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Photos and videos of the recent activity on Kīlauea volcano and the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory response to seismic unrest in American Samoa.

Multimedia of recent activity on Kīlauea volcano.

The ongoing eruption at the summit of Kīlauea hasn’t made the news recently, but that doesn’t mean the recent eruptive activity hasn’t been noteworthy...

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

On July 28, the USGS-Hawaiian Volcano Observatory flew the Airborne Electromagnetic and Magnetic (AEM) survey over Kaluapele—Kīlauea summit caldera. 

On Tuesday, July 26, at 5:46 p.m. HST, a magnitude-4.3 earthquake occurred 6 miles (9 km) ENE of Pāhala, Island of Hawaiʻi at a depth of 21 mi (34 km)...

Frank A. Trusdell, a research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), recently received a Meritorious Service...

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory conducted a geology monitoring overflight of Kīlauea summit on July 19, 2022.

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

What makes a volcano a volcano? This was the topic of a “Volcano Watch” article about 20 years ago. Recent questions from visitors suggest this...