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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 - June 29, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 29, 2011

Looking west into Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater and the perched pond.

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 23, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 23, 2011

Photos of the active lava lake in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and its levee.

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Volcano Watch — "Move your paddle silently through the water"

Volcano Watch — "Move your paddle silently through the water"

The sight of seven majestic voyaging canoes (vaka) in Hilo Bay last weekend was awe-inspiring. The vaka from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Tahiti, Cook...

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Volcano Watch — The new shape of plumes under the Hawaiian Islands?

Volcano Watch — The new shape of plumes under the Hawaiian Islands?

A recent scientific paper has re-kindled a long-running debate over the presence, shape, and depth of mantle plumes (sometimes called hot spots) under...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 10, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 10, 2011

HVO geologist and helicopter pilot repair a mobile Webcam. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater is once again perched above the surrounding crater floor.

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Volcano Watch — The Founding of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Volcano Watch — The Founding of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), we have realized that, while 1912 has long been recognized as the year...

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Volcano Watch — Who is Frank Alvord Perret, and what is his connection to Hawaiian volcanoes?

Volcano Watch — Who is Frank Alvord Perret, and what is his connection to Hawaiian volcanoes?

Unbeknownst to many people, Frank A. Perret actually began the work of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) in the summer of 1911. (Thomas A. Jaggar...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 2, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 2, 2011

Video showing the lava lake deep within Halema‘uma‘u vent.
 

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 1, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 1, 2011

A near-vertical look inside the vent cavity of the Halema‘uma‘u Overlook vent. Overflows from the lava pond in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō and numerous spattering...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 27, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 27, 2011

Video showing the refilling of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō over the past two months.

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Volcano Watch — Icelandic eruption and ash fall: Disaster response, take two

Volcano Watch — Icelandic eruption and ash fall: Disaster response, take two

On May 21, 2011, Grímsvötn volcano awoke from a 7-year eruptive slumber, producing an ash and gas plume about 17 km (10.6 miles) high. The eruption...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 20, 2011

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 20, 2011

Aerial view of the perched lava lake in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

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