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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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Volcano Watch — HVO scientist Jim Kauahikaua receives Meritorious Service Award

Volcano Watch — HVO scientist Jim Kauahikaua receives Meritorious Service Award

Dr. Jim Kauahikaua, a research geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, recently received a Citation for Meritorious...

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Volcano Watch — Is Earth’s Neighbor Volcanically Active?

Volcano Watch — Is Earth’s Neighbor Volcanically Active?

The planet Venus has been especially prominent in the evening sky these past few weeks, joining Jupiter and a waxing Moon in a sparkling, slow-motion...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 30, 2015

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 30, 2015

Scattered breakouts northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, but little forward progress

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USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude 5.2 earthquake southeast of Kīlauea Volcano's summit

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude 5.2 earthquake southeast of Kīlauea Volcano's summit

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-5.2 earthquakebeneath the Island of Hawai‘i on Saturday, June 27...

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Volcano Watch — Map and newspaper archives help unravel the eruptive histories of Hawaiian volcanoes

Volcano Watch — Map and newspaper archives help unravel the eruptive histories of Hawaiian volcanoes

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists extract as much insight as possible from historic accounts of eruptions, and then combine that...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 19, 2015

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 19, 2015

Scattered breakouts northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, but little forward advancement

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Volcano Watch — Halema‘uma‘u Lava Lake of Old

Volcano Watch — Halema‘uma‘u Lava Lake of Old

The dramatic opening of the Overlook crater within Halema‘uma‘u Crater on March 19, 2008, heralded a new period of activity for long time Kīlauea...

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Volcano Watch — What does the National Earthquake Information Center have to do with Hawai‘i?

Volcano Watch — What does the National Earthquake Information Center have to do with Hawai‘i?

One of the marvelous aspects of our modern, internet-connected world is the ability to share vast amounts of data at the speed of light across the...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 9, 2015

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 9, 2015

Summit lava lake well below Overlook crater rim

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Volcano Watch — International team visits Hawaii to study volcanic impacts: local lessons, global applications

Volcano Watch — International team visits Hawaii to study volcanic impacts: local lessons, global applications

Hawai’i’s mid-Pacific location makes it an excellent meeting ground for globally dispersed collaborators of all kinds.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 4, 2015

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 4, 2015

Scattered breakouts northeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Volcano Watch — Active lava lakes are found beyond Earth

Volcano Watch — Active lava lakes are found beyond Earth

Exploration of volcanoes within our solar system has been much like the exploration of Hawaiian volcanoes in the 19th century: sporadic.

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