November 29, 1975 Eruption of Kilauea
Kilauea in the United States erupted on November 29, 1975 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 0. The eruption killed 2 people, counting its secondary effects. It caused a tsunami.
Where it erupted
Kilauea, United States, with its other significant eruptions.
The eruption
- Date
- November 29, 1975
- Volcano
- Kilauea, shield volcano
- Country
- United States
- Volcanic Explosivity Index
- 0, non-explosive (eruption column under 100 m)
- Killed by
- Waves or tsunami
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Earthquake
- Yes: the earthquake with it
- Location
- 19.421° N, 155.287° W
The toll
- Deaths
- 2 with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
- Injuries
- Few (about 1 to 50) with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
- Damage
- $4 million with the tsunamis, mudflows and other effects it caused
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
M 7.2 earthquake created tsunami 2 hours before beginning of eruption. Extensive damage, subsidence and 2 deaths in Halape Park area when sea inundated acres of land.
Other significant eruptions of Kilauea
More
Every eruption in 1975The 1900sKilaueaEarthquakes near KilaueaThis day in weather history
Sources
Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s. NCEI event 3407.