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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 - Mauna Loa - April 30, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - April 30, 2020

 

Mauna Loa summit mission-critical fieldwork: MultiGAS installation

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Volcano Watch — Looking for maps? GIS data? Try the HVO publications page!

Volcano Watch — Looking for maps? GIS data? Try the HVO publications page!

Many messages to AskHVO (askHVO@usgs.gov) request resources relating to geologic maps and geographic information systems (GIS) data. "Is there a map...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - April 27, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - April 27, 2020

 

Mauna Loa summit shadow

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Volcano Watch — Increasing magma pressure most likely culprit in triggering the 2018 Kīlauea eruption

Volcano Watch — Increasing magma pressure most likely culprit in triggering the 2018 Kīlauea eruption

This week, many of us read news coverage of a recent study suggesting that unusually heavy rainfall triggered the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea. To address...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 21, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 21, 2020

Continued slow rise of water in Halema‘uma‘u

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Volcano Watch — April 1980 was a month to remember at Mount St. Helens

Volcano Watch — April 1980 was a month to remember at Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens was exploding! The first eruption in the Cascades since 1914–1917 (Lassen Peak) started on March 27, 1980. April became a frenzied...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 13, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 13, 2020

Changes in color at Kīlauea's summit water pond are common

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Volcano Watch — Aloha and Happy Retirement to Janet Babb

Volcano Watch — Aloha and Happy Retirement to Janet Babb

With heavy heart, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) bids aloha to Janet Babb, outreach geologist and educator extraordinaire who retired...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 9, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 9, 2020

No significant changes at Kīlauea summit

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 6, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 6, 2020

Close monitoring of the summit water pond continues

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Volcano Watch — HVO looks to the past to better understand future Mauna Loa eruptions

Volcano Watch — HVO looks to the past to better understand future Mauna Loa eruptions

Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano on Earth, has erupted, on average, every 5–6 years during the past 3,000 years.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 1, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 1, 2020

No significant changes in the summit water pond

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