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Two of Hawai‘i's largest historical earthquakes occurred during an intense swarm of more than 6,200 earthquakes beneath Hualālai volcano between mid...

On a clear night, as you gaze up at the myriad constellations visible in the dark skies of Hawai‘i, you can often see what looks like a small, bright...

Photo of HVO on the Jaggar Museum near the summit of Kīlauea. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and northeast spatter cone.

Small explosion at Halema‘uma‘u.

Hualālai, looming majestically above Kailua-Kona, is Hawai‘i's third most active volcano (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/archive/2009/09_10_01...

Ocean entry near Kupapa‘u Point hangs on. Rain, steam, smoke, and lava. Lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u at a relatively high level.

Variable weather and extreme weather events are familiar here in Hawai‘i nei. While we were lucky in the gentle passing of tropical storm Flossie a...

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude 4.8 earthquakebeneath the Island of Hawai‘i on Sunday, August 11...

Satellite view of activity at summit and east rift zone.

No matter how old, a field geologist is a student. The teacher is the earth, the classroom the field area, and the textbook the deposit under study...