Kilauea was erupting within Halemaʻumaʻu crater in the summit caldera, within a closed area of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, as of 6:30 a.m. local time, after it first erupted around 2:00 a.m.
KÄ«lauea volcano erupted early this morning, prompting the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to elevate the alert level to warning and the aviation color code to red, signaling heightened volcanic activity ...