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As people from around the world are captivated by episodic lava fountaining during the ongoing Kīlauea eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, let’s use the current...

Episode 18 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 1:28 p.m. HST on April 22. The high fountaining phase of episode 18 lasted for just...

A new interferogram shows deformation at Kīlauea volcano during the pause between episodes 17 and 18 of the ongoing summit eruption. 

Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawai‘i’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This...

On April 15, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists flew UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) into Halemaʻumaʻu to monitor the ongoing Kīlauea summit...

Two new USGS Data Releases provide tiltmeter data for several stations on Kīlauea during 2023 and 2024. A new publication in the Journal of Applied...

The National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System (NVEWS) was first authorized by congress in 2019 to be established within the United States...

Episode 17 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 9:45 a.m. HST on April 9 when low fountaining at the south vent stopped. Fountains from the...

Kīlauea's current eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu crater within Kaluapele (the summit caldera) began on December 23, 2024. There have now been 17 episodes of...

New thermal maps show activity near the beginning and just after the end of episode 16 lava fountaining at the summit of Kīlauea. A timelapse video of...