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Breakout above pali remains active.

The relatively small explosive eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano more than two years ago focused attention on the hazards of volcanic ash...

New breakouts southeast of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, clear views into Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.
 

In late August, volcano scientists from around the world gathered in Waikōloa, Hawai‘i, and shared what they have learned about how Hawaiian volcanoes...

Continued flow activity on coastal plain but little forward progress.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has monitored, studied, and served as an information source about Hawaiian volcanism for the past 100 years.

Long-term change at MLK vent

Satellite image shows active surface flows.

In 1987, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), over 400 Earth scientists from around the...

Seldom does one find evidence of an eruption where none was known before. We generally assume that Kīlauea erupts only at the summit or along its two...