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Benjamin Franklin said, “If you fail to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”  As the past year in Hawaii has shown, hurricanes, eruptions, earthquakes...

On Thursday, August 27, 2026, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff spent much of the day digging volcanic gas monitoring sites out of the...

In July, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists visited an exposure of tephra and lava flows in the western wall of Kaluapele. The layers...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory supported the response to Hurricane Lala, which affected the Hawaiian Islands the weekend of August 15.  On...

Did you feel that earthquake? Time to check the location and magnitude. Do you need to find out how much Kīlauea summit region has repressurized since...

Ocean swells are constantly beating on the ocean floor. This nonstop drumming creates continuous signals that travel through the Earth and are...

Kīlauea’s current summit eruption started on December 23, 2024. Fifty-two episodes of lava fountains have happened on average every 11 days, and we...

Talmadge Magno, Administrator of Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency (CD), who navigated the Island of Hawaiʻi response to volcanic eruptions from...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) relies heavily on Global Positioning System (GPS) data to monitor volcanic activity in Hawaii. Data are...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff are often asked, “Will lava erupted during the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu...