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

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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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - 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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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 4, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 4, 2012

Slow, sluggish flows on the coastal plain.

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

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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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 26, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 26, 2012

More slow advancement of flows toward the ocean.

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Volcano Watch — Volcano tourism plumbs new depths

Volcano Watch — Volcano tourism plumbs new depths

Adventurous tourists have an opportunity this summer for an experience reminiscent of the classic book and movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth"...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 23, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 23, 2012

Flows continue towards ocean, have entered National Park.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 19, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 19, 2012

Overall slow advancement of flows on the coastal plain, but one small surge.

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea's been a lively place for the past 1,000 years

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea's been a lively place for the past 1,000 years

Some people think history is dull. Well, brace yourself. The past 1,000 years at Kīlauea have been anything but dull, providing an exciting, at times...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 14, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 14, 2012

High lava stands at Halema‘uma‘u.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 13, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 13, 2012

Continued activity on coastal plain and lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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