Volcano Watch

While Kīlauea Volcano's East Rift Zone eruption at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō has been making headlines with the June 27th lava flow and its hazards, Kīlauea's summit...

March 8 is International Women's Day. This year, it's also the day that Christina (Tina) Neal succeeds Jim Kauahikaua as Scientist-in-Charge of the...

If Jim Kauahikaua had his way, you would not be reading this Volcano Watch article. That's because he deeply dislikes being the center of attention...

If you were to drill a hole straight through Earth from Hawai‘i, you would eventually reach Botswana in Southern Africa. Not far from there—in the...

In the 10 years since Mike Poland joined the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff, he has accomplished a tremendous amount of research, mentored a...

Daily reports on the June 27th lava flow posted by Hawai‘i County Civil Defense and the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) always include an...

Over the past several weeks, our Volcano Watch articles have highlighted the methods used by USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists to...

This month, our Volcano Watch articles are focusing on how the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) monitors Kīlauea's June 27th lava flow. Last...

As part of Volcano Awareness Month, our January Volcano Watch articles are addressing how the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) responds to...

January 2015 marks the 6th annual Volcano Awareness Month on the Island of Hawai‘i.

January 3, 2015, marks the 32nd anniversary of the ongoing Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption on Kīlauea Volcano's East Rift Zone. Over that time, Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō has...

In discussions about lava diversion, Italy and Iceland are often touted as places where lava flows have been successfully diverted. But what did it...

January is "Volcano Awareness Month."

As lava once again wends its way downslope towards populated areas of lower Puna, we are reminded of the stop-and-start advancement of flows into the...

Fogo, the youngest and most active volcano in the Cape Verde Islands, lies at the western end of a short chain of volcanic islands off the west coast...

Trekkers to the summit were used to seeing explosions, but nothing like this.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), scanning HVO's Kīlauea East Rift Zone webcam images, noted a new breakout...

The past several weeks have been full of suspense and emotion for residents of the lower Puna District of the Island of Hawai‘i. Rather than being...

With the June 27th lava flow entering Pāhoa this past week, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) and Hawai‘i County Civil Defense have been...

Just over a week ago Kīlauea Volcano's June 27th lava flow was barely moving forward, but then it surged into Pāhoa. With that in mind, the USGS...