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For the first time since the new vent opened in Halema‘uma‘u Crater on March 19, HVO A magnitude-4.3 earthquake was located beneath the south flank of...

"So, how far down is the lava?"

For the first time since the new vent opened in Halema‘uma‘u Crater on March 19, HVO scientists in a helicopter hovering over the crater were able to...

Many readers know that a party of warriors and their families led by Keoua was decimated by an explosive eruption (called Keonehelelei—the falling...

Though nearly all of the seismic data processing, analysis, and presentation at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) have...

Locally, the term "vog" has become a household word, with a rash of media articles and even a respectable Wikipedia entry online. After 25 years of...

In contrast to the spectacular incandescent explosions and springtime spatter showers at the Halema`uma`u Overlook in March and April, the eruptive...

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work the night shift at a volcano observatory? Probably not, but for volcanologists, sitting in the glass...

Kīlauea is putting on a tremendous display near Kalapana, where lava is entering the ocean after traveling through a tube system that originates high...

One of the most surprising aspects of the current summit eruption at Kīlauea Volcano, which started in March of this year, is that there has been...