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1 Mount Kilauea By: Brandon Nguyen

2 Date The last eruption began on January it was called Pu’u’O’o and it’s still going. That means “Hill of the O’o bird”. It covered 37 square miles.

3 Location The location of Mount Kilauea is in east of Hawaii the longitude and latitude of it is N Pu’u’O’o killed 740 people on

4 Damage As of 1998 181 houses, a church, and stores were destroyed.
Waha ‘ula visitor center was destroyed . The coastal highway was destroyed and closed since 740 people were killed . Burned villages down. Kalapana black sand beach is covered by lava.

5 Type Shield volcano It could erupt any time
The volcano is on the Pacific plate The reason it is always its because it is right under a hot spot.

6 More facts the oldest eruption is about 300,000,600,000 years ago
The usual level of the lava is c.740ft (230m) There has been 61 eruptions on Mount Kilauea in all.


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