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Kilauea Volcano Summit Collapse Fueled by Surprisingly Small Amount of Magma, New Research Says
Onlookers and media gather as lava from a Kilauea Volcano fissure erupts in Leilani Estates, on Hawaii's Big Island, on May 26, 2018, in Pahoa, Hawaii. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) At a Glance Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano erupted for three months last year.Some 700 homes were destroyed.The eruption stopped before all the underground magma was expelled. Volcanoes erupt when magma, a thick, flowing substance created by rocks that melt in high heat deep underground, rises up and breaks through the Earth's surface...