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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 — The Anatahan eruption: what might happen down the road

Volcano Watch — The Anatahan eruption: what might happen down the road

The eruption of Anatahan Volcano in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) continues. It has generated much interest in the...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 21, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 21, 2003

Summer solstice at Highcastle

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Volcano Watch — Impermeable beds trap rain and snow at Mauna Kea's Lake Waiau

Volcano Watch — Impermeable beds trap rain and snow at Mauna Kea's Lake Waiau

Lake Waiau, at an altitude of 3,969 m (13,020 ft) atop Mauna Kea, is the only alpine lake in the Hawaiian island chain. It is thought to have formed...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 14, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 14, 2003

Gushing breakout below Full Strawberry Moon

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 13, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 13, 2003

Start and finish of Mother's Day flow

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Volcano Watch — Carbon dioxide in Kīlauea's tiny bubbles makes the champagne's punch

Volcano Watch — Carbon dioxide in Kīlauea's tiny bubbles makes the champagne's punch

For the past couple of weeks, Kīlauea had presented us with a flurry of tiny earthquakes located at a shallow depth beneath the volcano's summit. The...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 11, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 11, 2003

Scenes at Highcastle on a beautiful morning

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 7, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 7, 2003

Cascades over old sea cliff at Highcastle

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 6, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 6, 2003

Aerials of Highcastle and Pu`u `O`o

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 5, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 5, 2003

Upper flow field

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Volcano Watch — Two eruptions bordering the Pacific plate: one huge, one small but ongoing

Volcano Watch — Two eruptions bordering the Pacific plate: one huge, one small but ongoing

This week is the 91st anniversary of the largest eruption on earth since Krakatau exploded in 1883. We are also ending the 4th week of an ongoing...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 4, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - June 4, 2003

Highcastle lava delta and breakouts inland

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