Volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island before earthquake

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The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupted and shot a steam cloud into the atmosphere that lasted for about an hour, an official with the National Weather Service says.

The eruption began late on Sunday, local time, within the within Halema’uma’u crater, the US Geological Survey said. The volcano is located within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

All the water evaporated out of the lake and a steam cloud shot up about 9 kilometres into the atmosphere, Birchard said.An advisory was issued by the National Weather Service in Honolulu, warning of fallen ash from the volcano. David Phillips, a Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spokesman, said the agency was monitoring the situation.

 

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