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New deep dimple: funnel-shaped crater grows on Pu`u `O`o south flank

During the past two weeks, many people have heard roaring noises from the area of Pu`u `O`o, the prominently fuming cinder-and-spatter cone 12 km...

Five HVO scientists are in San Francisco this week, attending the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Kilauea Volcano's east rift zone eruption continues: most lava travels through tubes from the vent area to the coast

November has been a busy month historically for eruptions as well as earthquakes. Six historical eruptions have started in November on Kīlauea (1930...

November is a month that always makes HVO seismologist Jennifer Nakata a little nervous. Nakata says her discomfort surfaces about this time each year...

Kilauea Volcano's east rift zone eruption continues: most lava travels through tubes from the vent area to the coast

If the flow of lava in a tube ceased, how long would it take for the tube to cool? Does the temperature in a newly emptied tube drop by an equal...

Whether the issue is big, little, real, or imagined, we all worry. Most of us would agree, though, that it is better to worry about things we can do...

Kilauea Volcano's east rift zone eruption continues in a regular pattern, with most lava traveling through tubes from the vent area to the coast