Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupting in ‘Full Swing’ as Lava Fountains Form in Park

This webcam image provided by the United States Geological Survey shows a view of an eruption that has begun in the Halemaumau crater at the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Sept. 29, 2021. USGS via AP

The most active of five volcanoes that together form Hawaii’s Big Island was erupting in “full swing” late on Sept. 29 after a series of earthquakes and ground swelling was detected earlier that same day, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed.

Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano is “in full swing,” the agency said on Twitter. “What was once a cooling lava lake is now a new fissure eruption!”