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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 27, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 27, 2016

Typical lava lake activity at Kīlauea's summit, slowly rising lake level

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Volcano Watch — Re-thinking Kīlauea Volcano’s early known eruptive history

Volcano Watch — Re-thinking Kīlauea Volcano’s early known eruptive history

The engagement of written history and geology, two ordinarily separated academic disciplines, has—once more—proven unexpectedly fruitful in our...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 23, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 23, 2016

Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flow continues advancing downslope

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea Volcano's new lava flows: the latest chapter in the dynamic history of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea Volcano's new lava flows: the latest chapter in the dynamic history of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

Early on the morning of May 24, 2016, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists were alerted by text message that a tiltmeter on the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō cone...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 16, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 16, 2016

Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flow still moving downslope

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 10, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 10, 2016

Lava flow southeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Volcano Watch — Mauna Loa Southwest Rift Zone's eruptions stopped traffic—and more

Volcano Watch — Mauna Loa Southwest Rift Zone's eruptions stopped traffic—and more

During the past 148 years, Mauna Loa Southwest Rift Zone eruptions have sent massive lava flows across Hawai‘i Island's main road six times: in 1868...

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Volcano Watch — Where (and how) you gonna go when the volcano flows?

Volcano Watch — Where (and how) you gonna go when the volcano flows?

Island of Hawai‘i residents, especially those living in South Kona and Ka‘ū Districts, which are at particular risk from Mauna Loa's Southwest Rift...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 2, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 2, 2016

Views of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and its recent breakouts

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 29, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 29, 2016

Lava continues to flow into the ocean

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 27, 2016

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 27, 2016

Two Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava flows continue; activity focused near vent

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Volcano Watch — Beyond volcanoes and earthquakes: USGS scientists study mosquito ecology on Hawai‘i Island

Volcano Watch — Beyond volcanoes and earthquakes: USGS scientists study mosquito ecology on Hawai‘i Island

Mosquitoes have been on the minds of Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors due to the recent outbreak of dengue fever. On February 12, 2016, Hawaii...

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