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A new USGS Scientific Investigation Report describes 2016 lava lake activity, including lake surface textures and appearance, surface motion...

Readers of this column will recall that the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) is actually a consortium of agencies that work together to monitor...

Rock fall at Halema‘uma‘u triggered an explosive event
 

Already reeling from a destructive earthquake and deadly tsunami and mud flow on April 2, 1868, Ka‘ū residents on the Island of Hawai‘i hoped for a...

Video of Kīlauea Volcano's summit lava lake
 

Yellowstone Lake is huge. It is the largest high-altitude (above 2130 m, or 7000 ft) freshwater lake in North America, covering about 341 square...

Throughout the month, Federal, State, and Local government agencies, the Pacific Tsunami Museum, and other organizations will offer outreach events to...

This week marks 150 years since the largest earthquake to strike Hawaii in the last two centuries. Estimated to have been at least magnitude-7.9, this...

Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and episode 61g flow

For the 10th anniversary of Kīlauea Volcano's summit eruption, USGS–Hawaiian Volcano Observatory research geologist Matt Patrick talks about his work...