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At approximately 4:44 a.m. HST on June 7, 2023, an eruption began in Kīlauea’s summit caldera, within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

Kīlauea volcano is erupting. At approximately 4:44 a.m. HST on June 7, 2023, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected glow in Kīlauea summit...

Kīlauea volcano is not erupting. Increased earthquake activity and changes in the patterns of ground deformation at Kīlauea’s summit began occurring...

The Kīlauea Seismic Imaging Project continues, as does the annual Mauna Loa GPS campaign.

In a recent “Volcano Watch” article, we learned about a remote sensing technique known as InSAR. This method of using satellite radar signals to...

Active volcanoes tell us their stories through earthquakes, deformation, gas emissions, and lava flows. We interpret those stories through myriad...

HVO scientists conducted a Kīlauea summit overflight on May 23, 2023 and the annual Mauna Loa GPS campaign is underway.

Several USGS data releases published in 2023 provide data on Kīlauea summit water lake present in Halemaʻumaʻu from 2019-2020, lava samples collected...

A Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the USGS Hilo Research Facility has been completed and is...

May 3rd, 2023, marked the fifth anniversary of the start of Kīlauea’s historic 2018 eruption that resulted in extensive lava flows from the East Rift...