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Volcano Watch: "New outcrops make good geology"

LERZ lava flow near Isaac Hale Beach Park

A good field geologist is an opportunist. Never content with what outcrops are available, she jumps at the chance to see another one, hoping that it...

On March 26, 2019, in response to reduced activity on the volcano, HVO lowered the Volcano Alert Level for Kīlauea's ground-based hazards from...

Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone was more volcanically active in the late 18th- to early 19th-centurys than previously assumed.

The 2018 Kīlauea Volcano lower East Rift Zone eruption was the first time Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) were used by the Federal Government to...

In February 1924, the surface of the lava lake at Halema‘uma‘u dropped rapidly and disappeared from view. Throughout March and April, the crater floor...

Rockfalls continue to change the shape of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater

Early Wednesday morning, just before 1AM on March 13, houses in east Hawai`i began to shake. Without a doubt, it was an earthquake. To those who...

Sulfur deposits forming in the new Halema‘uma‘u crater