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The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) detects tens of thousands of earthquakes each year. Currently, one of the most active areas of seismicity...

New USGS video posted online:  "Water appears in Halema‘uma‘u"

Continued slow rise of water at the bottom of Halema‘uma‘u

Even though Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone eruption has been over for about a year, steam continues to appear in new places or reappear in old...

Halema‘uma‘u water pond on September 25—two months and still rising

HVO measures water table at Keller Well

Another timelapse view of the summit water pond

Video of circulation in the Halema‘uma‘u water pond

A new USGS geonarrative provides a brief overview of recent Kīlauea eruptions, highlighting the circumstances leading up to and summarizing the 2018...

Stable temperatures at Halema‘uma‘u water pond