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Trails reopen within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park following brief Kīlauea...
Minor to severe ground fractures and subsidence features that formed during the June 3 eruption may continue to widen and offset, may have unstable overhanging edges, and should be avoided. Most...
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Volcano Watch – A decade later, remembering the Pāhoa lava flow crisis
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Over the past few years, eruptions of Kīlauea volcano on...
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Volcano Watch: Petrologists gather to discuss challenges and goals in...
“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 is by University of Hawaiʻi at...
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Volcano Watch – In remembrance of Ed Brown, HVO ‘ohana
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. On May 15, 2024, our friend and colleague Ed Brown,...
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Kīlauea summit rumbles with more than 300 earthquakes
More than 300 earthquakes have rumbled during the past 24 hours beneath the Kīlauea summit, mostly below the south caldera region and at depths of 1 to 1.8 miles. A panoramic view from a Hawaiian...
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Unrest escalates at Kīlauea; more than 500 earthquakes rock upper East Rift Zone
More than 500 earthquakes have rocked Kīlauea beneath the volcano’s upper East Rift Zone — just southeast of the summit region — during the past 24 hours as heightened unrest associated with a seismic...
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Volcano Watch – Cruising Chain of Craters Road: Recent earthquakes and past...
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. The upper East Rift Zone (UERZ) of Kīlauea was a shaky...
View ArticleNo signs of imminent eruption following earthquake near Kīlauea
There are no signs of an imminent eruption following a magnitude 4.1 earthquake along Kīlauea’s south flank Saturday night. the tumbler struck at 8:47 p.m. and rattled nine miles south of Fern Forest...
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Number of quakes doubles during past day beneath Kīlauea as unrest continues
Panoramic U.S. Geological Survey webcam view from 8:50 a.m. Tuesday of Halemaʻumaʻu crater and the down-dropped caldera floor from the west rim of the Kīlauea summit caldera, looking east. Unrest...
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Earthquake activity at Kīlauea decreases after brief uptick from previous day
Kīlauea has quieted since yesterday’s uptick in earthquake activity beneath Kaluapele, the volcano’s caldera, and the upper East Rift Zone. This image was captured at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday and is from a...
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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists revisit eruption site, discover...
This photo looks downrift, with the June 3 pad of lava in the upper right. Extensive cracking uprift of the fissure had weak residual outgassing and vibrant sulfur deposits. Photo Courtesy: USGS, M....
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Volcano Watch: More shaking on Kīlauea’s south flank; did you feel it?
“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. Island of Hawaiʻi residents are used to feeling the...
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Scientists walk inside Big Island volcano as earthquake numbers inch up slightly
Ever wondered what it would be like to walk inside a volcano? Scientists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory don’t have to wonder. They’re doing it this week. With the assistance of a helicopter,...
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Volcano Watch: Measuring volcanic gases — the answer is blowin’ in the wind
“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 is by Research Corporation of the...
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Update: Kīlauea alert level downgraded back to advisory as earthquake...
Map from a 4:28 a.m. Facebook post by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Update at 10:56 a.m. July 23: The volcano alert level for Kīlauea has been downgraded back to advisory from watch as localized...
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Kīlauea volcano rattled by nearly 1,000 earthquakes in three days
An image taken from a camera on Uēkahuna bluff trained at the Kīlauea caldera. Photo Courtesy: USGS Nearly 1,000 earthquakes over the past three days have rattled Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island....
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Over 500 quakes rattle Kīlauea volcano’s upper East Rift Zone
Unrest continues beneath Kīlauea Volcano’s upper East Rift Zone with more than 500 earthquakes detected in the past 24 hours, including 12 magnitude-3 or greater. The largest earthquake in the...
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Volcano Watch – What’s been a movin’ and a shakin’ in Kīlauea’s upper East...
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. The upper East Rift Zone (UERZ) of Kīlauea has been...
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Staff, community remember former Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Jaggar Museum...
This story was updated at 1:04 p.m. July 26. Its watch has ended. This morning was the last time the sun will ever rise over the former Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Tower as it looked out on the...
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Volcano Watch: HVO bids farewell to its Uēkahuna location
Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. The former USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory building,...
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