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MICK KALBER/ SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER
A screen grab from a video shot by Mick Kalber shows lava leaping into the air from a fissure in the neighborhood of Leilani Estates on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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USGS
This map provided by the US Geological Survey shows the locations of fissures on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea zone.
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SHANE TURPIN/SEELAVA.COM VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Results of the eruption from Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii island today. The eruption sent molten lava through forests and bubbling up from paved streets and forced the evacuation of about 1,800 people who were still out of their homes today after Thursday’s eruption.
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaii County police closed Highway 130 southbound near Puna today.
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COURTESY OF JEREMIAH OSUNA
This screenshot is taken from a drone video taken of the lava flow today on Hawaii Island.
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COURTESY HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT
Lava on Mohala Street in Leiliani Estates.
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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the southern flank of Kilauea Volcano at 12:33 p.m. today.
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PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck the south flank of Kilauea Volcano this morning.
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COURTESY COUNTY OF HAWAII
Due to persistently unstable volcanic activity and the possibility of a new eruption, park officials temporarily closed Naulu Trail, parts of Napau Trail and adjacent wilderness in Kilauea Volcano’s East Rift Zone for public safety today.
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COURTESY JANICE WEI
At 10:30 a.m. today, ground shaking from a preliminary magnitude-5.0 earthquake south of Puu Oo caused rockfalls and possibly additional collapse into the Puu Oo crater on Kīlauea Volcano’s east rift zone. A short-lived plume of ash produced by this event lofted skyward and dissipated as it drifted southwest from Puu Oo.
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COURTESY COUNTY OF HAWAII
Hawaii County Civil Defense is on high alert on a 24-hour basis for the possibility of a volcanic eruption in the lower Puna area. All areas bordering the East Rift Zone are at high risk for eruption activities.
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COURTESY DAVID MOORE
A crack appears on Kauhali Street, one block from Mohala Street.
PAHOA, Hawaii >> In the span of less than 24 hours, Hawaii island shook from the state’s strongest earthquake since 1975, evacuated roughly 1,800 people from lower Puna, and witnessed six new Kilauea volcano lava fissures bu
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