The nine-hour eruptive event on Tuesday, while contained within the park, produced sustained high lava fountaining, which reached up to 1,300 feet at one point, and began at 9:17 a.m. It also resulted in widespread falling volcanic hazards such as volcanic glass known as Pele’s hair and fine volcanic ash, being reported in Hilo and Puna.

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The explosion was so significant that tephra, a general term for fragments of volcanic rock, was reported falling across the park and in nearby communities. Some of the tephra measured up to five inches in size. By the end of the eruption episode, about 16 ...

Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense and partners The Red Cross and Community Response Team will be available beginning today (March 11) in Volcano to provide residents with information about tephra cleanup following Episode 43 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano.

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