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Subduction zone events pose significant threats to lives, property, economic vitality, cultural and natural resources and quality of life. The...

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.5 offshore earthquake located southeast of Hawaiian Ocean View...

Active surface breakouts continue near the 61g vent

No visible breakouts on the coastal plain

Tim Orr accepted a research geology position at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) in Anchorage, so he's headed north to Alaska. 

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-5.3 earthquake located beneath Kīlauea Volcano's south flank on...

Field engineers at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recently completed a multi-year effort to upgrade a subset of seismic stations at the...

Different textures on the surface of the summit lava lake

On the Island of Hawai‘i, deformation is measured primarily with three techniques: tiltmeters, GPS (Global Positioning System), and InSAR...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Jaggar Museum