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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 - January 13, 2020

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - January 13, 2020

HVO collaborates in conducting fieldwork on Kīlauea

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Volcano Watch — People and jobs at HVO, Part 1: What on earth is a geodesist?

Volcano Watch — People and jobs at HVO, Part 1: What on earth is a geodesist?

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is responsible for monitoring active volcanoes in Hawaii, which involves assessing hazards and...

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Volcano Watch — Scientists look to Hawaiian chants for mention of past crater lakes

Volcano Watch — Scientists look to Hawaiian chants for mention of past crater lakes

The Halema‘uma‘u crater lake at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano is on everyone's mind at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO).

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 27, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 27, 2019

Virtual flyover of Kīlauea summit

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Volcano Watch — Johanne Schmith, Danish postdoctoral fellow, helps HVO understand Kīlauea's explosive eruptions

Volcano Watch — Johanne Schmith, Danish postdoctoral fellow, helps HVO understand Kīlauea's explosive eruptions

Kīlauea Volcano attracts researchers from all over the world.

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Volcano Watch — An important point: measuring the volcano's shape with high precision GNSS

Volcano Watch — An important point: measuring the volcano's shape with high precision GNSS

When you think of GPS, what typically comes to mind? Your phone, the navigation in your car or maybe your watch?

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Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - December 18, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Mauna Loa - December 18, 2019

 

Clear Views of Mauna Loa on Kīlauea summit overflight

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 18, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 18, 2019

Overflight of Kīlauea summit on December 18

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 13, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 13, 2019

HVO monitoring equipment on the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Volcano Watch — HVO announces Volcano Awareness Month programs for January 2020

Volcano Watch — HVO announces Volcano Awareness Month programs for January 2020

Neither Kīlauea nor Mauna Loa erupted in 2019, but this period of relative quiet must not lead to complacency about Hawaii's two most active volcanoes...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 12, 2019

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - December 12, 2019

Kīlauea summit lake observation and Keller Well measurements, December 2019

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Volcano Watch — Honoring the career and contributions of an HVO shining star

Volcano Watch — Honoring the career and contributions of an HVO shining star

On March 30, 2018, a change occurred within the ranks of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's (HVO's) staff when geophysicist Asta Miklius retired...

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