September 2024 Kilauea Volcano Eruption. This was the first east rift zone. Kīlauea volcano erupted briefly last night, september 15, 2024, on the middle east rift zone in hawaiʻi volcanoes national park.
Kīlauea volcano’s middle east rift zone eruption resumed late on september 16, 2024, and it continues this morning within nāpau crater in hawaiʻi volcanoes national park. Usgs hawaiian volcano observatory geologists conducted an aerial overflight to document.