{"id":901463,"date":"2026-10-31T21:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/901463\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T21:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:28:12","slug":"kilauea-on-track-for-another-eruption-in-early-november-following-unusual-55th-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/901463\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilauea on track for another eruption in early November following unusual 55th episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hawaii\u2019s Kilauea volcano began its 55th eruptive episode since Dec. 23, 2024, just after 3 a.m. local time Saturday, following an unusually long two-month pause.<\/p>\n

Hawaii’s<\/a> Kilauea volcano<\/a> is on track to erupt once again in early November, roughly three weeks after its 55th eruptive episode concluded in mid-October.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kilauea began its most recent eruptive pattern on Dec. 23, 2024. Ever since then, episodes happened on a semiregular basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The volcano was unusually inactive for two months between episode 54 on Aug. 25 and episode 55 on Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

SEE IT: HAWAII’S KILAUEA VOLCANO ERUPTS FOR 55TH TIME SINCE 2024 AFTER RARE TWO-MONTH PAUSE<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S.<\/a> Geological Survey (USGS) scientists monitor the volcano’s status on a daily basis in order to predict when the next eruption may occur.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Image of Kilauea’s 55th eruptive episode since Dec, 23, 2024.<\/p>\n

(USGS \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

On Friday, the USGS said fountaining for episode 56 is most likely to begin between Nov. 2 and 9, after originally predicting the next episode between Nov. 1 and 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The timing change comes partially because of how differently the buildup to episode 55 happened, making exact forecasting of episode 56 not fully possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SCIENTISTS CAN NO LONGER PREDICT WHEN KILAUEA WILL ERUPT DUE TO RECENT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The 48th episode of the Mount K\u012blauea Volcano.<\/p>\n

(@USGSVolcanoes \/ X \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

The USGS said tiltmeters at the summit recorded positive tilt beyond levels typically seen before fountaining, which suggested continued pressurization of the summit magma chamber.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Instead of rising consistently as it had prior to previous episodes, the tilt remained negative or relatively stable for extended periods of time prior to episode 55.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During episode 55, which only lasted a few hours, lava fountained 720 feet in the air from the north vent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

PHILIPPINES’ MAYON VOLCANO ERUPTS ALONG PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, SENDING MASSIVE ASH PLUME INTO SKY<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kilauea's <\/p>\n

Kilauea’s 55th eruptive episode<\/p>\n

(USGS \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

On Friday, the USGS said Kilauea’s west vent was showing strong glowing intermittently, while the north vent was showing a weaker glow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The south vent has remained dark since episode 55 when it was buried.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seismic tremors, slowly emerging seismic waves which may last for minutes or days when there are ongoing eruptions, were recorded on Thursday and Friday, according to the USGS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kilauea’s 53rd eruptive episode on Aug. 12, 2026.<\/p>\n

(USGS \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

Additionally, four small earthquakes<\/a> of magnitude 1.5 or weaker were recorded in and around Kaluapele, Kilauea’s caldera.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kilauea remains closely monitored as scientists continue to bring in data to work on a more precise eruption forecast.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawaii\u2019s Kilauea volcano began its 55th eruptive episode since Dec. 23, 2024, just after 3 a.m. local time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14890,11315,230005,11639,79,230006,63145,7001],"class_list":["post-901463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-earthquakes","tag-forecast","tag-fox-weather","tag-hawaii","tag-science","tag-stay22","tag-volcano","tag-weather-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}