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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 – Aerial and ground surveys of Kīlauea, response instrumentation

Photo and Video Chronology – Aerial and ground surveys of Kīlauea, response instrumentation

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff and collaborators conducted aerial and ground surveys of Kīlauea Koa‘e fault system and Southwest Rift Zone to...

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Kīlauea Volcano Activity Notice — Status downgrade to YELLOW/ADVISORY

Kīlauea Volcano Activity Notice — Status downgrade to YELLOW/ADVISORY

Earthquake and ground deformation rates extending from Kīlauea summit southwest along the Koa‘e fault system have decreased significantly over the...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Unrest at Kīlauea

Photo and Video Chronology – Unrest at Kīlauea

Kīlauea volcano is not erupting. Seismicity along the Koa‘e fault system southwest of the summit remains elevated, and deformation patterns in Kīlauea...

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New map of recent Kīlauea unrest

New map of recent Kīlauea unrest

This map shows recent unrest at Kīlauea volcano. Yellow circles mark earthquake locations from January 31, 2024, through noon on February 1, 2024, as...

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Volcano Watch — Mauna Loa 2022: a retrospective on the early hours of the eruption

Volcano Watch — Mauna Loa 2022: a retrospective on the early hours of the eruption

In the late hours of November 27, 2022, Mauna Loa began erupting. Lava was visible on the west side of the Island of Hawaiʻi, from Kailua-Kona to...

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Scheduled website interruption

Scheduled website interruption

On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, upgrades to the HVO data infrastructure have caused access interruptions to data on the USGS Hawaiian Volcano...

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Kīlauea Volcano Activity Notice — Status upgrade to ORANGE/WATCH, elevated unrest at the summit

Kīlauea Volcano Activity Notice — Status upgrade to ORANGE/WATCH, elevated unrest at the summit

Kīlauea volcano is not erupting. Increased earthquake activity and inflationary ground deformation at Kīlauea’s summit began occurring during the...

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Volcano Watch — Iceland’s recent eruption a reminder of lava flow hazards

Volcano Watch — Iceland’s recent eruption a reminder of lava flow hazards

Lava flows slowly approaching houses. Authorities evacuating neighborhoods. The tension of residents not knowing when, or if, they can return to their...

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HVO monitoring network outage

HVO monitoring network outage

On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, planned removal of network hardware from the former USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) building in Hawai‘i...

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New USGS Data Releases Available

New USGS Data Releases Available

Several newly published USGS data releases provide data on Kīlauea thermal maps during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption, tiltmeter data from...

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Volcano Watch — Upgrades below the surface

Volcano Watch — Upgrades below the surface

Technicians at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) are constantly engineering, building, deploying, maintaining, troubleshooting, or upgrading...

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Scheduled HVO website interruption

Scheduled HVO website interruption

On Wednesday, January 17, 2024, upgrades to the USGS Web platform will cause access interruptions on the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)...

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