Volcano Watch

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...

When asked to recite the most important volcano monitoring methods, volcanologists will invariably include seismic monitoring, deformation monitoring...

The sunny days we have been having lately are a welcome relief from the seemingly endless rains that dominated the skies earlier this year. With the...

Kīlauea Volcano and Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park have given millions of people an opportunity to witness the creation of new crust at the earth's...

The coming week will see a marked change in the way the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) publishes its updates on activities at the three volcanoes...

In recent weeks, new lava flows have broken out from the active lava tube system between the Pu`u `O`o vent and the ocean. These include a brief but...

This week, HVO bade farewell to Marie Edmonds and Richard "Ricky" Herd, who have been working at the observatory since February 2004. Both came to HVO...

As if to remind us that active volcanoes are in the region, a billowing column of volcanic gases has been spewing from Anatahan Volcano in the...