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Episode 12 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began a fountaining phase at 2 p.m. HST on March 4 after small and short-lived lava flows earlier in...

It was a dark and stormy night…

No, this isn’t a ghost story or horror movie – it’s a “Volcano Watch” about the eruption last fall near Nāpau Crater on...

The eleventh episode of Kīlauea's ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele (the summit caldera) paused at 7:06 a.m. HST, February 20...

Kīlauea has been erupting episodically for the past two months in Halemaʻumaʻu, nested within the south end of Kaluapele, the summit caldera...

The tenth episode of Kīlauea's ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele (the summit caldera) paused at 9:18 a.m. HST, February 20...

The ninth episode of Kīlauea's ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele (the summit caldera) paused at 8:43 a.m. HST, February 12...

Episode 9 of the Halema'uma'u eruption at the summit of Kīlauea began at 10:16 am HST today, February 11. Lava is fountaining within north vent...

The AGU Chapman Conference on Caldera-Forming Eruptions at Basaltic Volcanoes will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists to contrast...

Episode 8 of the ongoing eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea began February 3 evening, at 9:52 p.m. HST, and ended the following night...

During a helicopter overflight around 7:30 a.m. HST on February 3, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews observed weak spattering in the...