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USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Scientists visited the V1cam livestream camera site on the morning of August 29 for some maintenance work. 

Kīlauea’s 2018 eruption transformed the lower Puna District of the Island of Hawaiʻi, including its coastline, where 875 acres of new land were added...

On August 25, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews sampled lava and tephra from episode 31 during a morning monitoring overflight of...

Episode 31 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at 2:04 p.m. HST on August 22, with lava fountaining from the north vent.

The past eight months have provided the Island of Hawaiʻi with spectacles of lava fountains at Kīlauea’s summit. These historic episodes began on...

Moderate glow and sustained tremor indicate that magma remains at relatively shallow depths beneath the active vents. On August 18, USGS Hawaiian...

Kīlauea is not erupting. Episode 30 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 12:55 p.m. HST on August 6 after 12 hours of continuous...

When most people think of erupting water, they probably have geysers, like Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, in mind. However, Kīlauea...

Kīlauea is not erupting. Episode 30 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption took place over about 12 hours on August 6. On August 8, USGS Hawaiian...

Episode 30 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at approximately 1:20 a.m. HST on August 6, 2025