Volcano Watch

Oftentimes, in videos of Hawaiian eruptions, you may see people near the vent or the lava rivers sampling the molten rock. This can be dangerous work...

While most island residents were understandably concerned about our week of intense rain, HVO staff continued to monitor Kīlauea Volcano's eruption.

In early June 1980, high on the south flank of Mount St. Helens, two geochemists hastily installed state-of-the-art equipment to monitor magmatic gas...

Until last November, the current eruption was characterized by a perched lava channel. The fissure system that opened up just east of Pu`u `O`o on...

Royal Gardens subdivision was back in the news again this past week as a lava flow from the July 21 fissure advanced to within 300 m (985 ft) of the...

The Father's Day eruption last June occurred in the most frequently active segment of Kīlauea's east rift zone. What is this segment, and why are...

As we greet our new year at the U S Geological Survey's (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), we take a look back at the Kīholo Bay earthquakes.

January 3, 2008, marks the 25th anniversary of Kīlauea's ongoing Pu`u O`o-Kupaianaha eruption.

As the winter holidays unfold around us, many keiki (children) dream of Santa and his reindeer traveling the skies on Christmas Eve.

Last weekend, seven staff members of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) fled the stormy weather of the Big Island for the...