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On August 12, USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers visited monitoring sites on Mauna Loa volcano to upgrade and install new monitoring...

Kīlauea is not erupting. Episode 30 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption took place over about 12 hours on August 6. On August 8, USGS Hawaiian...

As part of a growing national effort to understand seafloor hazards, scientists from the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Volcano Science...

Episode 30 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at approximately 1:20 a.m. HST on August 6, 2025

The ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption is currently paused. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists conducted an observational helicopter overflight...

Earthquakes and tsunamis in the news over the past few days are a reminder that we live on a dynamic planet with different hazards and associated...

The ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption is currently paused. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists made observations of the summit region on July 24...

If you’ve read “Volcano Watch” articles before, you can probably list several reasons that scientists study volcanoes. However, there is another...

Episode 29 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 6:35 p.m. HST, July 20, 2025, after over 13 hours of sustained lava fountaining. 

On July 17, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted a UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) flight of the recent eurption site at Kīlauea summit.