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Seismicity and deformation increased dramatically at 6 p.m. yesterday in the middle East Rift Zone just northwest of Makaopuhi Crater indicating...

Kīlauea is not erupting. Earthquake activity has increased in Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone, near Makaopuhi Crater. Ground deformation patterns west...

Since July 2024 activity, at Kīlauea has been punctuated by two periods of intense unrest, centered on the upper East Rift Zone (ERZ). The periods...

Photography has been a crucial part of volcano monitoring in Hawaii going back to the start of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). In 1911...

Last month, the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Agency, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano...

On August 20, 2024, USGS scientists made a routine visit to the summit of Kīlauea for maintenance work on a webcam and general observations. A recent...

The Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) is celebrating its 30th anniversary of growing the next generation of aloha ʻāina...

Elevated rates of ground deformation in Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone continue following the June 22–25 upper East Rift Zone intrusion within...

Remember when a little puddle of green water was spotted in Halemaʻumaʻu? Time flies, because that was late July 2019—over five years ago! And because...

"Time to go"… words that none of us at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) wanted to hear.