Volcano Watch: There Are Cracks in the 2018 Kilauea Lava Delta. What Do They Mean? - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Volcano Watch: There are cracks in the 2018 Kilauea lava delta. What do they mean? - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Kilauea’s 2018 eruption transformed the lower Puna District of the Island of Hawaii, including its coastline, where 875 acres of new land were added in a large lava delta. The area is still subject to sudden, dynamic changes, as evidenced by recent observations of new ground cracks in the lava delta near Pohoiki.

VOLCANO WATCH: Cracks In The 2018 Puna Lava Delta

PUNA, Hawaiʻi - USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory write about the hazardous nature of the coastline along the 2018 lava delta.