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Hawai‘i ISLAND, Hawaii — Hawaii's long history of destructive earthquakes will be the focus of two upcoming presentations by scientists with the U.S...

About a year ago, a Volcano Watch article described recent changes at Lake Waiau, the tiny lake just below Mauna Kea's summit that is Hawai‘i's only...

Kahauale‘a 2 flow remains active at forest boundary.

Earlier this year, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) completed its first 25 years of operation. It received widespread acknowledgement for its...

On October 6, 2013 the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) published its 2013 State of California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan complete...

On October 17, at 10:17 a.m., HST, thousands of Hawai‘i residents took part in the state’s first Great Hawaii ShakeOut. The Hawaiian Volcano...

Thermal image sequence of summit lava lake motion.

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred on October 21, 2013 at 10:04 PDT 18 km (11 miles) SE of the town of Mammoth Lakes in eastern California.

Lava flows at forest boundary northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

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