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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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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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Volcano Watch — Waiting and listening for Kīlauea to Chatter

Volcano Watch — Waiting and listening for Kīlauea to Chatter

Recent contributions of our Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) Volcano Watch column have presented very interesting observations from Kīlauea.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 11, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 11, 2012

Slowly advancing flows on the coastal plain.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 5, 2012

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 5, 2012

Flows continue to be active on the coastal plain.

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Volcano Watch — Gleaning Pele's Secrets from Freshly Quenched Lava

Volcano Watch — Gleaning Pele's Secrets from Freshly Quenched Lava

It's been nearly a year since Volcano Watch last focused on chemical studies of Kīlauea's lava. Well, you can rest assured that our petrologist has...

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Volcano Watch — DI events at Kīlauea—what are they and what do they mean?

Volcano Watch — DI events at Kīlauea—what are they and what do they mean?

As alert volcano watchers are no doubt aware, recent activity at Kīlauea has been to "DI" for. Repeated deflation-inflation, or DI, events are...

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