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Volcano Watch

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. 

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Volcano Watch — New ocean entry for lava

Volcano Watch — New ocean entry for lava

The latest development in Kīlauea's ongoing eruption is a new ocean entry near Lae`apuki inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

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Volcano Watch — Age and appearance of lava flows

Volcano Watch — Age and appearance of lava flows

When visitors to this island arrive at the Keahole airport and travel along the Queen Ka'ahumanu highway to a hotel in south Kohala, they cannot help...

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Volcano Watch — Tsunami

Volcano Watch — Tsunami

On Monday, April 1, 1996, scientists, historians, and public officials from Japan and the United States will convene in Hilo for a symposium to...

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Volcano Watch — Margaret Mangan, Scientist-in-Charge

Volcano Watch — Margaret Mangan, Scientist-in-Charge

On March 1, 1996, Dr. Margaret Thair Mangan succeeded David A. Clague as Scientist-in-Charge of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano...

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Volcano Watch — Lava ccean entry and bench collapse

Volcano Watch — Lava ccean entry and bench collapse

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...

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Volcano Watch — Crater floor falls down! Kīlauea In 1960

Volcano Watch — Crater floor falls down! Kīlauea In 1960

Monday, March 11, marks the anniversary of the last of a series of dramatic collapses at Kīlauea summit. On three occasions in February and March 1960...

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Volcano Watch — An earthquake is the most likely disaster here

Volcano Watch — An earthquake is the most likely disaster here

I will end my series of these columns with some thoughts about preparedness for future disasters and some personal thank-yous.
 

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Volcano Watch — Clague leaving volcano observatory

Volcano Watch — Clague leaving volcano observatory

The "Volcano Watch" column first appeared on November 3, 1991. In the last four plus years, the staff and I have written 207 columns covering a wide...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea eruption status after pause

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea eruption status after pause

Kīlauea's 13-year-long eruption restarted on Valentine's day after a nine-day-long pause in activity. The renewed activity began about midnight on...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea seismicity survey

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea seismicity survey

The staff of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) joined an international team of 25 scientists and technicians from the United States, Japan, and...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea summit eruption coming?

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea summit eruption coming?

On Thursday morning, February 1, Kīlauea Volcano had an intense swarm of small, shallow earthquakes and rapid ground deformation at the summit.

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Volcano Watch — HVO and government shutdowns

Volcano Watch — HVO and government shutdowns

Today we face the third shutdown of the Federal government since mid-November. The lack of an operating budget, now fully four months into the 1996...

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