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Many messages to AskHVO (askHVO@usgs.gov) request resources relating to geologic maps and geographic information systems (GIS) data. "Is there a map...

This week, many of us read news coverage of a recent study suggesting that unusually heavy rainfall triggered the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea. To address...

Continued slow rise of water in Halema‘uma‘u

Changes in color at Kīlauea's summit water pond are common

With heavy heart, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) bids aloha to Janet Babb, outreach geologist and educator extraordinaire who retired...

No significant changes at Kīlauea summit

Close monitoring of the summit water pond continues

No significant changes in the summit water pond

Timelapse of water rising in Halema‘uma‘u

HVO scientists conduct field checks of LiDAR survey