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With volcanoes, we often learn by comparing current events with those of the past. We can even make limited forecasts based on past scenarios if they...

Lava broke out from a vent on the west flank of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō cone. Rubble after collapse of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater floor and perched lava lake.

HAWAI‘I ISLAND, Hawai‘i — At 2:05 p.m., HST, this afternoon, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) monitoring network detected the onset of...

Awesome views of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater.

HVO's first volcanic activity update, written by Frank Perret, the most famous American volcanologist of his time, appeared in the Pacific Commercial...

Lava filled the floor of the Puka Nui pit and the MLK pit on the west end of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō. 

Earlier this month, a key subset of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) seismographic network was upgraded. This...

Video showing the recent uplift of the lava lake and crater floor in Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater.

Video showing timelapse sequence from Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō Crater.

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