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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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February 26, 2015

Volcano Watch — Ten Years at the Top: HVO's Scientist-in-Charge Steps Aside

If Jim Kauahikaua had his way, you would not be reading this Volcano Watch article. That's because he deeply dislikes being the center of attention...

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February 23, 2015

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - February 23, 2015

Breakouts persist upslope of stalled flow front; new breakout at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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February 19, 2015

Volcano Watch — Volcano Watching on the Other Side of the World

If you were to drill a hole straight through Earth from Hawai‘i, you would eventually reach Botswana in Southern Africa. Not far from there—in the...

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February 19, 2015

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - February 19, 2015

Active breakouts persist upslope of stalled flow tip

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February 12, 2015

Volcano Watch — Deformation specialist changes the shape of HVO for the better

In the 10 years since Mike Poland joined the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff, he has accomplished a tremendous amount of research, mentored a...

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February 11, 2015

USGS HVO Press Release — New Study Looks at How People Cope with Vog

SLAND OF HAWAI‘I, Hawaii—A new study to examine how people who live downwind of Kīlauea Volcano cope with volcanic gas emissions, or vog, is currently...

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February 10, 2015

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - February 10, 2015

Active breakouts continue upslope of stalled flow front

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February 9, 2015

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude 4.3 Earthquake Southwest of Kīlauea Summit

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.3 earthquakelocated beneath Kīlauea Volcano on the Island of...

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February 5, 2015