Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts Again, Officials Issue ‘Code: Red’ Warning

This webcam image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, from the west rim of the summit caldera, looking east, on Jan. 5, 2023. U.S. Geological Survey via AP

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii started to erupt inside its summit crater on Thursday, officials announced in a volcanic activity notice, less than two months after the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, erupted for the first time since 1984.

Shortly after 4:30 p.m. HST on Jan. 5, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Volcano Observatory identified a “glow in Kilauea webcam images indicating that the eruption has resumed within Halema‘uma’u crater” in the volcano’s  summit caldera, the agency said in a statement.