ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Table of statistics about the Pu`u `O`o - Kupaianaha eruption, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Summary table of various statistics about the Pu`u `O`o - Kupaianaha eruption, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Kilauea,Kilauea Volcano,Pu`u `O`o,Kupaianaha, Napau Crater,Kalapana,Royal Gardens,map,flow map,Hawaii,Hawai`i,HI"> <META NAME="author" CONTENT="HVO, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory"> <META NAME="publisher" CONTENT="USGS, U.S. Geological Survey"> <META NAME="created" CONTENT="19980313"> <META NAME="expires" CONTENT="Never"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" VLINK="#FF6600"> <A href="#link_group_0"><img src="http://welcome.hp.com/country/img/spacer.gif" alt="skip past main content navigational bar" border="0" height="1" width="1"></a> <table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.usgs.gov"><img alt="U.S. Geological Survey banner" border="0" width="600" height="74" SRC="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/templates/banner3c.gif"></a><br> <a href="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/observatory/"><img alt="Hawaiian Volcano Observatory" border="0" width="600" height="31" src="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/templates/banner3d.gif"></a> </TD> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#003399"><a href="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/"><img src="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/templates/kilauea4.gif" alt="Kilauea" width="407" height="20" border="0"> </a> </td> </tr> </table> <A name="link_group_0"></a> <h2>Pu`u `&#332; `&#333;  Kupaianaha Eruption statistics, 1983 through 2010 </h2> <!-- Beginning of tables --> <p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"CG Times"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:"Times New Roman"; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="2050"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Areas<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Total area covered by lava 1/3/83-12/31/10: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>123.2 km<sup>2</sup></b> (47.6 mi<sup>2</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>New (vegetated) territory covered in 2010: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>1.4 km<sup>2</sup></b> (0.53 mi<sup>2</sup>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Net total</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> of new land created, 11/86 12/10: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>206.3 hectares</b> (509.8 acres)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Net change</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> of land in 2010: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>14.2 hectares</b> (35.1 acres) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>**These figures do not include new land that was claimed by wave erosion or collapse of the active lava bench. Due to these processes, the total area of new land has decreased in some years, for example 2005-2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Volume<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Total</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (dense rock equivalent) from 01/83 through 12/09: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>~3.5 km<sup>3</sup></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Other fascinating facts<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Height of Pu u  &#332; &#333; cone: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>180 m</b> (591 ft)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The cone has lost <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>75 m</b> (246 ft) to collapse since 1986<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dimensions of Pu u  &#332; &#333; crater: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>450 m x 300 m</b> (1476 x 984 ft)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thickness of lava at the coast: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>~15-35 m</b> (33-115 ft) over Chain of Craters Rd/Hwy 130<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Total highway covered in eruption: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>13.5 km</b> (8.4 mi)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Structures destroyed<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Total structures known destroyed since 1983: <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>212<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> </body> <p> <a href="http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/summary/"><h4>Eruption narrative</h4></a> <a href="http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/hvostatus.php"><b>Current Eruption Update</b></a> <P> <!-- Footer navigational bar begins here --> <A href="#link_group_1"> <img src="http://welcome.hp.com/country/img/spacer.gif" alt="skip past bottom navigational bar" border="0" height="1" width="1"></a> <table border="0" width="600" cellpadding="0"> <TR> <div align="center"><p><hr width="350"> <A HREF="/"><IMG ALT="Home" WIDTH="51" HEIGHT="18" BORDER="0" SRC="/templates/home2.gif"></A><IMG WIDTH="2" BORDER="0" Alt="blank spacer" SRC="/templates/space.gif"><A HREF="/volcanowatch/"><IMG ALT="Volcano Watch" WIDTH="97" HEIGHT="18" BORDER="0" SRC="/templates/watch2.gif"></A><IMG WIDTH="2" BORDER="0" Alt="blank spacer" SRC="/templates/space.gif"><A HREF="/products/"><IMG ALT="Products" WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="18" BORDER="0" SRC="/templates/products2.gif"></a><IMG Alt="blank spacer" SRC="/templates/space.gif"><A HREF="/gallery/"><IMG ALT="Gallery" WIDTH="91" HEIGHT="18" BORDER="0" SRC="/templates/photo2.gif"></A><IMG WIDTH="2" BORDER="0" Alt="blank spacer" SRC="/templates/space.gif"><A HREF="/pressreleases/"><IMG ALT="Press Releases" WIDTH="95" HEIGHT="18" BORDER="0" SRC="/templates/press2.gif"></A><BR> <A HREF="/howwork/"><IMG ALT="How Hawaiian Volcanoes Work" BORDER="0" HEIGHT="20" WIDTH="407" SRC="/templates/work2.gif"></A></div> <P> <A name="link_group_1"></a> </tr> </table> <P><ADDRESS>The URL of this page is http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/kilauea/summary/Current_table.html <BR>Contact: <A HREF="mailto:hvowebmaster@usgs.gov">hvowebmaster@usgs.gov</A> <BR>Updated: 24 February 2010 (jk) </ADDRESS> </BODY></HTML>