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"path": "/2026/06/02/kilauea-sets-lava-fountaining-record-with-episode-48-hawaii/",
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"textContent": "Kīlauea’s ongoing summit eruption reached its 48th lava-fountaining episode in Halemaʻumaʻu crater, Hawaii, at 04:40 HST (14:40 UTC) on June 1, 2026, setting a written-record benchmark for episodic lava fountaining during a single Kīlauea eruption, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). The episode ended abruptly at 13:37 HST (23:37 UTC) after just under 9 hours of continuous fountaining from the north vent, and the eruption was paused afterward.\n\nSource",
"title": "Kīlauea sets lava-fountaining record with episode 48, Hawaii"
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