Volcano Watch

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 has a Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP) that provides scientific and technical assistance during international...

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...

On May 22 at 7:50 in the morning, the northern part of Hawaii Island was rattled by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.2.

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...

Thirty-four years ago, on May 23, 1960, a tsunami destroyed much of downtown Hilo. Tsunami, or seismic sea waves, are generated in several ways...

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...