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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...

This week marks the occasion of the 1,000th published Volcano Watch article. For nearly two decades, these articles, written predominantly by the...

"Is the volcano dead?" "When will it erupt again?"

Lava erupting steadily inside the crater of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō during the past three months is slowly approaching the lava high point of March 5, just before...

The sight of seven majestic voyaging canoes (vaka) in Hilo Bay last weekend was awe-inspiring. The vaka from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Tahiti, Cook...