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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 — The Montserrat dome

Volcano Watch — The Montserrat dome

Last Thursday, scientists at HVO's sister observatory in Vancouver, Washington (the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, or CVO) received a distress...

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Volcano Watch — Geologic hazards on Maui

Volcano Watch — Geologic hazards on Maui

Much has been said in past columns about the volcanic and seismic hazards on the Big Island, but what about the hazards on the other islands?

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea has its faults

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea has its faults

Visitors to the lava viewing area at the end of the Chain of Craters road in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park travel over one of the largest fault...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea eruption status and shoreline hazard

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea eruption status and shoreline hazard

The eruption on Kīlauea's east rift zone has continued with little change since mid-summer. Lava issues at a rate of 6 cubic yards per second from a...

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Volcano Watch — A Mauna Loa SW rift eruption 240 years ago

Volcano Watch — A Mauna Loa SW rift eruption 240 years ago

William D. Westervelt, in his 1916 book "Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes", recounted a story about the origin of the two hills called "Na Pu`u a Pele,"...

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Volcano Watch — Monitoring volcano movements with satellites

Volcano Watch — Monitoring volcano movements with satellites

The shape of active volcanoes is constantly changing. Large movements occur during dike intrusions, large earthquakes, or landslides. 

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Volcano Watch — Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project

Volcano Watch — Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project

Early last week, C. Barry Raleigh, Dean of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, announced that the...

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Volcano Watch — Iceland's subglacial eruption

Volcano Watch — Iceland's subglacial eruption

While scientists in Hawaii have been investigating the recent activity of Lō‘ihi Volcano beneath 3000 ft of seawater, in Iceland they're watching an...

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Volcano Watch — Pavlof Volcano, Alaska

Volcano Watch — Pavlof Volcano, Alaska

USGS geologist Tina Neal reports from HVO's sister observatory in Anchorage (AVO) that Pavlof, the recently awakened volcano at the tip of Alaska...

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Volcano Watch — More submersible work on Lō‘ihi

Volcano Watch — More submersible work on Lō‘ihi

Scientists from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa are once again engaged in a research cruise over Lo`ihi, the submarine volcano southeast of the...

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Volcano Watch — The three U.S. Volcano Observatories

Volcano Watch — The three U.S. Volcano Observatories

The U.S. Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program funds the operations of three volcano observatories in the United States. They are the Hawaiian...

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Volcano Watch — Eruption status and shoreline hazards

Volcano Watch — Eruption status and shoreline hazards

The current Kīlauea East Rift Zone eruption, which began in January 1983, continues without significant changes. 

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