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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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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 18, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 18, 2004

Banana flow between pali and sea

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 16, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 16, 2004

Banana front in the rain

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 14, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 14, 2004

Banana flow widens near ocean

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Volcano Watch — Lights! Camera! Disaster!: Mixing fact and fantasy in the movies

Volcano Watch — Lights! Camera! Disaster!: Mixing fact and fantasy in the movies

Colossal natural disasters have been fodder for Hollywood movies long enough that we can recognize the basic recipe. A pinch of fact, a fistful of...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 11, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 11, 2004

Sluggish lava, rainy morning

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 10, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 10, 2004

Scenes at Banana flow front

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 9, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 9, 2004

Mother's Day at Banana flow front

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 8, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 8, 2004

Banana flow surges onward

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 7, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 7, 2004

Manifestations of lava

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 6, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 6, 2004

Sluggish Banana breakouts

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Volcano Watch — You can't tell a book by its cover: interior improvements at HVO

Volcano Watch — You can't tell a book by its cover: interior improvements at HVO

Much of the work done by the HVO staff depends on field activities. Either scientists and technicians visit field sites to make observations and...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 4, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 4, 2004

What does Banana lava look like?

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