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This past Friday, March 19, marked the second anniversary of Kīlauea ongoing summit eruption in Halema`uma`u Crater. After 25 years without eruptive...

A magnitude-4.5 earthquake was located on the northeast flank of Mauna Kea by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) on...

Alert observers of Kīlauea ongoing summit eruption often note the changing character of the ever-present plume emerging from Halema`uma`u. Sometimes...

Long-time Kīlauea Volcano watchers know the drill when the supply of magma to the active vent on the volcano's east rift zone is interrupted...

In the early hours of Monday, February 1, 2010, , a swarm of microearthquakes began to occur on the south flank of Kīlauea volcano.

The public is invited to learn more about volcanic gas emissions and vog in a presentation by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...

A magnitude-4.3 earthquake was located on the south flank of Mauna Loa by the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) on Monday...

Hike to Mauna Ulu on Saturday and learn what happened there from a scientist who witnessed it more than forty years ago.

On Saturday, January 2, 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory kicks off Volcano Awareness Month. Traditional Hawaiian chants...