continues at 2:15 PM HST on November 5, 2026. Fountain heights have reached about 660 feet (200 meters).
- Volcano Activity Notice · Nov 5, 2026, 6:21 p.m. HSTEpisode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 6:01 P.M. HST on November 5, 2026.
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.
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