News

Episode 9 of the Halema'uma'u eruption at the summit of Kīlauea began at 10:16 am HST today, February 11. Lava is fountaining within north vent...

What is the collective noun for a group of volcano scientists? While some tongue-in-cheek responses might be “an eruption of volcanologists” or “a...

The AGU Chapman Conference on Caldera-Forming Eruptions at Basaltic Volcanoes will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists to contrast...

Episode 8 of the ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea began February 3 evening, at 9:52 p.m. HST, and ended the following night...

During a helicopter overflight around 7:30 a.m. HST on February 3, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews observed weak spattering in the...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaiʻi. This year, in addition to in...

Episode 7 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption started during the early evening on January 27 and ended abruptly at 10:47 a.m. HST on January 28.

Kīlauea summit eruption has been paused since 4:30 a.m. HST January 23. Resumption of activity possible beginning in 4-5 days at current inflation...

Residents and visitors alike have been watching episodic lava fountains in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea since late December 2024. While...

Episode 5 of the Kīlauea summit eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu was brief. It began at 2:30 p.m. on January 22 and paused Thursday morning, January 23...