Volcano Watch

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake devastated the Northridge area of Los Angeles on Monday, January 17, at 4:31 a.m. The extent and type of damage in the Los...

Editor's note: The following is part two of an 11-year retrospective look at Kīlauea Volcano - October 1992 through the end of 1993.
 

Editor's note: Today's "Volcano Watch" includes the first half of a 11-year retrospective of the Kīlauea eruption up to October 1992. Next week, the...

The snow that fell this past week at the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes reminds us that it can get cold enough to snow, even here in the...

The staff and associates of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory extend a warm and cheerful holiday greeting to all of the...

The National Science Foundation recently supported a scientific drill hole to examine the long-term growth of a Hawaiian volcano. The objective...

The eruption on Kīlauea's East Rift Zone is rapidly approaching another milestone as its 11th anniversary takes place on January 3. This column will...

The recent history of Kīlauea has been pieced together from geologic mapping and dating, Hawaiian oral histories, and written observations made...

All of the events that we experience at Kīlauea—eruptions at the summit and on the rift zones, intrusions of magma that don't reach the surface...

Ten years ago on November 16, residents of Hawai`i were awakened by an earthquake at 6:13 a.m. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6 and was located...