Volcano Watch

As lava once again wends its way downslope towards populated areas of lower Puna, we are reminded of the stop-and-start advancement of flows into the...

Fogo, the youngest and most active volcano in the Cape Verde Islands, lies at the western end of a short chain of volcanic islands off the west coast...

Trekkers to the summit were used to seeing explosions, but nothing like this.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), scanning HVO's Kīlauea East Rift Zone webcam images, noted a new breakout...

The past several weeks have been full of suspense and emotion for residents of the lower Puna District of the Island of Hawai‘i. Rather than being...

With the June 27th lava flow entering Pāhoa this past week, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) and Hawai‘i County Civil Defense have been...

Just over a week ago Kīlauea Volcano's June 27th lava flow was barely moving forward, but then it surged into Pāhoa. With that in mind, the USGS...

The June 27th lava flow, named for the date that it began erupting from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō on Kīlauea Volcano's East Rift Zone, continued to move toward Pāhoa...

One of the more spectacular geologic features on the Island of Hawai‘i can easily be seen from Highway 11 near South Point. It is a cliff, informally...

In web forums and at recent public meetings, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists have been asked about conditions in Kīlauea Volcano's...

First, it was Tropical Storm Iselle. Now, it's lava wending its way down the slope of Kīlauea toward housing subdivisions and essential infrastructure...

Much scientific study has been done to determine what types of eruptions produce long lava flows. In the 1970s, a very simple idea seemed to guide...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) and Hawai‘i County Civil Defense (HCCD) are working closely together to gather and share information about...

In an August 22, 2014, news release, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) stated that a new lava flow, dubbed the June 27th flow for the date...

Volcanoes are prominent in the news lately with new eruptions near Barbardunga volcano in Iceland and Tavurvur volcano in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, as...

In response to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's (HVO's) Aug. 22, 2014, news release that Kīlauea's June 27th lava flow could become a concern...

As we work to increase monitoring capabilities on our restless neighbor Mauna Loa Volcano, our colleagues at the The threat posed by ash injected into...

Before Tropical Storm Iselle's landfall on August 7, conventional wisdom among many residents was that the Island of Hawai‘i is immune to hurricanes...

This week, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) bids aloha to two interns, Pua Pali and Greg Javar, who gained first-hand experience monitoring...

We've learned a lot about Kīlauea's explosive history in the last 15 years.