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With the return of kona winds during the past few weeks, east Hawaii has been experiencing poor air quality, caused by the volcanic fume from the...

The superintendent for the parks maintenance division of the Hawaii County Parks and Recreation Department recently called the U.S. Geological Survey...

Wednesday, November 29, marks the 20th anniversary of the 1975 Kalapana earthquake, the largest earthquake to strike Hawaii since 1868. Residents were...

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is closed due to the general shutdown of the U.S. government.

Seismology, the science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the Earth, is the primary method used to monitor the volcanoes of Hawaii and...

On November 5, 1880, 115 years ago this week, an eruption began on Mauna Loa's northeast rift zone that would eventually send lava closer to Hilo Bay...

The eruption on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone continued without any pauses this past week. The active flows are confined to the eastern side of the...

During the past few weeks, we took a break from writing about Kīlauea's East Rift Zone eruption to explore the geological history of the main Hawaiian...

In the last few weeks, we have reviewed the eruptive stages of Hawaiian volcanoes and have given brief overviews of the geologic history of Hawai'i...

Last week, we presented a brief history of the island of Hawaii, the largest island in the Hawaiian chain. However, before the island of Hawaii formed...