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The eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began yesterday, December 23, slowed starting around 3 p.m. HST yesterday. The eruption paused through the night...

Kīlauea is erupting in the summit caldera within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park; status reduced from WARNING/RED to WATCH/ORANGE.

A new Kīlauea eruption began within Kaluapele (the summit caldera) at 2:20 a.m HST on December 23, 2024. Activity is confined to the caldera, with...

A new eruption began within Kīlauea summit caldera at approximately 2:30 a.m. HST on December 23, 2024.

Between 2021 and 2024, five Kīlauea summit eruptions gradually filled Halemaʻumaʻu crater with new lava. This data release provides surface elevation...

On December 3, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited webcams at the summit of Kīlauea to perform maintenance. 

With permission from Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, team of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists visited the site of the September 2024...

In December 2022, a team of scientists from Aotearoa New Zealand teamed up with scientists from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) to carry...

Native Hawaiian oral traditions record a rich history of the changing volcanic landscape in Hawaiʻi. Interweaving cultural knowledge with scientific...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment in 1879. Congress created...