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Shortly after dark on December 16, 1919, a bright meteor streaked over Kīlauea like a fireball and exploded southwest of the summit. The concussion—a...

The lava lake deep within Kīlauea's currently active summit vent is known for being a bit capricious.

Many people visit the Footprints Area on the southwest rift zone of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. If lucky, they find human footprints indenting a...

A magnitude-4.3 earthquake occurred at 6:34 p.m., H.S.T., on Tuesday, November 23, and was located between Makena, Maui, and Kaho‘olawe at an...

The Puhi-o-Kalaikini lava delta in Kalapana abruptly shed its western edge last week—no injuries or deaths this time. The Puhi-o-Kalaikini lava delta...

Hawai‘i is the quintessential "hotspot." The geologic definition of a "hotspot" is that region of the Earth beneath an area that has experienced high...

Humans seem to have a limited ability to remember disasters. Some researchers who study disaster preparedness and risk mitigation speculate that...

Seventy-six years ago—on October 8, 1934—a 33-day-long eruption in Halema‘uma‘u Crater came to an end. This eruption began after almost three years of...

It may surprise some readers that the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption, now halfway through its 28th year of almost continuous activity, is not the longest-running...

More devastated forest and awesome views of ocean entry