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The eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began yesterday, December 23, slowed starting around 3 p.m. HST yesterday. The eruption paused through the night...

Kīlauea is erupting in the summit caldera within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park; status reduced from WARNING/RED to WATCH/ORANGE.

A new Kīlauea eruption began within Kaluapele (the summit caldera) at 2:20 a.m HST on December 23, 2024. Activity is confined to the caldera, with...

A new eruption began within Kīlauea summit caldera at approximately 2:30 a.m. HST on December 23, 2024.

Between 2021 and 2024, five Kīlauea summit eruptions gradually filled Halemaʻumaʻu crater with new lava. This data release provides surface elevation...

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the science agency of the U.S. Department of Interior. Our job is...

January 2025 is the 16th annual Volcano Awareness Month on the Island of Hawai‘i! Throughout the month, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)...

Interferograms are images created by radar satellites that show how the ground has changed shape, or deformed, over time. Today, we’ll dive into one...

On December 3, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited webcams at the summit of Kīlauea to perform maintenance. 

With permission from Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, team of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the site of the September 2024...