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The US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is raising the volcano alert level/aviation color code for Kīlauea from Advisory/Yellow to Watch...

Kīlauea volcano is not erupting. The US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has detected an increase in earthquake activity beneath the...

The 2018 lower East Rift Zone and 35-year-long Puʻuʻōʻō eruptions of Kīlauea had large impacts on the Puna District. Many residents were deeply...

HVO scientists collect high-precision Global Positioning System (GPS) data to assess hazards and understand evolving processes at Mauna Loa.

HVO scientists collect high-precision Global Positioning System (GPS) data to assess hazards and understand evolving processes at Kīlauea.

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-4.1 earthquake located east of Pāhala on Wednesday, August 18, at...

HVO scientists—equipped with specialized safety gear—continue the Kīlauea caldera volcanic gas mapping within the closed area of Hawai‘i Volcanoes...

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...

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...

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...