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(BIVN) – The day after a channelized ʻaʻā flow west of Kapoho Crater advanced to the ocean, destroying the Kua O Ka La Charter School and Ahalanui County Beach Park, scientists with the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory gave an update during a media conference call.

About an hour after the conference call ended, another collapse/explosion event occurred at the summit of Kilauea Volcano (2:42 p.m.) with energy equal to a magnitude 5.3 earthquake. The event put Hawaii County Civil Defense on alert.

“Previous collapse/explosion events have generated a surge of lava in the lower east rift zone about 2 hours after the collapse which resulted in spillovers of the channel,” civil defense said in a 4 p.m. message. “Be aware that spill overs of the flow channel and other breakouts are possible on the active flow field, do not access the active flow field due to extreme hazard.”

Yesterday’s lava channel spill over destroyed three homes in Leilani Estates.

Today’s USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory update was posted at 10:51 a.m. HST: