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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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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 9, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 9, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 2, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – June 2, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s colleagues: what other volcanoes are currently erupting on Earth?

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s colleagues: what other volcanoes are currently erupting on Earth?

Kīlauea, one of Earth’s most active volcanoes, has been on the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program (GVP) list of erupting volcanoes...

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Volcano Watch — Playing with wire: upcoming surveys to reveal Kīlauea’s inner workings

Volcano Watch — Playing with wire: upcoming surveys to reveal Kīlauea’s inner workings

In the last few months, "Volcano Watch" articles have introduced several research projects funded by the Additional Supplemental Disaster Relief Act...

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Volcano Watch — Lessons for the future from Mauna Loa’s 1916 eruption

Volcano Watch — Lessons for the future from Mauna Loa’s 1916 eruption

The year 1916 not only marked the birth of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, but also is remembered for the eruption of the Honomalino flow from the...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 19, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 19, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 16, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 16, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Volcano Watch — Using earthquakes to look under the hood at Pāhala

Volcano Watch — Using earthquakes to look under the hood at Pāhala

Deep beneath Pāhala, a town located in the southern part of the Island of Hawai’i, is currently the most seismically active region of the Hawaiian...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 11, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 11, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 5, 2022

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – May 5, 2022

An eruption at Kīlauea's summit began at approximately 3:20 p.m. HST on September 29, 2021. Lava activity is confined within Halema‘uma‘u crater, in...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s dynamic landscape: Reflections on the past four years

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s dynamic landscape: Reflections on the past four years

May 3 marked the 4th anniversary of the start of Kīlauea’s historic 2018 eruption that covered much of lower Puna with lava flows and dropped the...

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Volcano Watch — Knowledge Sharing: What Do Vog and Wildfire Smoke Plumes Have in Common?

Volcano Watch — Knowledge Sharing: What Do Vog and Wildfire Smoke Plumes Have in Common?

Volcanic eruptions and wildfires are key drivers of extreme air quality hazard. How can we bridge scientific knowledge about these phenomena to...

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