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Okay, all you Big Island residents, where is the Hilo Ridge? It stands nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above its surroundings, is more than 50 km (30 mi)...

November has been a busy month historically for eruptions as well as earthquakes. Six historical eruptions have started in November on Kīlauea (1930...

Ne plus haustae aut obrutae urbes (No more shall the cities be destroyed). January, 1997, marks the 85th anniversary of the dedication of the Hawaiian...

On Wednesday, July 17, a 10-year-old boy slipped into a large crack in the Sulphur Banks - Steaming Flats area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park...

Each year, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory records thousands of earthquakes with its island-wide network of seismographs. Often, many of these...

The 13-year-old East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano has returned to the steady-state condition that existed prior to the dramatic eruptive...

The Island of Hawai'i consists of five coalesced volcanoes, a submarine volcano that has already subsided below sea level, and another, Lō‘ihi...

The 15 volcanoes that comprise the eight principal Hawaiian Islands are the youngest in a linear chain of about 125 volcanoes that stretches for about...

Last week we discussed the different land surveying techniques HVO scientists use to monitor the swelling and movement of active volcanoes.
 

Hawaii is a land of rugged beauty and untamed natural forces swathed in a beguiling gentleness that is unmatched anywhere else on Earth.