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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 - July 9, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 9, 2018

Kīlauea summit collapse continues
 

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 8, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 8, 2018

Early morning helicopter overflight: no significant change at fissure 8, channel, and ocean entry

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 7, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 7, 2018

SO2 camera removed from HVO's summit
 

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 6, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 6, 2018

Satellite view of Kīlauea summit
 

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Volcano Watch — How does the current activity at Kīlauea caldera stack up against those of other volcanoes worldwide?

Volcano Watch — How does the current activity at Kīlauea caldera stack up against those of other volcanoes worldwide?

We are currently witnessing extraordinary events at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano. For weeks the summit has subsided both in a continuous fashion and...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 5, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 5, 2018

Satellite radar images show continued summit subsidence
 

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29 June 2018 - Volcanic Hazard at the Summit of Kīlauea Update

29 June 2018 - Volcanic Hazard at the Summit of Kīlauea Update

A guide for understanding current activity and hazards at and around the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, summarizing activity from late April through June...

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 4, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 4, 2018

Overnight views show fissure 8 lava roiling in the vent and feeding a pulsing channel
 

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 3, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 3, 2018

Lava continues to flow from fissure 8, in Kīlauea's lower East Rift Zone
 

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 2, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 2, 2018

Collapse/explosion event at Halema‘uma‘u

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Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 1, 2018

Photo and Video Chronology - Kīlauea - July 1, 2018

Summit down dropping continues

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Timeline of Kīlauea Summit and Lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) events April 17 to October 5, 2018

Timeline of Kīlauea Summit and Lower East Rift Zone (LERZ) events April 17 to October 5, 2018

A chronologic timeline of Kīlauea events. 

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