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Volcano Hazards Program

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There are about 170 potentially active volcanoes in the U.S. The mission of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program is to enhance public safety and minimize social and economic disruption from volcanic unrest and eruption through our National Volcano Early Warning System. We deliver forecasts, warnings, and information about volcano hazards based on a scientific understanding of volcanic behavior.

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Volcano Activity Notifications

Ash-rich plume rises out of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, Kilauea Volcano Hawaiʻi

USGS Volcano Observatories release regular updates and notifications to communicate increases or decreases in volcanic activity and explain unusual or hazardous circumstances. 

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Volcano Hazards Assessments

Mount Rainier seen from Puyallup, Washington

Long-term hazards assessments identify locations at risk from volcanic hazards. They are released as high-resolution hazards-zonation maps with accompanying explanations, which help guide eruption preparedness plans.

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U.S. Volcano Observatories

Volcano Observatory staff monitor, research, and issue formal notices of activity for volcanoes in assigned geographic areas. Scientists also assess volcano hazards and work with communities to prepare for volcanic eruptions.

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Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit monitoring overflight

Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit monitoring overflight

Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit tephra sampling

Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit tephra sampling

Volcano Watch — Hawaii Five-O! Fifty fountaining episodes at Kīlauea summit

Volcano Watch — Hawaii Five-O! Fifty fountaining episodes at Kīlauea summit

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Geochemistry of the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption: A comparison with earlier historical summit reservoir eruptions, with implications for magma supply and recharge Geochemistry of the 2022 Mauna Loa eruption: A comparison with earlier historical summit reservoir eruptions, with implications for magma supply and recharge

On November 28th, 2022, following a record historical repose period of 38 years, Mauna Loa erupted about 145 × 106 m3 of lava and tephra over a 15-day period. The eruption was confined to the summit caldera region and the upper Northeast Rift Zone and is remarkably homogeneous in composition in both time and space. In these respects, it is typical of prior shallow summit reservoir magma...
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J. Michael Rhodes, Frank A. Trusdell, Kendra J. Lynn, Drew T. Downs, Michael Vollinger
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

Thermal infrared and ultraviolet remote sensing of sulfur dioxide gas emitted during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kilauea, Hawaiʻi Thermal infrared and ultraviolet remote sensing of sulfur dioxide gas emitted during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kilauea, Hawaiʻi

Ultraviolet (UV) remote sensing is widely used to detect volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO₂) due to its high sensitivity and favorable spatial and temporal resolution. However, significant discrepancies have been reported between ground-based and satellite-based UV observations of dense volcanic plumes. A notable example is the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea, where SO₂ emission...
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Andrea Gabrieli, Christoph Kern, Allan Lerner, Vincent J. Realmuto, Simon Carn, Patricia A. Nadeau, Robert Wright, John N. Porter
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center

What a difference a day makes: When and where are daily satellite observations of morphology and deformation needed during volcanic eruptions and unrest? What a difference a day makes: When and where are daily satellite observations of morphology and deformation needed during volcanic eruptions and unrest?

Daily high-spatial-resolution satellite imagery at active volcanoes could be used to anticipate eruptions and save lives, but is only rarely available or used in real time. Specifically, daily repeat coverage of ground deformation, topography, and surface morphology at volcanoes is now possible using high-spatial resolution optical and radar imagery (
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Matthew E. Pritchard, Michael Poland, Marco Bagnardi, Susanna K. Ebmeier, Juliet Biggs, Edna W. Dualeh, Federico Galetto, Raphael Grandin, Arthur Hauck, Christelle Wauthier
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