Volcano Watch

Last week, six staff members of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) braved holiday travel and chilly rain to participate...

As the season's holidays rapidly approach, many keiki (children) in the islands are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jolly Saint Nick. However, it is...

A major challenge in mapping a volcano is to reconstruct reliably what happened in the past. Geologists employ a variety of different techniques to...

In the last six weeks, Hawai`i residents have been shaken by two major earthquakes and numerous aftershocks.

Many of us in Hawai`i received a rude awakening on October 15, 2006, as the first of two earthquakes struck near Kiholo Bay on the west side of the...

A new Pacific island breached the ocean surface in August 2006, thanks to the eruption of the Home Reef volcano in the Tonga island chain. Even before...

Time-lapse cameras have long been used to monitor volcanic eruptions, including the current eruption at Pu`u `O`o.

Prior to the magnitude-6.7 Kiholo Bay earthquake in October, 17 years had passed since we were last rattled by a magnitude-6 or greater earthquake...

For many students and scientists in the United States and abroad looking to gain experience in the physical sciences or wanting to take a break...

Hawai`i is considered one of the best places on Earth to study gas release through active volcanism, and the process of gas release is a key to...

Several different processes produce earthquakes in Hawai`i. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has a different role to play in each type and is one of...

What's in a name? Juliet might have told Romeo that "a rose by any other word would smell as sweet," but if the rose were called a stink flower, fewer...

Many of the questions asked of HVO staff members are about eruptions of Hawaiian volcanoes or basic Hawaiian geology. We also get lots of questions...

On August 25, 2006, Kent Warshauer, author of the popular Hawaii Tribune-Herald column "The Riddle of the Relic," passed away at the age of 56.

Of the five most active volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands, Mauna Loa and Kīlauea garner the most attention, and justifiably so.

Sometimes you rediscover the wheel.

Before the ink was thoroughly dry on the "Did You Feel It" Volcano Watch posted two weeks ago, a magnitude-3.7 earthquake occurred and put the...

If given a choice, most of us might prefer to hire the Kīlauea Lava Company when faced with building new land beyond the island's coastline.

You've just felt an earthquake!

Over 40,000 people were evacuated from the area surrounding Mayon Volcano in the Philippines this month as lava, ash, and gas spewed from the volcano...