The collapse of the puʻu ʻōʻō crater floor on kīlauea volcano.
Pu u o o crater floor collapsed video.
Media release updated 10 30 a m.
July 2007 march 2011.
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.
The floor of the crater dropped about 115 meters 377 ft in just a few hours.
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.
Fissure erupts downrift pu u ō ō fills and fissure erupts uprift video showing the collapse of the pu u o o crater floor on march 5.