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A magnitude-4.0 earthquake was located off the northeast coast of Hawai‘i Island by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on...

In most sciences, processes are investigated by identifying the factors that affect them and varying each factor, in turn, to determine its...

Is Kīlauea's summit eruption pau—coming to an end—as the New Year begins? This question is currently under discussion at the U.S. Geological Survey...

The holiday season is once more upon us, with the solstice arriving at 2:04 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time on Sunday, December 21, and Chanukah...

How do we measure vog? Hawai`i Island and the State are getting a good dose of it so far this December. Vog is a combination of pollutants measured by...

The current volcanic activity in Halema`uma`u Crater is now Kīlauea's longest summit eruption since 1924. On November 25, 2008, it exceeded the...

For the past month, Kīlauea's summit eruption has been steadily chugging along.

Halema‘uma‘u plume captures the sun.

Halema‘uma‘u plume with the moon.

Ground deformation is one of the primary ways that scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)—and other volcanologists all over the world...