Volcano Watch

Hualālai, looming majestically above Kailua-Kona, is Hawai‘i's third most active volcano (http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/archive/2009/09_10_01...

Variable weather and extreme weather events are familiar here in Hawai‘i nei. While we were lucky in the gentle passing of tropical storm Flossie a...

No matter how old, a field geologist is a student. The teacher is the earth, the classroom the field area, and the textbook the deposit under study...

As we watched tropical storm Flossie weaken and change course from the path that would have landed it directly on the Island of Hawai‘i, a collective...

When Mount St. Helens erupted explosively in 1980, most people were unaware that the U.S. ranks as one of the top countries in the world in the number...

If you’re inside a building (home or office) and the ground beneath it begins to shake, what should you do? Stand in a doorway? Run outside?

Observers of natural phenomena have long known that large earthquakes can trigger volcanic eruptions. For example, Charles Darwin reported that at...

Hawaiians have occupied the lower portion of the Hawaiian archipelago for at least 800 years. They experienced many more earthquakes and eruptions in...

The July 4 holiday is both a great time to spend with friends and family and also a time to reflect on our nation's origins.

Cartography, the art or science of making maps, is alive and well at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).