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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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June 20, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 20, 2019

Collecting gas samples at Sulphur Banks

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June 20, 2019

Volcano Watch — Reading the rainbow: How to interpret an interferogram

Since the early 1990s, scientists have used radar satellites to map movement, or deformation, of Earth’s surface. Interferometric Synthetic Aperture...

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June 13, 2019

Volcano Watch — Seeing the Earth shake on your screen

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), along with its partners at NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) and the National Strong-Motion...

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June 10, 2019

Updated overview of Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse

A summary chronology and interesting facts about Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse.

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June 6, 2019

Volcano Watch — New eyes in the sky for monitoring Hawaiian volcanoes

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is no rookie when it comes to using flight to assist with monitoring Hawaiian volcanoes. Helicopters and fixed...

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June 4, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 4, 2019

Routine check on fissure 8 and webcam

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May 30, 2019

Volcano Watch — USGS to survey Kīlauea Volcano from its summit to Kumukahi

Since the end of 2018's volcanic activity, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists have wanted to resurvey Kīlauea Volcano's ground surface to...

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May 23, 2019

Volcano Watch — 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of Kīlauea's Mauna Ulu eruption

May 24, 2019, is a notable date in Kīlauea Volcano's history. It is the one-year anniversary of several key events in the 2018 Kīlauea eruption, most...

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May 22, 2019

New USGS data release has GIS shapefiles for the June 27th lava flow

This GIS dataset shows the evolution of the "June 27th" lava flow (episode 61e of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption) that was active from June 27, 2014, to June...

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May 17, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 17, 2019

Clear views of Halema‘uma‘u

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May 16, 2019

Volcano Watch — Students use science for the benefit of their communities

During the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, when fissures erupted and lava flowed in the lower East Rift Zone (LERZ), many Puna residents were...

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May 9, 2019

Volcano Watch — New insights gained from Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 summit collapses

A year ago, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and Island of Hawai‘i residents were in the throes of an historically unprecedented series of...

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