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This past week, earthquakes and inflation near Kīlauea’s summit prompted temporary closures within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. What is happening...

HVO staff performed some routine maintenance on the V1cam at Kīlauea summit. And, new maps show the recent unrest near Kīlauea summit.

The production of maps to track the progress of ongoing eruptions has long been part of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) mission to inform...

HVO staff visited the KWcam site on April 18 to replace desiccant and dry out the enclosure. A new USGS Data Release publishes measurements of the...

Earth’s magnetic field surrounds us every second of the day, everywhere on the planet. Anyone who has picked up a pocket compass and seen the magnetic...

The Island of Hawai‘i is one of the most seismically active regions in the world. In the last five years, an average of 600-1200 earthquakes per week...

During March of 2024, HVO is conducting a GPS survey of Hualālai volcano for the first time since 2015. Also, during March of 2024, the annual Kīlauea...

On March 21, 2024, HVO geologists made a routine visit to check on equipment at the summit of Kīlauea.

Several newly published USGS data releases provide data on timelapse camera and webcam images of the fissure 8 during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone...

From January 31 to February 3, 2024, a magma intrusion into Kīlauea’s flank, southwest of the summit caldera, was the focus of attention at the USGS...