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The main function of the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is to reduce the risk from volcanic activity.
 

The current eruption along Kīlauea's East Rift Zone continues with passive effusion of lava. The lava is transported underground to the coast along...

Sitting at lunch on Wednesday, many residents of the island of Hawaii might have thought that someone or something had kicked their chairs. Of course...

The 12-year-long eruption on Kīlauea's east rift zone continues, with vents on the southwestern flank of the Pu`u `O`o cone feeding directly into lava...

A team of volcanologists from the U.S. Geological Survey has been monitoring an eruption that began just after midnight on April 3 on Fogo in the Cape...

Many of the islands that dot the center of the Pacific Ocean are made up of active, dormant, or extinct volcanoes, whose geologic histories are...

The 12-year long eruption along Kīlauea's east rift zone continued without interruption during the past two weeks. 

Kīlauea's 12-year-old East Rift Zone eruption continues with lava issuing from vents on the southwest flank of Pu'u 'O'o.

The "Volcano Watch" column from January 22, which provided information about earthquake damage from the Kobe earthquake in Japan and then described...

The U.S. Geological Survey has been working with the JASON Project, which began filming this past Monday in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, to produce...