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Anyone watching the Webcams positioned on and around Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō in the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 21, would have seen a marked change...

Jack Sparrow, the central figure of the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie tetrology, is an intriguing and charismatic character. Real-life...

Seismologists are often asked the question, "Can large earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions?" The short answer is yes, earthquakes and volcanic...

In 1911, Frank A. Perret continuously observed the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u Crater from his temporary residence, a scientific station on the...

Volcano Watch articles generally focus on Hawaiian volcanism, because they are written by USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff. But there are...

Kīlauea had been quiet for about six weeks in 1968 following the end of a 251-day-long eruption in Halema‘uma‘u Crater. But the summit area had been...

A lot has been learned about Kīlauea in the past decade from studying the volcano's explosive history.

With volcanoes, we often learn by comparing current events with those of the past. We can even make limited forecasts based on past scenarios if they...

HVO's first volcanic activity update, written by Frank Perret, the most famous American volcanologist of his time, appeared in the Pacific Commercial...

Earlier this month, a key subset of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) seismographic network was upgraded. This...