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Kīlauea summit eruption episode 40 lava fountaining lasted for just under 10 hours on January 12, with maximum lava fountain heights of about 800 feet...

A series of lava fountains building a cone perched on the crater rim...sounds like the ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea, but...

Volcano monitoring data plots are temporarily unavailable on the USGS website due to a server malfunction. USGS staff are working on resolving the...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists conducted an overflight of Mauna Loa, and serviced Mauna Loa webcams, on December 23. That night, Kīlauea...

Kīlauea has been providing “fireworks” all year long on the Island of Hawaiʻi, and today we present a summary in commemoration of the New Year. 

Despite the popularity of "Wicked" lately, we’re not talking about that particular twister. We’re talking about the tornado- or whirlwind-like...

The Volcano Notification Service—the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's normal means for posting volcanic activity updates—remains down as a result...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory regrettably informs of an outage this morning affecting the Volcano Notification Service, the normal means for...

Today marks one year since a unique episodic lava fountaining eruption began at Kīlauea’s summit on December 23, 2024—a style of activity not seen in...

USGS scientists conducted a monitoring overflight of Halemaʻumaʻu crater, at the summit of Kīlauea volcano, on December 19, 2025, during which a new...