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New Map Released Shows Flow Fronts

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The U.S. Geological Survey released this map of the East Rift Zone as of 9 a.m., Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

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Given the dynamic nature of Kīlauea’s lower East Rift Zone eruption, with changing vent locations, fissures starting and stopping, and varying rates of lava effusion, map details shown here are accurate as of the date/time noted—and could have changed rapidly since that time. Shaded purple areas indicate lava flows erupted in 1840, 1955, 1960 and 2014-2015.

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