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A magnitude-3.8 earthquake shook the Kīlauea summit region at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.

The 55th episode of Kīlauea's east rift zone eruption has resumed with the vigor that characterized the eruption prior to January 30. We mark the...

USGS field crews report that the lava pond inside the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater is at a depth of 190 feet below the rim, and is essentially unchanged since...

Observations of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō–Kupaianaha eruption relayed from helicopter tour pilots at 0800 hrs and 1030 hrs indicate that lava is flowing from two...

I answered the phone last week to a perplexed voice asking, "The paper says Pu`u `O`o is erupting but there aren't any lava flows. How can it be...

Field observations of the Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō–Kupaianaha eruption today show that lava has re-entered the old tube system near Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō.

Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō, at Kīlauea Volcano, has been erupting almost continuously since January 3, 1983. However, this is the first time since January 31 of this...

What will the next eruption of Hualālai be like? The first step in answering that question is to find out what the last several eruptions were like...

Dr. Thomas L . Wright, HVO's Scientist-in-Charge from 1984 to 1991, returned to the Big Island for a short visit last week to conduct studies of the...

If you've ever watched videos of the current eruption, you've seen geologists throwing hammer-headed cables into the lava tube to snag a glob of lava...