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Thermal cameras have been used by volcanologists around the world for many years to study volcanic processes and search for signs of impending...

Activity continues on the 61g flow field and at the ocean entry

Time-lapse sequence shows Halema‘uma‘u gas plume

Kīlauea has now passed the one-year anniversary of the episode 61g lava flow reaching the Pacific Ocean. But what was this busy volcano up to a decade...

Kamokuna lava delta subsidence continues

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.2 earthquake in the ‘Alenuihāhā Channel between the Islands of...

Summit lava lake level continues dropping

Time-lapse sequence of lava delta subsidence at ocean entry

On June 8, 2017, many Island of Hawai‘i residents were awakened by a sharp jolt just past 7 a.m. This natural wake-up call was caused by a magnitude-5...

Weak, scattered breakouts on the coastal plain