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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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May 31, 2012

Volcano Watch — Did you feel that earthquake? Probably not…

Residents of Hawai‘i are no strangers to earthquakes. Those of us on the Big Island, especially, are used to feeling several earthquakes every year...

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May 24, 2012

Volcano Watch — The pool is filled—so is it time to light the barbecue?

As the Memorial Day weekend arrives, many Hawai‘i residents will head for the beach. Others might use the long break to visit family and friends or go...

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May 21, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 21, 2012

Coastal plain flows still slowly advancing towards ocean; lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

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May 17, 2012

Volcano Watch — Alaska's great eruption of 1912 explained in centennial reports

The enormous explosive eruption of Novarupta, a new volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, in 1912 is exceptional for many reasons. It created the famous...

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May 16, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 16, 2012

Spattering at Halema‘uma‘u lava lake.

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May 14, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 14, 2012

High lava level and spattering at Halema‘uma‘u.

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May 11, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 11, 2012

Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō lava lake remains active; flows on coastal plain weak.

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May 10, 2012

Volcano Watch — U.S. Volcano Disaster Assistance Program in 26th Year

When Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Colombia, began showing signs of restless activity in December 1984 after more than a century of quiet, a formal volcano...

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May 9, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 9, 2012

Video shows nngoing spattering at the lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u crater.

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May 4, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 4, 2012

Slow, sluggish flows on the coastal plain.

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May 3, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 3, 2012

Pele's hair from the lava lake in Halema‘uma‘u crater.

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May 3, 2012

Volcano Watch — Ruy Finch, HVO's second Director, went to the core of volcanology and apple-growing

During 2012, HVO's Centennial Year, it's useful to recognize the careers of those scientists from whose work we have learned much. One such individual...

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