{"id":80131,"date":"2018-05-22T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T19:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=80131"},"modified":"2020-05-08T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T21:48:30","slug":"soest-volcanologists-sought-for-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/22\/soest-volcanologists-sought-for-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"SOEST<\/abbr> volcanologists sought for expertise during K\u012blauea eruption"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Leilani Estates eruption. View of Fissure 17 looking makai (southward) from Hwy 132. (Photo credit: U.S. Geological Survey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On April 30, 2018, along the East Rift Zone of K\u012blauea Volcano on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island, Puʻu ʻ\u014cʻ\u014d<\/span> crater began to collapse, followed by increased seismicity and ground motion down-rift. Small ground cracks opened near Leilani Estates on May 1–2. As of May 18, there have been 21 fissure eruptions, with some still spattering lava.<\/p>\n

The K\u012blauea eruption has generated extensive news coverage and University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST<\/abbr>) geology and geophysics<\/a> volcanologists and atmospheric science<\/a> fog experts have been sought by local, national and international media to provide background and information.<\/p>\n