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Note to Editors: In the public interest and in accordance with FAA regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is hosting a community meeting at the Pahoa Community Center on July 7 from 6-7:30 PM about an upcoming...

Heraklion is the largest city on the island of Crete in Mediterranean Sea. The island isn’t volcanic, but other Greek islands dotting the sea surface...

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

Like the pages of a book, the stories of Hawaiian volcanoes are “written” in layers of rock. When Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) scientists...

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

During the first half of June, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) staff, along with collaborators from other parts of USGS,  temporarily deployed...

The passage of time has a way of isolating notable events of the past; present-day historians can easily lose track of individual events in the “fog”...

On May 26, 2022, USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area scientist, Aleeza Wilkins, represented USGS and the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations Global...