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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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Volcano Watch — You can't tell a book by its cover: interior improvements at HVO

Volcano Watch — You can't tell a book by its cover: interior improvements at HVO

Much of the work done by the HVO staff depends on field activities. Either scientists and technicians visit field sites to make observations and...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 4, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 4, 2004

What does Banana lava look like?

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 3, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 3, 2004

Banana flow on Paliuli

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 2, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 2, 2004

Banana flow just above Paliuli

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 1, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - May 1, 2004

Banana flow slips down Pulama pali

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 29, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 29, 2004

Lava and burning trees

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Volcano Watch — Anatahan Volcano reawakens

Volcano Watch — Anatahan Volcano reawakens

On April 6, 2004, Anatahan volcano in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) awakened from five months of slumber since its first...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 28, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 28, 2004

Lava on the pali

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 27, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 27, 2004

Sampling lava and Banana flow

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 26, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 26, 2004

Fume and lava

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Volcano Watch — Earthquakes rock uplifting area in Central Oregon Cascades

Volcano Watch — Earthquakes rock uplifting area in Central Oregon Cascades

A series of small earthquakes struck the Three Sisters volcanic center in the central Oregon Cascades on March 23-25. At the same time, staff members...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 16, 2004

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - April 16, 2004

Murky views of flow field

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