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Lava reappeared in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, covering the floor with a small lava lake.

HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i — Following an almost 17-day pause in eruptive activity, lava is once again visible on Kīlauea Volcano's east rift zone...

HVO scientists were shaken out of their weekend routine when, at 1:42 p.m., on Saturday, March 5, 2011, the seismic tremor alarms started and, at 2:16...

The rapid draining of lava from the pit in Halema‘uma‘u on March 5 occasioned worst-case concerns of explosive eruptions at Kīlauea's summit. Thank...

Measuring the thickness of an ‘a‘ā flow produced by the Kamoamoa fissure eruption.

HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i — The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.6 earthquake located beneath Kīlauea...

The east rift zone eruption is currently in a hiatus. Photo of ground cracks between the east and west Kamoamoa fissure segments. Quicktime movie...

On Saturday afternoon, March 5, 2011, automatic alarms signaled increased seismic activity at Kīlauea and tiltmeter records showed rapid deflation of...

Thermal images showing active fountains and channelized ‘a‘ā flow. The western vent complex of Kamoamoa continues to erupt.

Photos showing lava fountains from the northeastern vent of the Kamoamoa eruption, a piece of spatter ejected on March 7, 2011, and a thermal view...