April 28, 1998 Eruption of Kilauea

Date

April 28, 1998

Volcano

Kilauea, shield volcano

Country

United States

Killed by

Lava flows

Location

19.421° N, 155.287° W

Deaths

1

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.

• July 16, 2018$1 million
• April 28, 2018VEI 1 · $370 million · 716 houses destroyed · tsunami
• February 1, 2018VEI 1 · 1 death
• November 10, 2014$14.5 million · 1 house destroyed
• March 2, 20121 house destroyed
• February 10, 2012
• November 30, 2009
• November 3, 2000VEI 3 · 2 deaths
• July 8, 1994VEI 3 · tsunami
• April 19, 19931 death
• November 29, 1975VEI 0 · 2 deaths · $4 million · tsunami
• May 10, 1924VEI 2 · 1 death
• May 30, 1840VEI 0 · tsunami
• February 1823VEI 0 · Deaths: few
• November 1790VEI 4 · 5,405 deaths

Every eruption in 1998The 1900sKilaueaEarthquakes near KilaueaThis day in weather history

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 5744.