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After more than 18 months of dormancy, Kīlauea Volcano erupted early on the morning of May 31, 1954. The eruption was not specifically predicted, but...

The floor of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater continues its slow rise.

The steady stream of lava cascading down the slopes above Kalapana village died out shortly after March 5 this year, when the spectacular Kamoamoa...

A small lava lake is active at the bottom of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater. Thermal image of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater showing the lava lake within the crater.

On April 2, 2011, at 11:11 a.m. HST, a magnitude-3.6 earthquake occurred 9 km (5 mi) southwest of Volcano Village. Following such an earthquake, the...

Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō continues to host a small lava lake at the bottom of the crater.

"Trial by fire" wasn’t how Wes Thelen planned to start his job as the new Seismic Network Manager for the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, but that...

By now, everyone is familiar with the magnitude-9.0 (M9.0) earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11, 2011, and arrived at Hawai‘i...

In early March, a new phase of Kīlauea's east rift zone eruption occurred as lava erupted in the Kamoamoa area, between Nāpau Crater and Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō...

Lava reappeared in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater, covering the floor with a small lava lake.