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This week marks the 25th anniversary of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens. At 8:32 a.m. that Sunday morning, a magnitude-5.1 earthquake...

News stories have appeared widely in the past week spotlighting the "most dangerous" volcanoes in the United States, including a few in our backyard.

Last week, several HVO scientists were accompanied to Pu`u `O`o by a film crew producing a NOVA program for PBS. The producer was interested in the...

We welcome to our staff at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiʻian Volcano Observatory our newest volcano watcher, Dr. Michael Poland.

Kaua`i's spectacular scenery makes it a top destination for tourists from all over the world. It has been the backdrop of choice for many popular...

The past week marked the celebration of the 42nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival on the island of Hawai`i. Throughout the seven-day cultural event...

Each week since October 2002, seismologists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiʻian Volcano Observatory (HVO) have provided brief synopses of the...

Volcano monitoring utilizes a wide range of methods, including the composition and emission rate of gases, earthquake activity, and ground deformation...

The current eruption at Kīlauea is 22 years old and counting. Residents in the down-wind direction have probably become tired of the vog and would...

The wise old saying that a photograph is worth a thousand words certainly applies to one of the longest-running volcanic shows on Earth, the eruption...