HONOLULU —This week, Hawaii residents got a scorching reminder of what life on an active volcano can be like. Lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island started to erupt from several fissures in the subdivision of Leilani Estates in the Puna district on Thursday, after days of small earthquakes. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. “In the future, expect more fissures to open, with the potential to have more lava flowing from the fissures,” Tina Neal, lead scientist of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, said in a Facebook post. “Residents can expect to see more earthquakes in the days and weeks ahead, as the volcano adjusts to the intrusion of magma.”

Source: Huffington Post May 06, 2018 01:18 UTC