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Kilauea Volcano's east rift zone eruption continues in a regular pattern, with most lava traveling through tubes from the vent area to the coast

Dr. Mark Schaefer, Interim Director of the USGS and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science, will meet and address USGS...

How do pahoehoe lavas flow? Over the years, many scientists have watched and measured active lava flows, and now we have a pretty good idea of the...

Recently, fall "vog season" returned to east Hawai`i, ushered in with phone calls to the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)...

Pu`u `O`o lava overflows the cone repeatedly

A volcano is a complex system. During periods of sustained eruption, such as the present time, Kīlauea Volcano undergoes little internal change.

The eruption of Kīlauea Volcano has settled into a stable vent site, extrusive rate, and route to the sea. This statement would have been unimaginable...

Lava Continues to Enter Sea

Lava flows are the biggest volcanic hazard in east Puna. In the past two centuries, four eruptions from Kīlauea's east rift zone have produced...

The Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Gordon Eaton, announced his retirement last week at the agency's National Center in Reston, VA. Dr. Eaton...