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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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October 20, 2016

Volcano Watch — Amber waves of … Pele's hair?

The lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u Crater at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano is creating a scene remindful of a messy barbershop floor, except that it's...

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October 20, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 20, 2016

More reminders why the Halema‘uma‘u Crater area is closed

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October 17, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 17, 2016

A brief overflow of Kīlauea's summit lava lake on October 15

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October 13, 2016

Volcano Watch — 2006 Kīholo Bay earthquakes spur monitoring improvements

Ten years ago shortly after 7:00 a.m., HST, on Sunday, October 15, 2006, two damaging earthquakes struck off the northwest coast of the Island of...

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October 7, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 7, 2016

Eastern Kamokuna ocean entry

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October 6, 2016

Volcano Watch — How big is that earthquake? Why magnitudes sometimes change

Characterizing earthquakes is one of the most important activities we do at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). Seismicity helps us monitor...

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October 5, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 5, 2016

Typical spattering at the summit lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u Crater

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October 4, 2016

New High-Definition Video of Active Hawaiian Volcano Lava Lake Available for Free

Video release: New video footage of Kīlauea Volcano’s summit lava lake is now available as b-roll to news media outlets.

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October 3, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 3, 2016

Continued spattering in Kīlauea's summit lava lake

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September 30, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 30, 2016

Kamokuna ocean entry continues

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September 29, 2016

Volcano Watch — Kamakaiʻa Hills: what are they and why are they there?

Visitors to the Jaggar Museum and Ka‘ū Desert in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, struck by the appearance of three dark, symmetrical volcanic cones...

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September 28, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 28, 2016

Halema‘uma‘u at dusk

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