July 8, 1994 Eruption of Kilauea

Name: July 8, 1994 Eruption of Kilauea
Start: 1994-07-08
Location: Kilauea, United States

July 8, 1994 · VEI 3

Kilauea in the United States erupted on July 8, 1994 with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 3. It caused a tsunami.

Where it erupted

Kilauea, United States, with its other significant eruptions.

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The eruption

Date: July 8, 1994
Volcano: Kilauea, shield volcano
Country: United States
Volcanic Explosivity Index: 3, moderate to large (eruption column 3 to 15 km)
Killed by: Waves or tsunami
Tsunami: Yes: the tsunami it caused
Location: 19.421° N, 155.287° W

The toll

The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this eruption.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Reference #13827:

07/08/94, Trigger: bench collapse (4000 m^2), Explosion type: tephra jets, Landforms/Deposits: Unconsolidated, semi-circular littoral cones; field of spatter and tsunami-deposited blocks

Note: not directly observed and evidence for them was discovered after-the-fact.

Other significant eruptions of Kilauea

Every eruption in 1994 The 1900s Kilauea Earthquakes near Kilauea This 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 7572.