Episode 31 of the ongoing Kilauea eruption ended abruptly at 2:52 a.m. today after more than 12 hours of intense lava fountaining inside Halemaumau crater, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

The ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 2:52 a.m. after fountaining for over 12 hours. Kilauea began the 31th episode in its series of eruptions at 2:04 p.m. on Friday

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor.