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On November 24, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted a monitoring overflight of Kīlauea summit, during which they collected visual...

Overnight, there was strong glow from the north and south vents with brief periods of spattering. Inflationary tilt is being recorded by summit...

Fifty years ago this month, the largest Hawaii earthquake of the 20th and 21st centuries occurred. Earthquake shaking, as well as ground subsidence...

On November 17, 2025, U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted fieldwork in the closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National...

The summit eruption of Kīlauea continues, with 36 episodes of lava fountaining since the eruption began on December 23, 2024. Within the past month...

The summit eruption of Kīlauea continues, with 36 episodes of lava fountaining since the eruption began on December 23, 2024. Let’s catch up on the...

On September 25, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists surveyed the elevation along a transect across the new tephra cone formed by the recent...

Episode 33 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption started around 3:11 a.m. HST on September 19, 2025 and ended at 12:08 pm HST September 19. On...

Gas pistoning continued in the north vent and intermittently in the south vent. Small north vent overflows occurred at 8:38 AM and 8:59 AM HST during...

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the caldera rim at Kīlauea summit to assess the aftermath of episode 32 lava fountaining.