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Residents of Hawai‘i are no strangers to earthquakes. Those of us on the Big Island, especially, are used to feeling several earthquakes every year...

As the Memorial Day weekend arrives, many Hawai‘i residents will head for the beach. Others might use the long break to visit family and friends or go...

The enormous explosive eruption of Novarupta, a new volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, in 1912 is exceptional for many reasons. It created the famous...

When Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Colombia, began showing signs of restless activity in December 1984 after more than a century of quiet, a formal volcano...

During 2012, HVO's Centennial Year, it's useful to recognize the careers of those scientists from whose work we have learned much. One such individual...

Adventurous tourists have an opportunity this summer for an experience reminiscent of the classic book and movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth"...

Some people think history is dull. Well, brace yourself. The past 1,000 years at Kīlauea have been anything but dull, providing an exciting, at times...

Recent contributions of our Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) Volcano Watch column have presented very interesting observations from Kīlauea.

It's been nearly a year since Volcano Watch last focused on chemical studies of Kīlauea's lava. Well, you can rest assured that our petrologist has...

As alert volcano watchers are no doubt aware, recent activity at Kīlauea has been to "DI" for. Repeated deflation-inflation, or DI, events are...