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Scattered breakouts northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

A lot has changed over the past year on Kīlauea Volcano. One year ago, the June 27th flow was threatening to cross Pāhoa Village Road and, potentially...

One year ago, the now infamous June 27th lava flow was headed toward the middle of Pāhoa and threatening to cross the main village road and cut off...

Halema‘uma‘u during October 16 lightning storm

Scattered breakouts persist northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

It happened again. Did you notice? Last week a portion of Kīlauea Volcano's south flank slowly slipped seaward. Its movement is part of a recurring...

Geologic mapping is considered by some to be "old school" science. By current standards, there's certainly nothing glitzy or high tech about walking...

Several small collapses as summit lava lake slowly drops

October 15, 2015, is the 3rd annual Great Hawaii ShakeOut. That day also marks the 9th anniversary of Hawaii's two most recent damaging earthquakes.

The State of Hawaii has a long history of destructive earthquakes. More than 30 magnitude-6.0 or greater earthquakes have impacted the islands since...