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The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) monitors volcanic activity across the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa, helping to ensure public safety...

Episode 33 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption started around 3:11 a.m. HST on September 19, 2025.  Lava fountain heights reached 700-800 feet (210...

HVO scientists traveled to American Samoa for critical network maintenance, meetings with partners, and community outreach from August 28-September 11...

American Samoa is a United States territory which comprises the easternmost islands of a volcanic island chain formed by the Samoan hotspot in the...

Gas pistoning continued in the north vent and intermittently in the south vent. Small north vent overflows occurred at 8:38 AM and 8:59 AM HST during...

Born and raised in Hilo, I grew up hiking in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, fishing in Ka'ū, and stargazing on Mauna Kea. I knew then that the Big...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the caldera rim at Kīlauea summit to assess the aftermath of episode 32 lava fountaining. 

Dick Fiske, who died on June 18 as he neared his 93rd birthday, was one of the most original thinkers ever at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...

Episode 32 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption started around 6:35 a.m. HST this morning, September 2, 2025.  Lava fountains exceeded 330 feet (100...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Scientists visited the V1cam livestream camera site on the morning of August 29 for some maintenance work.