Volcano Watch

Seismologist Dave Wilson started work this week as the new manager of the HVO seismic monitoring network. He will take over the job vacated when...

Everybody remembers the shaking.

The eruption of Kīlauea entered into its 24th year this past week.

January 3 will mark the 24th anniversary of Kīlauea's longest rift-zone eruption in the last 600 years, but some people still aren't impressed.

Last week, six staff members of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) braved holiday travel and chilly rain to participate...

As the season's holidays rapidly approach, many keiki (children) in the islands are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Jolly Saint Nick. However, it is...

A major challenge in mapping a volcano is to reconstruct reliably what happened in the past. Geologists employ a variety of different techniques to...

In the last six weeks, Hawai`i residents have been shaken by two major earthquakes and numerous aftershocks.

Many of us in Hawai`i received a rude awakening on October 15, 2006, as the first of two earthquakes struck near Kiholo Bay on the west side of the...

A new Pacific island breached the ocean surface in August 2006, thanks to the eruption of the Home Reef volcano in the Tonga island chain. Even before...