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If you were around the Island of Hawai‘i—or even other Hawaiian Islands, or Guam!—between May and August of 2018, you likely know that Kīlauea’s lower...

The recently published "Geospatial database of the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i" contains data used to construct...

In Yellowstone, we often talk about earthquake swarms.  But especially in recent weeks, we’ve also discussed aftershock sequences.  What is the...

The past two years of "Volcano Watch" articles from late May focused on commemorating the 49th and 50th anniversaries of the Mauna Ulu eruption...

Wide view of the 2018 summit collapse from the south rim

If scientists armed with today's monitoring tools and knowledge could step back in time to the two months before May 18, 1980, they would have been...

It takes a village to run a volcano observatory. The position of Deputy Scientist-in-Charge (DSIC), once called Operations Manager but always known as...

Public input is needed for the proposed HAVO Disaster Recovery Project following the 2018 Kīlauea eruption and summit collapse.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has released a Volcano Notification Service Information Statement regarding the recent increase in earthquake activit...

No significant changes at Kīlauea summit