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Kīlauea Volcano Activity Notice — Status upgrade to ORANGE/WATCH, elevated unrest at the summit

Kīlauea Volcano Activity Notice — Status upgrade to ORANGE/WATCH, elevated unrest at the summit

Kīlauea volcano is not erupting. Increased earthquake activity and inflationary ground deformation at Kīlauea’s summit began occurring during the...

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New USGS Data Releases Available

New USGS Data Releases Available

Several newly published USGS data releases provide data on Kīlauea thermal maps during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption, tiltmeter data from...

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Volcano Watch — Upgrades below the surface

Volcano Watch — Upgrades below the surface

Technicians at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) are constantly engineering, building, deploying, maintaining, troubleshooting, or upgrading...

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Upcoming HVO webcam changes

Upcoming HVO webcam changes

Several Hawaiian Volcano Observatory webcams will be decommissioned during the latter half of January 2024 due to deconstruction of Okamura Building...

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Volcano Watch — Where is magma stored in Kīlauea?

Volcano Watch — Where is magma stored in Kīlauea?

Over the past several months, periods of increased earthquake activity and ground deformation in the summit region of Kīlauea volcano indicate that...

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Updated map of unrest at Kīlauea summit over the past month

Updated map of unrest at Kīlauea summit over the past month

Intermittent unrest continues at Kīlauea volcano, and a new map summarizes activity over the past month.

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USGS HVO Information Statement — Kīlauea summit unrest

USGS HVO Information Statement — Kīlauea summit unrest

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is recording elevated unrest and increased seismicity to the south of Kīlauea's summit...

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Volcano Watch — New Year’s Eve 1974: Kīlauea volcano’s most recent Southwest Rift Zone eruption

Volcano Watch — New Year’s Eve 1974: Kīlauea volcano’s most recent Southwest Rift Zone eruption

Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, with a majority of its eruptions occurring at its summit or one of its two rift zones, the East...

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Volcano Watch — Sniffing out stealthy gas escape between Kīlauea’s eruptions

Volcano Watch — Sniffing out stealthy gas escape between Kīlauea’s eruptions

Kīlauea has erupted three times in 2023—January–March, June, and September—and has also experienced significant intrusive activity to the southwest of...

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Updates to the HVO website

Updates to the HVO website

Updates to HVO website organization have moved Kīlauea and Mauna Loa monitoring pages to "Science" content.

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New map of continued unrest at Kīlauea volcano

New map of continued unrest at Kīlauea volcano

Unrest continues at Kīlauea volcano and a new map summarizes activity over the past month.

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USGS HVO Information Statement—Magnitude-5.1 earthquake on Kīlauea volcano’s south flank

USGS HVO Information Statement—Magnitude-5.1 earthquake on Kīlauea volcano’s south flank

On Monday, December 4, at 5:54 p.m. HST, a magnitude-5.1 earthquake occurred at Kīlauea volcano, at a depth of 1 mi (2 km) below sea level. 

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