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The long-standing eruption of Kīlauea Volcano continues unabated this week as lava tubes spill 14 million cubic feet of lava per day into the ocean at...

Each year, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory records thousands of earthquakes with its island-wide network of seismographs. Often, many of these...

The eruption along Kīlauea's East Rift Zone continues after a pause from May 30 to June 4. Over a period of 18 hours on May 29-30, lava gradually...

When Polynesian voyagers reached Hawaii, they found volcanic islands much like their homeland in the South Pacific. Geologically speaking, the...

Sometimes great things happen when you get the right people together! Recently, the U.S. Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program sponsored a...

This month marks the 72nd anniversary of the last large explosive eruption of Kīlauea Volcano. The atypical "Hawaiian" eruption occurred in Halema'uma...

As geologists working at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, we give many talks about the current eruption of Kīlauea, and people in the audience...

Last week scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) began their annual ground deformation surveys at the summit of...

Visitors to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are treated to spectacular views of Kīlauea caldera and Halema'uma'u pit crater from the many summit...

As summer is quickly approaching, it seems appropriate to write about the student worker and volunteer programs at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.