Event Report

Base data

Event code GE-VAE/06976/USA
Main category Geological Event
Sub category volcano eruption
Event date (UTC) Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:18:38 +0000
Last update (UTC) Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:18:38 +0000

Geolocation

Continent North-America
Country USA
Administration area State of Hawaii
Settlement
Exact location Kilauea volcano
Open Location Code: 73F6CP8F+XV
Size of affected area County-level
Additional events
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Common Alerting Protocol Information

Urgency Past
Certainty Observed
Severity Extreme
Category Geo

Event details

During the 37th eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii, video captured a massive ‘volnado’ next to the lava fountain. A volnado is a column of ash, dust and smoke that picks up during a volcanic eruption and swirls around. In circumstances not involving volcanoes, spin-ups like this one would be called a dust devil. ‘Volnado’ is not a scientific term, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but it’s a fun term that’s cool to say. Lava fountains during this episode reached between 500 and 600 feet. Video of the volnado showed it towering above the huge lava fountain. “Look at the size of that tornado thing,” said Alyssa Lee, the recorder of the video. “That one’s as big as the eruption.” In addition to being as tall as the eruption, the volnado was a similar width to the eruption. “I’m at least a mile away from the eruption; this is a zoomed-in video. Fascinating to see Mother Nature put on a show, and so safely,” Lee told Storyful. Kilauea’s 37th eruption kicked off on Tuesday afternoon and stopped after nine hours, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.


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Situation update


Casualties

Number of dead: 0 person(s)
Number of injured: 0 person(s)
Number of Affected: 0 person(s)
Number of Rescued/evacuated: 0 person(s)
Number of Missing: 0 person(s)
Number of Infected: 0 person(s)

Event Specific Details


[Geological Event - volcano eruption]

Overview map



Risk Analisys

Nearest marine ports There is no known marine port nearby.
Nearest airports There is no known marine port nearby.
Nearest nuclear power plant There is no known nuclear power plant nearby.

Country Information

Code2US
CodeUSA
NameUnited States
LocalNameUnited States
GovernmentFormFederal Republic
ContinentNorth America
RegionNorth America
SurfaceArea9363520.00
IndepYear1776
Population278357000
LifeExpectancy77.1
GNP8510700.00
GNPOld8110900.00
Capital3813