LONGEST - Lived Rift-Zone Eruption - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, HI
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N 19° 25.190 W 155° 17.292
5Q E 259727 N 2148877
Pu'u 'O'o volcano has been erupting continuously since January 3, 1983, making it the longest-lived rift-zone eruption of the last two centuries.
Waymark Code: WMR2MQ
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2016
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Inside the Jaggar museum, this Hawaii Volcanoes National Park map shows the location of the first eruption of the Pu'u 'O'o in 1983.
Pu'u 'O'o is a volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the Kilauea volcano of the Hawaiian Islands. Pu'u 'O'o has been erupting continuously since January 3, 1983, making it the longest-lived rift-zone eruption of the last two centuries.
By January 2005, 2.7 cubic kilometers (0.65 cu mi) of magma covered an area of more than 117 square kilometers (45 sq mi) and added 230 acres (0.93 km2) of land to the Southeast coast of Hawai'i. So far, the eruption has claimed 189 buildings and 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) of highways, as well as a church, a store, the Waha'ula Visitor Center, and many ancient Hawaiian sites, including the Waha'ula heiau. The coastal highway has been closed since 1987, as it has been buried under lava up to 35 meters (115 ft) thick. (
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Jaggar Museum is a museum on volcanology. In this museum are several displays of the types of lava, eruption "by-product" displays, real-time monitors, equipment used by scientists in the past to study the volcano and working "state of the art" electronic seismographs. One of the busiest locations in the Volcanoes National park, Jaggar Museum offers a breathtaking panoramic view of Kilauea Caldera and the on-going gas eruption of Halema'uma'u crater. (
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