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Volcano Watch: Kīlauea summit eruptions on Big Island outside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater

These past eruptions outside Halemaʻumaʻu are evidence that such eruptions could also occur in the future; and while there have been ongoing earthquakes beneath Kīlauea’s summ...

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea summit eruptions outside of Halemaʻumaʻu

Volcano Watch: While eruptions at the summit of Kīlauea most frequently occur within Halemaʻumaʻu, they can occur outside of the modern caldera as well.

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Volcano Watch: Kilauea summit eruptions outside of Halemaʻumaʻu

We are used to seeing eruptions from the summit region of Kilauea contained to the region that is referred to as Halema‘uma‘u. Halema‘uma‘u, home of Pele, is a crater situated with...

Volcano Watch: Kilauea erupts as Merrie Monarch begins

As Hilo was bustling with activity for the Merrie Monarch Festival, Kilauea was brewing for episode 44 of lava fountaining, which happened for 8.5 hours on the day that the renowne...

Volcano Watch: Fountains and festivities; KÄ«lauea erupts Episode 44 as Merrie Monarch begins on Big Island

Comparing different eruptions can be a bit like comparing apples to oranges. But no matter how you compare, the ongoing eruption made an impression in terms of its longevity, with...

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory raise alert level for Klauea from advisory to watch

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory raise alert level for Klauea from advisory to watch

Volcano Watch: Fountains and festivities; KÄ«lauea erupts Episode 44 as Merrie Monarch begins

Comparing different eruptions can be a bit like comparing apples to oranges. But no matter how you compare, the ongoing eruption made an impression in terms of its longevity, with...

Volcano Watch: Shallow earthquakes and ground deformation at Kilauea’s summit highlight hazards near Halemaʻumaʻu

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected an increase in shallow seismicity and localized ground deformation beneath the south rim of Halema‘uma‘u crater, in Kilauea summit’s...

Better volcano eruption predictions on Earth—and Venus—thanks to Mauna Loa study

When Mauna Loa erupted in 2022, the largest lava flow headed on a path headed directly toward Daniel K. Inouye State Highway 200, also known as Saddle Road, a critical route that c...

Volcano Watch: KÄ«lauea all tied up at 47 episodes

Episode 47 of lava fountaining during the ongoing episodic summit eruption of the Big Island volcano tied the 1983-86 initial phase of the Pu‘u‘Å‘Šeruption on...

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park rebuilding for the next generation after eruption devastation

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is undergoing a transformation to rebuild and redesign major visitor areas after the 2018 Kīlauea eruption, with the upgraded facilities expected...

Volcano Watch: What caused the major shake-up May 22 on the Big Island?

The base of Mauna Loa sitting on top of the old oceanic crust is only 6 miles below sea level, so the major magnitude-6.0 earthquake the night of Friday, May 22, happened deeper th...

Volcano Watch: U.S. geologists visit El Salvador, home to more than 200 volcanoes

In March, a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists, including two from Hawaiʻi, visited El Salvador in Central America for volcanological field studies and a workshop on lava f...

Watch: Hawaii's KÄ«lauea volcano erupts for more than 8 hours

Hawaii's KÄ«lauea volcano erupted early Thursday morning, sending fountains of lava soaring into the sky for more than eight hours, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was the volc...

Volcano Watch — Think Hawaiʻi has many volcanoes? Think again, says El Salvador

This past March, a team of US Geological Survey scientists—two of whom travelled from Hawaiʻi—visited El Salvador in Central America for volcanological field studies and a wor...

Volcano Watch: KÄ«lauea all tied up at 47 episodes

Episode 47 of lava fountaining during the ongoing episodic summit eruption of the Big Island volcano tied the 1983-86 initial phase of the Pu‘u‘ō‘ō eruption on Kīlauea, which had a...

Volcano Watch: Scientists reveal how they are predicting lava episodes at KÄ«lauea

Fountaining episodes have recentuly occurred at the Big Island volcano once the system has regained the volume of magma lost during the previous episode.

Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Hawaii’s Big Island; USGS assessing Kilauea volcano

Hilo mountain bike park receives official designation

Just south of Hilo, at the end of a dirt road off Stainback Highway, sits an intricate system of trails that make up the Ke Ala O Kulanihako‘i Mountain Bike Park.

Volcano Watch: Caldera clues; tephra deposits from Kīlauea’s past

A look further back in the geologic record reveals that several lava fountaining eruptions similar to the ongoing one in Halemaʻumaʻu occurred within Kīlauea caldera within the...

Volcano Watch: Think Hawaii has many volcanoes? Think again, says El Salvador

This past March, a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists — two of whom travelled from Hawaii — visited El Salvador in Central America for volcanological field studies and a wor...

Kilauea's 46th episode begins as lava pours from south Halemaʻumaʻu crater

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has begun its 46th episode of eruption, with lava fountaining from the south vent of Halemaʻumaʻu crater, and all eruptive vents and lava flows confined...

Volcano Watch- Do you think Hawaii has many volcanoes? Think again, El Salvador says

Volcano Watch- Do you think Hawaii has many volcanoes? Think again, El Salvador says