Volcano Watch — What is the difference between an eruption and an episode?
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usgs.govVolcano Watch — What is the difference between an eruption and an episode?usgs.govOver the last year and a half, the historic episodic eruption at the summit of Kīlauea has had 49 episodes of lava fountaining, with episode 50 in the forecast for next week. But why are these individual fountaining events considered episodes instead of separate eruptions, and what’s the difference?
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