{"id":1469,"date":"2025-12-08T11:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T06:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:49:19","slug":"kilauea-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kilauea-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilauea Volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>K\u012blauea Volcano Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh lava fountains recently erupted from Hawaii\u2019s Kilauea volcano nearly a year after one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes began its current eruptive phase.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>About K\u012blauea Volcano<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the<\/span><b> world\u2019s most active volcanoes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> shield-type volcano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the southeastern part of the <\/span><b>island of Hawaii, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawaii State, <\/span><b>United States.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hawaii is the southernmost and largest of the island chain, which owes its existence to the very active <\/span><b>Hawaiian hot spot.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K\u012blauea volcano\u2019s 1,250-metre <\/span><b>summit has collapsed to form a caldera,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a broad shallow depression nearly 5 km long and 3.2 km wide with an area of more than 10 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>summit caldera contains a lava lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as <\/span><b>Halema`uma`u <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that is said to be the home of the Hawaiian volcano goddess, Pele.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kilauea\u2019s slopes merge with those of the nearby volcano Mauna Loa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the west and north.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kilauea has been<\/span><b> erupting on a continuous basis since 1983.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kilauea\u2019s frequent <\/span>eruptions are usually nonexplosive<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are contained within Halema\u2018uma\u2018u, which sometimes rises and overflows along the floor and flanks of the caldera proper.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/hawaiis-kilauea-volcano-spews-lava-in-new-eruption-latest-update-on-tsunami-warning-watch-101765067017995.html#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>K\u012blauea Volcano is one of the world\u2019s most active volcanoes located in the southeastern part of the island of Hawaii, Hawaii State, United States. 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