The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in addition to in-person talks and walks around the island, we hosted an art ...

Kilauea’s latest eruption episode in Halemaumau crater has come to an abrupt halt, geologists said today. The lava fountains ...

Episode 7 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at Kīlauea began at 6:41 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27 and is currently feeding a ...

Episode 7 of the ongoing Kilauea eruption ended abruptly at 10:47 a.m. this morning. The southern vent stopped erupting just ...

Residents and visitors alike have been watching episodic lava fountains in Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kilauea since late ...

The eruption of Kīlauea within Halemaʻumaʻu crater resumed at 11:28 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, when fountain-fed lava flows erupted out of the north vent. This marks the beginning of the sixth ...

Kilauea volcano’s fifth lava flow episode of the current eruption ended at 4:30 a.m. today, according to geologists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...

The north vent inside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater within the summit caldera of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island glows strong ...

Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island has resumed eruptive activity as of 3 p.m. HST on January 22, 2025, marking the beginning ...

Kīlauea remains on pause, but the livestream view of Halemaʻumaʻu Crater at just before 5:30 p.m. Jan. 19 showed quite a bit ...

From September 15-20, 2024, Kilauea erupted in and near Napau Crater on the middle East Rift Zone. During the opening phase of this eruption, we collected molten and spatter samples that were rapidly ...

The eruption of one the world’s most active volcanoes continues to captivate onlookers on Hawaii’s Big Island. The latest ...