The activity started around 1:20 a.m. with broad fountains 150 to 300 feet high from the crater’s north vent, covering about 20% of the crater floor. A new line of smaller fountains also emerged south of the old south vent area, coinciding with a cluster of small earthquakes.

Low-level degassing and seismic tremor at Halema‘uma‘u have been ongoing since early Monday morning, suggesting precursory activity for episode 30 of the Kīlauea eruption, with lava fountaining likely.

Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupted again early Wednesday morning, unleashing a spectacular 300-foot lava fountain in its 30th eruption in under a year. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) confirmed that “vigorous fountaining” erupted from the Halemaʻumaʻu crater around 1:20 a.

Episode 30 of the ongoing Kīlauea eruption on the Big Island began at about 1:20 a.m. on Wednesday, producing lava fountains of 150 to 300 feet high from the vent, according to officials with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.