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Volcano Watch: Sniffing out stealthy gas escape between Kīlauea’s eruptions
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Kīlauea has erupted three times in 2023 —...
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Volcano Watch: A pupu platter of earthquakes
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. A pupu platter is an assortment of appetizers commonly...
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Volcano Watch — New Year’s Eve 1974: Kīlauea’s most recent Southwest Rift...
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This week’s article was written by HVO geologist Drew...
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Volcano Watch — Separating signals: What matters to seismologists?
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. This week’s article was written by Research...
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Volcano Watch — Where is magma stored in Kīlauea?
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Over the past several months, periods of increased...
View ArticleVolcano Watch — Upgrades below the surface
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today’s article is by Research Corporation of the...
View ArticleRemoval of old Hawaiian Volcano Observatory equipment on Uēkahuna Bluff...
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is experiencing a partial network outage that started just before 8:20 a.m. Despite this partial outage, data coming into HVO is sufficient to allow the team to...
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Volcano Watch – Iceland’s recent eruption a reminder of lava flow hazards
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Lava flows slowly approaching houses. Authorities...
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Alert level increases at Kīlauea with movement of magma in the subsurface
Live shot of Halema‘uma‘u crater in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on USGS YouTube channel. The alert level at Kīlauea increased from an advisory to a watch as a rise in earthquake activity and...
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Kīlauea alert level remains elevated; magma movement means ‘possibility’ of...
Kīlauea’s upper Southwest Rift Zone. Taken Feb. 1, 2024. Photo Courtesy: USGS/Public Domain Kīlauea volcano is still not erupting, although the increase in seismicity and deformation that began early...
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Volcano Watch — Mauna Loa 2022: A retrospective on the early hours of the...
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. In the late hours of Nov. 27, 2022, Mauna Loa began...
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Magma continues to move just below the surface southwest of Kīlauea caldera
Kīlauea is not erupting, however, seismicity along the Koa‘e fault system southwest of the summit continues to be elevated as magma remains active just below the surface. Based on past historical...
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Likelihood of Kīlauea eruption decreases
Activity at the Big Island’s Kīlauea volcano, which is not erupting, has quieted down since Friday and its volcano alert level was lowered from watch to advisory as the likelihood of an eruption has...
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Magma moving in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park slows, decreasing likelihood...
The likelihood of an eruption at Kīlauea has decreased as the intrusion of magma into the area along the Koa‘e fault system southwest of the summit has slowed. Additionally, seismicity and ground...
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Volcano Watch — Another intrusion southwest of Kīlauea’s summit
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Last week, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO)...
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Volcano Watch: Dear Valentine, will you be my lab partner?
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today’s article was written by Hawaiian Volcano...
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Volcano Watch — Appreciating the contributions of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi to volcanology
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today’s article was written by Research Corporation of...
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Volcano Watch: Kīlauea intrusion was a textbook example of dike propagation
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today’s article was written by HVO geophysicist Ingrid...
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Traffic safety, infrastructure upgrades near Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park...
Driving into Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island will soon be more safe and look different. Work began Monday in preparation for the installation of a roundabout near the park’s...
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Volcano Watch: Hawaiʻi represented at the Cities on Volcanoes conference in...
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Today’s article was written by Hawaiian Volcano...
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