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Shortly before midnight on July 5, 1975, a hiker sleeping in Pu‘u‘Ula‘ula (Red Hill) Cabin on the northeast flank of Mauna Loa awoke and saw a faint...

On the Island of Hawai‘i, the only time people think of volcanoes and asphalt together is when an active lava flow crosses the road (cue "Why did the...

Thanks to relatively recent advances in technology, many portable digital devices now have accelerometers embedded in them.

Volcanic hazards come in many forms. The most common hazards for Hawai`i include earthquakes, lava flows, and wide-ranging vog. What is the definition...

Molten lava flows downhill. This simple fact has spurred many residents on the Island of Hawai‘i, where Kīlauea Volcano has been erupting for more...

Petrology is literally the "study of rocks," and looking carefully at the rocks coming out of a volcano is necessary in order to understand what's...

On May 21, 2010, Kīlauea Volcano's ongoing eruption reached a milestone:
10,000 days!

At HVO's Monday meeting, geologist Tim Orr updated the staff on current eruption conditions at Kīlauea's summit, east rift zone vents and flow field.

An Icelandic volcano was prominently featured in March and April's news, first for its gentle, tourist-friendly eruptions, and later for its...

Volcano Watchers may pride themselves on having witnessed a variety of lava flows, but how many can say they've seen flowing molten sulfur? It happens...