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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea Volcano's Kahauale‘a 2 lava flow: Should Puna residents be concerned?

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea Volcano's Kahauale‘a 2 lava flow: Should Puna residents be concerned?

The Kahauale‘a 2 lava flow, fed by a vent on the northeast edge of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, is currently the only active flow along Kīlauea Volcano's...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 18, 2014

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 18, 2014

Kahauale‘a 2 flow moving slowly through remote forest, spattering at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Volcano Watch — Portable instrument platforms enable rapid deployment of monitoring stations

Volcano Watch — Portable instrument platforms enable rapid deployment of monitoring stations

When Mount St. Helens reawakened in late September 2004 with an intense swarm of earthquakes and very noticeable uplift of the volcano's crater floor...

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Volcano Watch — April 2014: Commemorating—and then monitoring—tsunami

Volcano Watch — April 2014: Commemorating—and then monitoring—tsunami

April is again Tsunami Awareness Month in the State of Hawaii. As in previous years, groups across the state are conducting exercises and other...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 7, 2014

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 7, 2014

Kahauale‘a 2 flow continues moving through remote forest, more lava pond activity in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Volcano Watch — UHH is part of the HVO team monitoring Kīlauea eruptions

Volcano Watch — UHH is part of the HVO team monitoring Kīlauea eruptions

Every year about this time, we write about the chemistry of lava erupting from Kīlauea Volcano.

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Volcano Watch — Two weeks of terror in Ka‘ū: The devastating events of 1868

Volcano Watch — Two weeks of terror in Ka‘ū: The devastating events of 1868

March marks the anniversary of the most recent eruption of Mauna Loa, which began on March 25, 1984. It also reminds us of a much more destructive...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 21, 2014

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 21, 2014

Kahauale‘a 2 flow and lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō remain active

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Volcano Watch — Is Mauna Loa due to erupt soon?

Volcano Watch — Is Mauna Loa due to erupt soon?

March 25 is the 30th anniversary of the most recent eruption of Mauna Loa, Hawai‘i island's largest volcano.

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea's summit eruption is now six years old

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea's summit eruption is now six years old

Six years is a blink of an eye in geologic time, but it can fly by for people, too. In a way, it doesn't seem very long ago that the summit eruption...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 7, 2014

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 7, 2014

Kahauale‘a 2 flow still moving through forest northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, and a lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Volcano Watch — A recap of the Kamoamoa fissure eruption on its third anniversary

Volcano Watch — A recap of the Kamoamoa fissure eruption on its third anniversary

March 5, 2014, marked the third anniversary of the onset of Kīlauea Volcano's four-day-long Kamoamoa fissure eruption. This brief episode marked the...

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