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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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January 17, 2002

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 17, 2002

Views of 2220' rootless shield and 2300' growing hornito

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January 17, 2002

Volcano Watch — The 1859 eruption of Mauna Loa and its human impact

The 1859 eruption of Mauna Loa began in the evening of January 23. Following a brief summit eruption, an outbreak occurred high on Mauna Loa's...

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January 15, 2002

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 15, 2002

Western part of Kamoamoa bench

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January 15, 2002

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 24, 2002

Western part of Kamoamoa bench

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January 11, 2002

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 11, 2002

A week's growth at the Kamoamoa bench and at a hornito

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January 10, 2002

Volcano Watch — New Year - New Volcano Watcher

At this new calendar year, we welcome to our staff at the U S Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory our newest volcano watcher, Dr. Peter...

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January 6, 2002

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 6, 2002

Growth of west side of Kamoamoa bench

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January 4, 2002

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 4, 2002

Views of south side of Pu`u `O`o, including Puka Nui

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January 3, 2002

Volcano Watch — Pu`u `O`o eruption is long but far from the longest

It is hard to believe that the Pu`u `O`o eruption became 19 years old on January 3.

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December 27, 2001

Volcano Watch — New ages show Haleakalā is a postshield volcano

Haleakalā volcano, on Maui, is still in its postshield stage of volcanic evolution, as determined by 50 new isotopic ages. The volcano was long...

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December 20, 2001

Volcano Watch — Community-based research team begins to examine vog's health effects

"When you can't breathe, nothing else matters." The motto of the American Lung Association resonates for many of us who live on the island of Hawai'i...

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December 13, 2001

Volcano Watch — The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory will be ninety years old in January

Early next month, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) will commemorate the ninetieth anniversary of its founding. On January 17, 1912, Thomas A...

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