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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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December 12, 2019

Volcano Watch — HVO announces Volcano Awareness Month programs for January 2020

Neither Kīlauea nor Mauna Loa erupted in 2019, but this period of relative quiet must not lead to complacency about Hawaii's two most active volcanoes...

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December 12, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 12, 2019

Kīlauea summit lake observation and Keller Well measurements, December 2019

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December 5, 2019

Volcano Watch — Honoring the career and contributions of an HVO shining star

On March 30, 2018, a change occurred within the ranks of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's (HVO's) staff when geophysicist Asta Miklius retired...

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November 29, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 29, 2019

Halema‘uma‘u water pond on November 28

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November 27, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 27, 2019

Reconnaissance videos taken prior to the October 26 water sampling mission

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November 22, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 22, 2019

HVO field engineers install new telemetry hub

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November 21, 2019

Volcano Watch — Hilo had a close call from the 1881 Mauna Loa lava flow

Over the last two centuries, six lava flows erupted from Mauna Loa's Northeast Rift Zone and advanced toward Hilo.

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November 21, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 21, 2019

Continued slow rise of water level at bottom of Halema‘uma‘u

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November 20, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 20, 2019

Monitoring gases and investigating thermal areas.

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November 19, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - November 19, 2019

A dusting of snow on Mauna Loa summit

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November 14, 2019

Volcano Watch — Pondering the pond: what Halema‘uma‘u water chemistry tells us

In the tradition of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) founder Thomas Jaggar's innovative field methods, HVO recently used a cutting-edge technique to...

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November 11, 2019

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-4.9 earthquake southwest of Laupāhoehoe, Hawai‘i

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.9 earthquake on Monday, November 11, just before 6:36 a.m. HST...

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