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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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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – August 13, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – August 13, 2021

Kīlauea's summit is no longer erupting; lava supply to the Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake has ceased and sulfur dioxide emissions have decreased to near pre...

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Volcano Watch — 1790 was a bad year at Kīlauea

Volcano Watch — 1790 was a bad year at Kīlauea

More people were probably killed by the 1790 eruption of Kīlauea than by any other eruption in what is now the United States. Several hundred men...

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New USGS Data Release — Water-level data for the crater lake at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi, 2019–2020

New USGS Data Release — Water-level data for the crater lake at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi, 2019–2020

The USGS recently published "Water-level data for the crater lake at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi, 2019–2020." The data release...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – August 10, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – August 10, 2021

Kīlauea's summit is no longer erupting; lava supply to the Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake has ceased and sulfur dioxide emissions have decreased to near pre...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – August 6, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – August 6, 2021

HVO geophysicists have recently been undertaking a Global Positioning System (GPS) campaign across Kīlauea.

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Volcano Watch — A spaceborne sentinel keeps watch over Hawaiian volcanoes

Volcano Watch — A spaceborne sentinel keeps watch over Hawaiian volcanoes

Geologists at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) had their mobile phones buzzing this past week with automated alert messages, notifying them...

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Summary of Recent Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Publications and Data

Summary of Recent Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Publications and Data

See a list of recent Hawaiian Volcano Observatory publications and data releases here.

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 30, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 30, 2021

Kīlauea's summit is no longer erupting; lava supply to the Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake has ceased and sulfur dioxide emissions have decreased to near pre...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 28, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 28, 2021

Kīlauea's summit is no longer erupting; lava supply to the Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake has ceased and sulfur dioxide emissions have decreased to near pre...

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Volcano Watch — Under the radar: Using weather stations to study Kīlauea’s December 20, 2020, plume

Volcano Watch — Under the radar: Using weather stations to study Kīlauea’s December 20, 2020, plume

This week marks the second anniversary of the appearance of water in Kīlauea’s Halema‘uma‘u crater, so it seems timely to discuss the water lake’s...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 27, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 27, 2021

Field Work at Keller Well. Kīlauea's summit is no longer erupting; lava supply to the Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake has ceased and sulfur dioxide emissions...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 23, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – July 23, 2021

Kīlauea's summit is no longer erupting; lava supply to the Halemaʻumaʻu lava lake has ceased and sulfur dioxide emissions have decreased to near pre...

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