Episode 8 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 9:52 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 and is currently fountaining from the north vent, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Earlier in the day, on February 3, small spatter fountains began to appear and intensified as the afternoon wore on, before eruptive activity escalated into sustained lava fountaining just before 10 p.

In this image captured from video released the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, a webcam shows lava fountaining from Kilauea volcano within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island on Tuesday,