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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 — April is tsunami awareness month throughout Hawai`i

Volcano Watch — April is tsunami awareness month throughout Hawai`i

About this time every year, we have an article or two on the topic of tsunami. The month of April is observed as "Tsunami Awareness Month" in Hawai`i...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 26, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 26, 2003

Lava in Kohola flow near huge ahu

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Map of lava-flow field, Kilauea Volcano

Map of lava-flow field, Kilauea Volcano

Map of flows from Pu`u `O`o: 21 March 2003
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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 21, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 21, 2003

Carlitos and Son of Cookie Monster

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 20, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 20, 2003

Western end of Kohola flow

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Volcano Watch — Why are Mount St. Helens' eruptions generally more explosive than those of Kīlauea?

Volcano Watch — Why are Mount St. Helens' eruptions generally more explosive than those of Kīlauea?

Residents of the Big Island have been living with the nearly continuous eruption of Kīlauea for a bit over 20 years. They have become familiar with...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 17, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 17, 2003

St. Patrick's Day in the Kohola flow

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 16, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 16, 2003

Kohola flow near the coast

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 15, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 15, 2003

Wilipe`a rope meets Ides of March

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 14, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - March 14, 2003

From Pu`u `O`o to the Pacific

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Volcano Watch — Viewing Hawai`i's lava safely - a reminder

Volcano Watch — Viewing Hawai`i's lava safely - a reminder

The recent serious injury incurred by a visitor to the Mother's Day lava flow field prompted this article. Shortly after midnight on March 10, a...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea -March 9, 2003

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea -March 9, 2003

Kohola flow: ground-level and more

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