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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 - October 4, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - October 4, 2018

No significant changes at Fissure 8 or Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 28, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 28, 2018

Before and after satellite images of Leilani Estates subdivision

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Volcano Watch — Tiltmeters measure tiny changes that can have big consequences

Volcano Watch — Tiltmeters measure tiny changes that can have big consequences

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) uses a diverse set of instruments to monitor active volcanoes in Hawaii. These include seismometers, gas...

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Preliminary summary of Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse

Preliminary summary of Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse

Overview of Kīlauea Volcano's activity from April 30 through September 22, 2018.

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Volcano Watch — Will this summer's limited collapse of Kīlauea caldera eventually widen?

Volcano Watch — Will this summer's limited collapse of Kīlauea caldera eventually widen?

The limited collapse of the inner part of Kīlauea Volcano's caldera this summer fell well short of the larger summit-wide collapses that occurred in...

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Volcano Watch — Seismic array deployed to better understand magma transport during Kīlauea's eruption

Volcano Watch — Seismic array deployed to better understand magma transport during Kīlauea's eruption

Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse provided a rare opportunity to study dynamic eruptive processes beneath and...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 11, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 11, 2018

Kīlauea summit

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 10, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 10, 2018

Kīlauea Middle East Rift Zone

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Volcano Watch — Scientists share lessons from Kīlauea at "Cities on Volcanoes" conference

Volcano Watch — Scientists share lessons from Kīlauea at "Cities on Volcanoes" conference

In 1902, Thomas A. Jaggar, a geologist and founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), visited the scene of one of the most deadly volcanic...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 6, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 6, 2018

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 5, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 5, 2018

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 4, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 4, 2018

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone

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