During episode 15, the vents went through more than 100 cycles of lava rise, spatter fountaining, vigorous overflows, and drainback events, which is known as 'gas pistoning' and has been observed in ...

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported Kilauea volcano began its 14th episode on Wednesday at 9:26 a.m., continuing the ongoing eruption. But on Thursday at 1:49 p.m., the eruption paused again.