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Episode 20 of the ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea was active for 4.5 hours the evening of Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Lava...

Following the appearance of low-level lava spattering in webcam views of Halema‘uma‘u crater on May 5, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...

A new eruption map provides up-to-date statistics on the ongoing eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea. And, on May Day (lei day in...

A new USGS Data Release provides data associated with the 2020–2021 summit eruption at Kīlauea volcano.

A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring helicopter overflight midday on April 29, 2025, provided views Halema‘uma‘u during a pause in eruptive...

Episode 18 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 1:28 p.m. HST on April 22. The high fountaining phase of episode 18 lasted for just...

A new interferogram shows deformation at Kīlauea volcano during the pause between episodes 17 and 18 of the ongoing summit eruption. 

Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawai‘i’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This...

On April 15, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists flew UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) into Halemaʻumaʻu to monitor the ongoing Kīlauea summit...

Two new USGS Data Releases provide tiltmeter data for several stations on Kīlauea during 2023 and 2024. A new publication in the Journal of Applied...