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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 rise and fall of lava lakes

Volcano Watch — The rise and fall of lava lakes

May 3rd marks three years since the start of the devastating lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea. In 2018, rising summit lava lake levels, caused...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 28, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 28, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 227 m (744 ft) deep...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 27, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 27, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 227 m (744 ft) deep...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 23, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 23, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 227 m (744 ft) deep...

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Volcano Watch — How measuring gravity on Mauna Kea helps us monitor Mauna Loa

Volcano Watch — How measuring gravity on Mauna Kea helps us monitor Mauna Loa

Gravimeters, essentially extremely precise pendulums, can measure a change in the force of gravity to one-in-one billionth of the force you feel every...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 21, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 21, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 226 m (741 ft) deep...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 19, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 19, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 226 m (741 ft) deep...

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Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s other rift zone—Young activity in the Southwest Rift Zone

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s other rift zone—Young activity in the Southwest Rift Zone

It is no secret that the Island of Hawaiʻi is home to fantastic volcanic features, many of which have been created during eruptions of Kīlauea, Mauna...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 15, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 15, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 227 m (745 ft) deep...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 14, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 14, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 227 m (745 ft) deep...

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Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 13, 2021

Photo and Video Chronology – Kīlauea – April 13, 2021

Kīlauea's summit eruption continues on the Island of Hawai‘i; Halema‘uma‘u west vent erupts lava into the lava lake, which was 226 m (741 ft) deep...

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New USGS Data Release — Crater geometry data for Puʻuʻōʻō, on Kīlauea Volcano’s East Rift Zone, in May 2018

New USGS Data Release — Crater geometry data for Puʻuʻōʻō, on Kīlauea Volcano’s East Rift Zone, in May 2018

The USGS recently published a data release that includes a three-dimensional model of Puʻuʻōʻō, on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone, and the collapse crater...

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