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The ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption is currently paused. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists conducted an observational helicopter overflight...

Earthquakes and tsunamis in the news over the past few days are a reminder that we live on a dynamic planet with different hazards and associated...

The ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption is currently paused. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists made observations of the summit region on July 24...

If you’ve read “Volcano Watch” articles before, you can probably list several reasons that scientists study volcanoes. However, there is another...

Episode 29 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 6:35 p.m. HST, July 20, 2025, after over 13 hours of sustained lava fountaining. 

On July 17, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted a UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) flight of the recent eurption site at Kīlauea summit.

Lava fountains at the summit of Kīlauea have been shining a spotlight on Hawaii’s most active volcano but let us not forget the larger one looming in...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) maintains a network of nearly 150 monitoring instruments on Kīlauea, which track activity above and below...

Episode 28 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 4:10 a.m. HST on July 9, 2025, and ended abruptly just over 9 hours later, at 1:20 p.m. HST.

If you’ve been following the ongoing eruption of Kīlauea, you may have seen the terms "gas piston" or "gas pistoning" show up in some of the USGS...