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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 — 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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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 3, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 3, 2018

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 2, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 2, 2018

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 1, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - September 1, 2018

Kīlauea lower East Rift Zone

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 31, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 31, 2018

Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone

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Volcano Watch — Scientific community lends a hand to measure Kīlauea's changing shape

Volcano Watch — Scientific community lends a hand to measure Kīlauea's changing shape

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has an extensive network of instruments that helps us monitor how the ground deforms due to magma moving...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 30, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 30, 2018

Kīlauea's lower East Rift Zone

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 29, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 29, 2018

Kīlauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Zone

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 28, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - August 28, 2018

Kīlauea summit

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