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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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September 27, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 27, 2016

The rise and fall of Kīlauea Volcano's summit lava lake

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September 22, 2016

Volcano Watch — The rise and fall of Kīlauea's summit lava lake: what's happening and what does it mean?

In early September 2016, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) monitoring instruments on Kīlauea began recording increased rates of inflation and...

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September 20, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 20, 2016

Breakouts remain active on the coastal plain

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September 16, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 16, 2016

Views of the eastern Kamokuna lava delta

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September 15, 2016

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea ocean entry hazards: The plume is not your friend

People who venture too close to the perilous beauty of an ocean entry face real and present dangers.

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September 12, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 12, 2016

Ocean entry and breakout on the coastal plain continue

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September 10, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 10, 2016

Halema‘uma‘u lava lake exceptionally high

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September 8, 2016

Volcano Watch — Jaggar's prediction comes true—the 1935 eruption of Mauna Loa

Despite severely reduced funding and staffing, Jaggar made an important and successful prediction based on Mauna Loa's past pattern of eruptions.

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September 8, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 8, 2016

Ocean entry activity continues

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September 7, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 7, 2016

Kīlauea's lava lake at high level

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September 6, 2016

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-4.0 earthquake at summit of Mauna Loa

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.0 earthquakebeneath the Island of Hawai‘i on Tuesday, September...

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September 6, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 6, 2016

Beautiful morning at the summit of Kīlauea

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