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Above Hilo’s iconic Rainbow Falls on the Wailuku River is Boiling Pots. This area, named for the many "potholes" in the river bed, churns and roils...

HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i — The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.5 earthquake located beneath the...

What a difference a century (or even a few years) can make! As noted in an earlier Volcano Watch (June 5, 2011), 1911 was a dynamic year for science...

The active pāhoehoe flows of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

One hundred years ago, Frank Perret, world-famous volcanologist, was watching the lava lake action in Halema‘uma‘u Crater. Honolulu businessmen and...

Over the past three years we've witnessed two large earthquake swarms at Yellowstone (2010 and 2009). Recent history tells us that these earthquake...

Current flows that have erupted on the east side of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō cone.

Skies darkened, temperatures plunged, crops failed, and disease and famine ensued. These and other strange phenomena afflicted people around the world...

Three videos of the active lava streams from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

Anyone watching the Webcams positioned on and around Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō in the early morning hours of Wednesday, September 21, would have seen a marked change...