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The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is located on the northwest rim of Kīlauea caldera adjacent to the Jagger Museum. Because of its location within...

Kīlauea's east rift zone eruption at Pu'u 'O'o, which began in January 1983, continues. Lava is actively circulating in a pond inside the Pu'u 'O'o...

Several large surface lava flows from the eruption along Kīlauea's east rift zone occurred this past week. The largest of these flowed down the east...

Earthquakes are a frequent occurrence on the Island of Hawaii. Rarely a week goes by that we do not experience at least one earthquake that is large...

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a network of more than 50 seismic stations on Hawaii Island. The instruments and their distribution were...

The eruption along Kīlauea's East Rift Zone continues with little change since our last report in mid-June. There are still two erupting vents located...

The eruption on Kīlauea's east rift zone continues with little change. The eruption has now been going for eleven and one-half years and shows no...

Before the current activity on Kīlauea's east rift zone, the most long-lived rift eruption was that of Mauna Ulu, which began 25 years ago, on May 24...

The eruption along Kīlauea's east rift zone continues without interruption. Following the last pause in activity in the middle of April, the tube was...

Kīlauea is famous for eruptions of the type we are now experiencing--quiet effusion of lava that makes the eruption approachable. However, not all of...