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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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December 7, 2005

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-4.7 Earthquake Occurs During Swarm beneath Lō‘ihi Seamount

An earthquake of magnitude-4.7 (preliminary) was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on December 7 at 1:42 a.m. HST...

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December 2, 2005

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 2, 2005

East Lae`apuki and Pu`u `O`o

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December 1, 2005

Volcano Watch — What are our island's worst-case eruption scenarios (part 2)?

What might a future eruption in a residential neighborhood be like? We can get our best answer by examining past eruptions in the area such as the...

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November 30, 2005

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 30, 2005

East Lae`apuki after delta collapse

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November 30, 2005

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-4.5 Earthquake Felt Island-Wide

A light earthquake of magnitude-4.5 (preliminary) was recorded by the seismographic network at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano...

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November 29, 2005

USGS HVO Press Release — The Entire Active Lava Bench at East Lae‘apuki Collapsed on November 28, 2005

The entire active lava bench at East Lae‘apuki on the south coast of Kīlauea volcano collapsed on November 28, 2005.

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November 28, 2005

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 28, 2005

Lava delta collapse at East Lae‘apuki.

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November 23, 2005

Volcano Watch — What are our island's worst-case eruption scenarios (part 1)?

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Gulf coast, there has been much discussion of the value of planning for worst-case...

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November 20, 2005

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 20, 2005

Petunia Skylight Hornito

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November 18, 2005

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 18-20, 2005

Skylights and lava

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November 17, 2005

Volcano Watch — New age found for Kaho`olawe's most recent eruptions

Two questions commonly asked of any volcano are the age of its youngest eruption and the frequency of eruptive events. For the volcano that forms the...

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November 10, 2005

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - November 10, 2005

East Pond Vent and PKK flow

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