Kilauea Volcano has been erupting on and off for 100,000 years.
1790 - 1960: summit eruptions dominant.
1960 to present: flank eruptions dominant.
| Year | Eruption Start | Eruption Duration (days) |
Area Covered (km2) |
Volume Erupted (km3) |
|
| 1983- continuing |
Jan-3 | >6,200 | 102 | 1.9 | |
| 1982 | Sep-25 | <1 | 0.8 | 0.003 | |
| 1982 | Apr-30 | <1 | 0.3 | 0.0005 | |
| 1979 | Nov-16 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.00058 | |
| 1977 | Sep-13 | 18 | 7.8 | 0.0329 | |
| 1975 | Nov-29 | <1 | 0.3 | 0.00022 | |
| 1974 | Dec-31 | <1 | 7.5 | 0.0143 | |
| 1974 | Sep-19 | <1 | 1.0 | 0.0102 | |
| 1974 | Jul-19 | 3 | 3.1 | 0.0066 | |
| 1973 | Nov-10 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0027 | |
| 1973 | May-5 | <1 | 0.3 | 0.0012 | |
| 1972 | Feb-3 | 900 | 46 | 0.162 | |
| 1971 | Sep-24 | 5 | 3.9 | 0.0077 | |
| 1971 | Aug-14 | <1 | 3.1 | 0.0091 | |
| 1969 | May-24 | 874 | 50 | 0.185 | |
| 1969 | Feb-22 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.0161 | |
| 1968 | Oct-7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0.0066 | |
| 1968 | Aug-22 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.00013 | |
| 1967 | Nov-5 | 251 | 0.7 | 0.0803 | |
| 1965 | Dec-24 | <1 | 0.6 | 0.00085 | |
| 1965 | Mar-5 | 10 | 7.8 | 0.0168 | |
| 1963 | Oct-5 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.0066 | |
| 1963 | Aug-21 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0008 | |
| 1962 | Dec-7 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.00031 | |
| 1961 | Sep-22 | 3 | 0.8 | 0.0022 | |
| 1961 | Jul-10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0126 | |
| 1961 | Mar-3 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.00026 | |
| 1961 | Feb-24 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.000022 | |
| 1960 | Jan-13 | 36 | 10.7 | 0.1132 | |
| 1959 | Nov-14 | 36 | 0.6 | 0.0372 | |
| 1955 | Feb-28 | 88 | 15.9 | 0.0876 | |
| 1954 | May-31 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.0062 | |
| 1952 | Jun-27 | 136 | 0.6 | 0.0467 | |
| 1934 | Sep-6 | 33 | 0.4 | 0.0069 | |
| 1931 | Dec-23 | 14 | 0.3 | 0.007 | |
| 1930 | Nov-19 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.0062 | |
| 1929 | Jul-25 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.0026 | |
| 1929 | Feb-20 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0014 | |
| 1927 | Jul-7 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.0023 | |
| 1924 | Jul-19 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.000234 | |
| 1924 | May-10 | 17 | No lava | No lava | |
| 1923 | Aug-25 ? | 1 | 0.5 | 0.000073 | |
| 1922 | May-28 | 2 | 0.1 | ? | |
| 1921 | Mar-18 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0064 | |
| 1919 | Dec-21 | 221 | 13.0 | 0.0453 | |
| 1919 | Feb-7 | 294 | 4.2 | 0.0252 ? | |
| 1918 | Feb-23 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.000183 | |
| 1894 | Jul-7 | 4 ? | ? | ? | |
| 1894 | Mar-21 | 6 | ? | ? | |
| 1885 | Mar | 80 | ? | ? | |
| 1884 | Jan-22 | 1 | 0.1 | ? | |
| 1877 | May-21 ? | - | 0.1 | ? | |
| 1877 | May-4 | 1 ? | ? | ? | |
| 1868 | Apr-2 ? | Short | 0.1 | 0.000183 | |
| 1868 | Apr-2 | Short | 0.2 | ? | |
| 1840 | May-30 | 26 | 17.2 | 0.205 | |
| 1832 | Jan-14 | Short | ? | ? | |
| 1823 | Feb-Jul | Short | 10.0 | 0.0110 | |
| Nearly continuous lava-lake activity on the caldera floor characterized the period from before 1823 until 1924 | |||||
| 1790 | Nov ? | - | No lava flow | No lava flow | |
| 1790 ? | - | - | 7.9 | 0.0275 | |
| 1750 ? | - | - | 4.1 | 0.0142 | |