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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 — Eruption of Kīlauea Volcano celebrates 18th birthday

Volcano Watch — Eruption of Kīlauea Volcano celebrates 18th birthday

If we had a dime for every time we've heard a visitor ask, "When is the volcano going to erupt?," we wouldn't be rich, but at least we could go out to...

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Volcano Watch — Viewing lava safely at Kīlauea—advice from those who do a lot of it

Volcano Watch — Viewing lava safely at Kīlauea—advice from those who do a lot of it

Watching lava flow across the ground surface and into the ocean can be mesmerizing and exciting-the experience of a lifetime. Don't let it be the last...

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Volcano Watch — A millennium of eruptions in Hawai‘i

Volcano Watch — A millennium of eruptions in Hawai‘i

By anyone's reckoning, New Year's Day either starts a new millennium or ends its first year. What have Hawai`i's four active island volcanoes done...

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Volcano Watch — Residents on slopes of Popocatepetl Volcano heed evacuation notice

Volcano Watch — Residents on slopes of Popocatepetl Volcano heed evacuation notice

For the past two weeks, numerous reports of increased seismic activity heralding a possible large eruption at Popocatepetl Volcano in Mexico have been...

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Volcano Watch — The origin of rejuvenation-stage volcanism still poorly understood

Volcano Watch — The origin of rejuvenation-stage volcanism still poorly understood

It's been 60 years since Harold Stearns first recognized that Hawaiian island volcanoes evolve through stages we call shield, postshield, and...

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Volcano Watch — Hard rain at Halape

Volcano Watch — Hard rain at Halape

Two months ago, we discussed early findings suggesting that Kīlauea had an explosive eruption far larger than we dared think. The study has progressed...

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Volcano Watch — Geodetic monitoring of the submarine south flank of Kīlauea Volcano

Volcano Watch — Geodetic monitoring of the submarine south flank of Kīlauea Volcano

Last week we wrote about the large Kalapana earthquake of 1975. In the article we discussed the importance of repeated geodetic observations that...

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Volcano Watch — The 25th Anniversary of M7.2 1975 Kalapana Earthquake

Volcano Watch — The 25th Anniversary of M7.2 1975 Kalapana Earthquake

Wednesday, November 29, 2000, will mark the 25th anniversary of the magnitude 7.2 Kalapana earthquake that struck the Puna and Ka'u districts of Hawai...

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Volcano Watch — When Kalij go to College, Martial Arts is their Major

Volcano Watch — When Kalij go to College, Martial Arts is their Major

The Kalij Pheasant is an unparalleled success among game birds introduced in the 50th State. Because Hawai`i has no native upland game birds, people...

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Volcano Watch — Thermal Ducks - The new weapon in volcano monitoring?

Volcano Watch — Thermal Ducks - The new weapon in volcano monitoring?

Anyone who has been close to an active flow or steam vent knows that the heat coming from one of these features is intense and, at times, overwhelming...

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Volcano Watch — What will happen when the eruption ends?

Volcano Watch — What will happen when the eruption ends?

Kīlauea has been erupting for nearly 18 years, and there is no sign of it stopping anytime soon. But all previous Kīlauea eruptions ended, and there's...

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Volcano Watch — Explosive eruptions from Mauna Loa's summit

Volcano Watch — Explosive eruptions from Mauna Loa's summit

To many of us, Hawaiian volcanoes loom sleepily overhead, occasionally stirring from their slumber and oozing lava flows down their flanks toward the...

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