Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea volcano started erupting again on Wednesday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey said.
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the eruption began around 3:20 p.m. and lava has only been observed on the surface of the lava lake.
"The opening phases of eruptions are dynamic and uncertain. HVO continues to monitor the volcano closely and will report any significant changes in future notices," the USGS said.
This comes after scientists observed increased earthquake activity and ground deformations earlier Wednesday. There were at least 17 small earthquakes in the region over the past day.
The volcano was last erupting from December 2020 to May 2021.
From 1983 to 2018, Kīlauea erupted almost continuously, in some cases sending streams of lava that covered farms and homes. At the end of this decades-long eruption, Kilauea spewed lava from vents in a residential neighborhood on its eastern flank and destroyed more than 700 homes.
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