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The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has a long tradition of innovation when it comes to the tools that we use to monitor the status and...

The longest-lived and most voluminous rift-zone eruption of Kīlauea Volcano in more than 500 years—the ongoing Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption—began in January...

Thermal cameras have been used by volcanologists around the world for many years to study volcanic processes and search for signs of impending...

Kīlauea has now passed the one-year anniversary of the episode 61g lava flow reaching the Pacific Ocean. But what was this busy volcano up to a decade...

On June 8, 2017, many Island of Hawai‘i residents were awakened by a sharp jolt just past 7 a.m. This natural wake-up call was caused by a magnitude-5...

July 26th marks the one-year anniversary of Kīlauea Volcano's episode 61g lava flow reaching the sea. And at this time, there's no indication that the...

The new "Geologic map of the northeast flank of Mauna Loa volcano, Island of Hawai‘i," the culmination of many years of work by Hawaiian Volcano...

With over 1,000 articles on almost every volcano topic imaginable, the Volcano Watch archive is a treasure trove of information on Hawaiian volcanoes...

This week's Volcano Watch is a photo essay featuring notable images from Kīlauea Volcano's two ongoing eruptions: East Rift Zone (Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō), which...

Since the end of February 2017, HVO seismic analysts have noted a slight uptick in the numbers of earthquakes near Lō‘ihi.