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Alert readers of this column and the Kīlauea daily update (posted every morning at http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov) will know that the past month has been an...

As we get ready to enjoy Independence Day fireworks, Pele has been giving scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory some spectacular displays of...

A sequence of rockfalls, some quite large, within the Halema‘uma‘u vent at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano began at 1:38 p.m. H.s.t on June 30, 2009. 

A magnitude-3.5 earthquake beneath Haleakalā Volcano on Maui was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) on Sunday...

The HVO Web site was recently revamped to make access to our increasing number of Webcams easier.

The adage "a picture is worth a thousand words" is certainly true, especially when it comes to photographs of Hawaiian eruptions and volcanic...

The key to unlocking the geologic secrets of a volcano's future is its past. The further back we can peer into the past & delve into Pele's secrets...

The HVO Web site was recently revamped to make access to our increasing number of Webcams easier for viewers and the HVO staff who post Webcam images...

Two weeks ago, readers of this column learned about the genesis of brown plumes and sudden gas release from Kīlauea's summit vent. This week we will...

Just before daybreak on May 24, 1969, a new eruptive fissure split open Kīlauea's east rift zone at its bend near `Alo`i Crater. During the previous 9...