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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...

On December 23, 2024, a unique eruption began in Kīlauea’s Halemaʻumaʻu crater, with a style of activity not seen for nearly 40 years. The eruption...

USGS scientists determine the extent of deposits from episode 38 of lava fountaining at Kīlauea summit, which occurred on December 6, 2025. 

Kīlauea summit eruption lava fountaining episode 38 took place on December 6, 2025, in Halema‘uma‘u crater on the Island of Hawai‘i. Fountains from...

Tephra formed by lava fountains during the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption has created a new puʻu (hill) southwest of Halemaʻumaʻu crater. The new...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory conducted a monitoring overflight of Kīlauea summit on December 2, 2025.