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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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Volcano Watch — The 2024 Great Hawaii ShakeOut

Volcano Watch — The 2024 Great Hawaii ShakeOut

In Hawaii, earthquakes are a common occurrence, and we should always practice earthquake preparedness. Millions of people around the world practice...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea East Rift Zone wildfire — October 7, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology — Kīlauea East Rift Zone wildfire — October 7, 2024

An area of forest continues to burn in a remote area on the south rim of Nāpau Crater following the recent eruption on Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone...

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Volcano Watch — First light (and flight) for HVO’s new airborne lidar system

Volcano Watch — First light (and flight) for HVO’s new airborne lidar system

Topographic mapping has been a key component of volcano monitoring for decades, helping scientists to study morphologic changes and predict the paths...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Annual Kīlauea GPS Campaign Survey

Photo and Video Chronology — Annual Kīlauea GPS Campaign Survey

HVO scientists are conducting the annual Kīlauea GPS campaign. During the survey, GPS instruments are deployed at established benchmarks so that their...

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Volcano Watch — Understanding magma storage and migration in Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone

Volcano Watch — Understanding magma storage and migration in Kīlauea’s active East Rift Zone

Kīlauea is one of the most active volcanoes in the world with eruptions common both at its summit caldera and within its two rift zones. Frequent...

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USGS supercomputers help assess volcanic hazards in support of community resilience

USGS supercomputers help assess volcanic hazards in support of community resilience

Volcanic hazards can be awe-inspiring displays of the Earth’s power, but each has the potential to threaten lives and infrastructure, as well as...

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 20, 2024, Paused Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

Photo and Video Chronology —September 20, 2024, Paused Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

The middle East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea volcano, in a remote area of Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park near Nāpau Crater, paused the morning of...

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Volcano Watch — A New Kīlauea Eruption

Volcano Watch — A New Kīlauea Eruption

A new Kīlauea eruption began in a remote area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Sunday, September 15, 2024. This is the first eruption on Kīlauea...

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 19, 2024, Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

Photo and Video Chronology —September 19, 2024, Kīlauea eruption near Nāpau Crater

Kīlauea volcano continues to erupt in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park near Nāpau Crater on the remote middle East Rift Zone. 

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 18, 2024, Eruption in Nāpau Crater, Kīlauea

Photo and Video Chronology —September 18, 2024, Eruption in Nāpau Crater, Kīlauea

Kīlauea volcano continues to erupt in Nāpau Crater on the middle East Rift Zone in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.

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Photo and Video Chronology —September 17, 2024, Kīlauea middle East Rift Zone eruption

Photo and Video Chronology —September 17, 2024, Kīlauea middle East Rift Zone eruption

Kīlauea volcano's middle East Rift Zone eruption resumed late on September 16, 2024, and it continues this morning within Nāpau Crater. The eruption...

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Kīlauea Volcanic Activity Notice—middle East Rift Zone eruption resumes

Kīlauea Volcanic Activity Notice—middle East Rift Zone eruption resumes

The eruption on the middle East Rift Zone of Kīlauea volcano resumed this evening, September 16, at approximately 6 p.m. HST. The eruption is...

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