Kilauea is loading up again. Just eight days after its 46th eruptive episode ended in a burst of lava fountains above ...

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A wall of molten rock shot 650 feet into the morning sky above Kilauea’s summit on May 5, 2026, as the volcano’s north vent ...

While the USGS scientists learned plenty about volcanism in El Salvador during this trip, it also provided key insights to bring home to our own volcanoes. Explosive eruptions in Hawaii are relatively ...

Waves of orange, glowing lava and smoky ash belched and sputtered Monday from the world’s largest active volcano in its first ...

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Hawaii on Tuesday night, striking on the southern side of the Kilauea volcano, which has had dozens of eruptions in recent months. The earthquake occurred at 11:49 p.m ...

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected an increase in shallow seismicity and localized ground deformation beneath the south rim of Halemaʻumaʻu crater, in Kīlauea summitʻs south caldera region.

We are used to seeing eruptions from the summit region of Kilauea contained to the region that is referred to as Halema‘uma‘u ...

USGS scientists from the Hawaiian, Cascades and Alaska Volcano Observatories discussed their experiences and best practices ...