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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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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 28, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 28, 2017

Impressive spattering in the summit lava lake

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 26, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 26, 2017

Firehose activity briefly returns at the Kamokuna ocean entry

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Volcano Watch — HVO logs renewed seismic activity at Lō‘ihi

Volcano Watch — HVO logs renewed seismic activity at Lō‘ihi

Since the end of February 2017, HVO seismic analysts have noted a slight uptick in the numbers of earthquakes near Lō‘ihi.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 22, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 22, 2017

Thermal image shows crack across lava delta

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USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-4.5 earthquake southeast of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawai‘i

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-4.5 earthquake southeast of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawai‘i

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.5 offshore earthquake located southeast of Hawaiian Ocean View...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 21, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 21, 2017

Active surface breakouts continue near the 61g vent

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 16, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 16, 2017

No visible breakouts on the coastal plain

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Volcano Watch — HVO's masked geologist heads north to Alaska

Volcano Watch — HVO's masked geologist heads north to Alaska

Tim Orr accepted a research geology position at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) in Anchorage, so he's headed north to Alaska. 

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USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-5.3 earthquake on Kīlauea Volcano's south flank

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-5.3 earthquake on Kīlauea Volcano's south flank

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-5.3 earthquake located beneath Kīlauea Volcano's south flank on...

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Volcano Watch — Latest upgrade of seismic stations at Kīlauea summit completed

Volcano Watch — Latest upgrade of seismic stations at Kīlauea summit completed

Field engineers at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recently completed a multi-year effort to upgrade a subset of seismic stations at the...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 4, 2017

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 4, 2017

Different textures on the surface of the summit lava lake

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Volcano Watch — Tracking the latest moves of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa

Volcano Watch — Tracking the latest moves of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa

On the Island of Hawai‘i, deformation is measured primarily with three techniques: tiltmeters, GPS (Global Positioning System), and InSAR...

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