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Daily updates about ongoing eruptions, recent images and videos of summit and East Rift Zone volcanic activity, maps, and data about recent earthquakes in Hawaii are posted on the HVO website. 

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and colleagues.

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Volcano Watch — More shaking on Kīlauea’s south flank. Did you feel it?

Volcano Watch — More shaking on Kīlauea’s south flank. Did you feel it?

Island of Hawaiʻi residents are used to feeling the ground shake beneath them. From subtle shakes that feel like wind, to abrupt jolting that knocks...

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Kīlauea Information Statement - Magnitude-4.1 earthquake and aftershocks south of Fern Forest on the Island of Hawaiʻi

Kīlauea Information Statement - Magnitude-4.1 earthquake and aftershocks south of Fern Forest on the Island of Hawaiʻi

On Saturday, July 6, 8:47 p.m. HST, a magnitude-4.1 earthquake occurred 9 mi (14 km) south of Fern Forest on the Island of Hawaiʻi at a depth of 4 mi...

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Volcano Watch — Cruising Chain of Craters Road: Recent earthquakes and past volcanism

Volcano Watch — Cruising Chain of Craters Road: Recent earthquakes and past volcanism

The upper East Rift Zone (UERZ) of Kīlauea was a shaky place this past weekend. This region extends southeast from Kaluapele (Kīlauea’s summit caldera...

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Kīlauea Information Statement — continuing summit region unrest

Kīlauea Information Statement — continuing summit region unrest

Kīlauea volcano is not erupting. Elevated rates of seismicity were observed beneath Kīlauea's summit and upper East Rift Zone between June 27 and July...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Leveling the UWE tiltmeter and moving a Kīlauea webcam

Photo and Video Chronology — Leveling the UWE tiltmeter and moving a Kīlauea webcam

On July 2, HVO field engineers re-leveled the UWE tiltmeter located near Uēkahuna bluff in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. On July 3, HVO geologists...

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Kīlauea Status Report — upper East Rift Zone earthquake swarm

Kīlauea Status Report — upper East Rift Zone earthquake swarm

Kīlauea's upper East Rift Zone, beneath Chain of Craters Road within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, has been experiencing a seismic swarm that began...

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Volcano Watch — In Remembrance of Ed Brown, HVO ‘Ohana

Volcano Watch — In Remembrance of Ed Brown, HVO ‘Ohana

On May 15, 2024, our friend and colleague Ed Brown, Associate Director for Infrastructure and Facilities for the USGS Volcano Science Center (VSC)...

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Photo and Video Chronology — Webcam upgrade for Kīlauea summit and Southwest Rift Zone

Photo and Video Chronology — Webcam upgrade for Kīlauea summit and Southwest Rift Zone

The KPcam, a webcam on the flank of Mauna Loa that looks south towards Kīlauea summit and the Southwest Rift Zone, was upgraded on June 25 by HVO...

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Volcano Watch — Petrologists gather to discuss challenges and goals in understanding Kīlauea chemistry

Volcano Watch — Petrologists gather to discuss challenges and goals in understanding Kīlauea chemistry

During the most active portion of their life cycle, called the shield stage, Hawaiian volcanoes erupt frequently and mostly produce a rock type called...

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Volcano Watch — A decade later, remembering the Pāhoa lava flow crisis

Volcano Watch — A decade later, remembering the Pāhoa lava flow crisis

Over the past few years, eruptions of Kīlauea volcano on the Island of Hawai‘i have happened in remote regions and lava flows have not directly...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Images of the June 3 fissure eruption from Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone

Photo and Video Chronology - Images of the June 3 fissure eruption from Kīlauea's Southwest Rift Zone

The eruption that began on Monday, June 3, southwest of Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park has ended. Tremor and...

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Volcano Watch — Keeping up with Kīlauea

Volcano Watch — Keeping up with Kīlauea

Kīlauea began erupting from fissures southwest of Kaluapele (the summit caldera) just after midnight on June 3; the eruption ceased just nine hours...

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