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Daily updates about ongoing eruptions, recent images and videos of summit and East Rift Zone volcanic activity, maps, and data about recent earthquakes in Hawaii are posted on the HVO website.

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and colleagues.

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September 5, 2024

Volcano Watch — Webcam upgrades keep a sharp eye on Hawaiian volcanoes

Photography has been a crucial part of volcano monitoring in Hawaii going back to the start of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). In 1911...

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September 5, 2024

New USGS Data Release — Mauna Loa 2022 eruption geospatial data

In the late evening of November 27, 2022, an effusive eruption began inside Moku'aweoweo caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa volcano. The eruption, the...

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August 29, 2024

Volcano Watch — Introducing the Island of Hawaiʻi Interagency Operations Plan for Volcanic Eruptions

Last month, the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Agency, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano...

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August 22, 2024

Volcano Watch — Volcanic tremor or distant earthquake? Distinguishing seismic signals

The Island of Hawaiʻi is one of the most seismically active areas in the world, producing thousands of earthquakes every year. It also commonly...

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August 21, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology — August 20, 2024

On August 20, 2024, USGS scientists made a routine visit to the summit of Kīlauea for maintenance work on a webcam and general observations. A recent...

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August 15, 2024

Volcano Watch — Aʻo pū mākou: We learn together with PIPES

The Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) is celebrating its 30th anniversary of growing the next generation of aloha ʻāina...

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August 9, 2024

Kīlauea Information Statement—middle East Rift Zone inflation

Elevated rates of ground deformation in Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone continue following the June 22–25 upper East Rift Zone intrusion within...

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August 8, 2024

Volcano Watch — Kīlauea’s 2019–2020 lake: recalling the watery intermission between eruptions

Remember when a little puddle of green water was spotted in Halemaʻumaʻu? Time flies, because that was late July 2019—over five years ago! And because...

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August 7, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology — Sulfur Cone gas monitoring maintenance on August 2, 2024

On August 2,2024, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory gas scientists flew via helicopter to the Sulfur Cone Multi-Gas instrumentation site on Mauna Loa's...

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August 1, 2024

Volcano Watch — HVO bids farewell to its Uēkahuna location

"Time to go"… words that none of us at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) wanted to hear.

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July 26, 2024

Photo and Video Chronology — Minor Cracking on Chain of Craters Road from Intrusion

During an intrusion in Kīlauea's upper East Rift Zone from July 22-25, 2024, more than 1,500 earthquakes were detected. Changes in ground deformation...

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July 25, 2024

Volcano Watch — What’s been a movin' and a shakin' in Kīlauea’s upper East Rift Zone?

The upper East Rift Zone (UERZ) of Kīlauea has been shaking more than normal, with nearly 1,500 earthquakes between July 22 and 25. The activity is...

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