Honolulu a series of earthquakes and the collapse of the crater floor at the puu oo vent on hawaii s kilauea volcano could trigger a new eruption of lava officials said tuesday.
													
																	Crater floor collapse hawaii puu oo. 
									
	
		
	
																	Kilauea volcano s pu u o o crater floor collapsed tuesday and now hawaii county is warning residents of lower puna to remain alert of a possible outbreak of lava. 
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																	Puʻu ʻōʻō often written puu oo pronounced ˈpuʔu ˈʔoːʔoː poo oo oh oh is a volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the kīlauea volcano of the hawaiian islands until the end of april 2018 puʻu ʻōʻō had been erupting nearly continuously since january 3 1983 making it the longest lived rift zone eruption of the last two centuries. 
																	It happened about 2 20 p m and within an hour the crater. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Since mid 2015 activty has continued along the june 27th tube systrem but has been restucted to areas within about 7 km of puu oo. 
																	As the crater floor collapsed so did the lava lake that was within pu u o o crater hawaii volcano observatory geologist janet babb said. 
																	The lava lake that was within the pu u o o crater is no. 
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																	The intrusion culminated on june 19 with a brief eruption on the east flank of kāne nui o hamo a lava shield northwest of pu u ō ō. 
																	On wednesday just minutes after the puu oo crater floor started deflating lava broke out at the base of the west flank of the cone. 
																	Map summarizing lava flows from episodes 1 58 thru 2008. 
																	Hvo lava puu oo usgs pu u ō ō crater s floor has been slowly uplifting for several weeks. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	As a result the floor of pu u ō ō collapsed to form a rubble filled crater about 80 m 260 ft deep which severed the supply of lava to a tube that had been active since 2004. 
																	The collapse of the puʻu ʻōʻō crater floor on kīlauea volcano. 
																	A series of earthquakes and the collapse of the crater floor at the puu oo vent on hawaii s kilauea volcano could trigger a new eruption of lava officials said tuesday scientists from the u s. 
																	According to scientists at the h.