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Daily updates about ongoing eruptions, recent images and videos of summit and East Rift Zone volcanic activity, maps, and data about recent earthquakes in Hawaii are posted on the HVO website. 

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and colleagues.

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Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit monitoring overflight

Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit monitoring overflight

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted a monitoring overflight of the eruption site in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea during the...

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Volcano Watch — The ups and downs of episode forecasting using tilt data

Volcano Watch — The ups and downs of episode forecasting using tilt data

Beginning with episode 5 in January, 2025, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has been issuing forecast windows for when the next lava fountain...

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Volcano Minute — Changes in eruptive activity at Kīlauea summit

Volcano Minute — Changes in eruptive activity at Kīlauea summit

Since the episodic lava fountaining eruption at the summit of Kīlauea started in December of 2024, Kīlauea’s summit has cycled through repeating...

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Photo & Video Chronology — Halemaʻumaʻu overflight and maps of new activity, Kīlauea summit

Photo & Video Chronology — Halemaʻumaʻu overflight and maps of new activity, Kīlauea summit

Scientists conducted an overflight of the new fissures that opened up on and near the base of the northwest wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater on September...

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Photo & Video Chronology — New fissures in Halemaʻumaʻu, Kīlauea summit

Photo & Video Chronology — New fissures in Halemaʻumaʻu, Kīlauea summit

Several new fissures opened up on and near the base of the northwest wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater September 14-15, north of the established vent...

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Kīlauea Status Report

Kīlauea Status Report

New vents opened at Kīlauea summit eruption site last night. Kīlauea summit region is pressurized above the level required to start a fountaining...

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Photo & Video Chronology — Fieldwork in American Samoa

Photo & Video Chronology — Fieldwork in American Samoa

From August 26–September 10, USGS–Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists were in American Samoa to conduct monitoring network maintenance and...

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Volcano Minute — Explore Maunaiki: a shield built on Kīlauea from 1919-1920

Volcano Minute — Explore Maunaiki: a shield built on Kīlauea from 1919-1920

If you’ve visited Kīlauea in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park recently, you’ve probably seen the crowds gathering on the rim of the caldera to watch...

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Volcano Watch — Remembering the 1919–1920 Maunaiki eruption of Kīlauea

Volcano Watch — Remembering the 1919–1920 Maunaiki eruption of Kīlauea

Kīlauea has drawn huge crowds to witness the lava fountaining episodes from its summit crater of Halemaʻumaʻu since December 2024, with many visitors...

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New Kīlauea summit eruption map

New Kīlauea summit eruption map

This reference map depicts the Kīlauea summit eruption within Halema‘uma‘u crater that began on December 23, 2024. Most of the data for this map were...

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New Kīlauea summit eruption tephra map

New Kīlauea summit eruption tephra map

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory produced a new map following a helicopter LiDAR survey of the ongoing Kīlauea summit tephra deposit and crater...

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Volcano Minute — It’s National Preparedness Month, what can you do to prepare?

Volcano Minute — It’s National Preparedness Month, what can you do to prepare?

September is National Preparedness Month, so let’s take a minute to talk about a few simple steps that you can take to make a difference in how...

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