Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island

Kilauea, the most active volcano in Hawaii, began erupting early on June 3 morning, Report informs referring to The New York Times.

Kilauea, in the southeast part of the Big Island, erupted three times last year.

Because the eruption was happening near the summit, there did not appear to be any immediate danger to residents.

The eruption began at 12:30 a.m. local time. Magma was rising from beneath the surface and “fountaining” up through cracks, the United States Geological Survey said.

Rather than the hundreds of feet you might expect in a classic, major volcanic eruption, Michael Poland, a geophysicist with the U.S.G.S., said the lava at Kilauea was rising only “tens of feet” on Monday.

Scientists had been watching for an eruption after about 250 earthquakes were recorded beneath Kilauea’s summit over an eight-hour period before the eruption.