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Volcano Watch — Threat Rankings of our Nation’s geologically young volcanoes

Volcano Watch — Threat Rankings of our Nation’s geologically young volcanoes

What exactly do volcano threat rankings mean?

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 1, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 1, 2017

Activity at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and on the 61g flow

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 26, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 26, 2017

Lava breakouts continue on the coastal plain and on the delta

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Volcano Watch — USGS maps identify lava inundation zones for Mauna Loa

Volcano Watch — USGS maps identify lava inundation zones for Mauna Loa

Using detailed geologic mapping and modeling of how a fluid (in this case, lava) responds to surface topography, USGS-HVO constructed nine maps...

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Volcano Watch — New USGS video about Kīlauea Volcano's summit eruption is now online

Volcano Watch — New USGS video about Kīlauea Volcano's summit eruption is now online

The U.S. Geological Survey has produced a documentary, "Kīlauea Summit Eruption–Lava Returns to Halema‘uma‘u," to tell the story of the eruption, and...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 13, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 13, 2017

Pāhoehoe breakouts on the coastal plain

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Volcano Watch — Summer 2017 goes out like a lion with hurricanes and earthquakes: reminders to be prepared for Nature's fury

Volcano Watch — Summer 2017 goes out like a lion with hurricanes and earthquakes: reminders to be prepared for Nature's fury

As the summer months began to wind down this year, Nature's fury began to wind up and grab much of the news cycle.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 12, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 12, 2017

Breakouts remain active on flow field, changes to ocean entry lava delta

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 10, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 10, 2017

Kamokuna Lavafalls Oct 3-5

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 8, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 8, 2017

Breakouts remain active on the coastal plain and pali

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 6, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 6, 2017

Coastal breakouts put on a show

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Volcano Watch — Modeling Kīlauea Volcano a Century Ago

Volcano Watch — Modeling Kīlauea Volcano a Century Ago

In today's age of aerial photography, satellites, and drones, bird's-eye views of geologic features are taken for granted. A century ago, such...

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