Past “Volcano Watch” articles have summarized the episodic lava fountaining eruptions in Kilauea’s recent history—within the past couple hundred years. A look further back in the geologic record reveals that several lava fountaining eruptions similar to the ongoing one in Halema‘uma‘u occurred within Kilauea caldera within the past 500 years.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory — after the next projected lava fountaining episode of the ongoing episodic eruption at the summit, which will be Episode 44, sometime from April 6-14 — will change how it applies alert level and aviation color code to better convey hazards between and during eruptive episodes at Kīlauea summit.

Lava spouted from Kilauea on Thursday, April 9, as Episode 44 of the Hawaiian volcano’s current eruption began.According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the new eruption started at

Revising Kilauea’s Alert Level and Aviation Color Code notifications – Features, Volcano Update | West Hawaii Today

Hawaii’s most active and popular volcano, Kilauea, is preparing to put on a show as geologists forecast the volcano’s 44th eruption in the coming days. The United States Geological Survey said that precursory eruption activity is occurring as the active volcano prepares to erupt – one of Earth’s most captivating natural spectacles.