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September 16, 2024 —Kīlauea middle East Rift Zone eruption preliminary reference map

September 17, 2024
Color map of lava flows and fissure vents
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This reference map depicts the approximate location of the fissures that erupted from the Kīlauea middle East Rift Zone, likely between approximately 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. HST on Sunday 15, 2024, in a remote and closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Small lava pads erupted from two fissure segments in a couple hundred meters (hundred yards). This is a preliminary map; an updated map will be published when further information is available.
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