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Hawai‘i County Launches Volcano Recovery Survey, Eruption SpeakOut Event Set

Hawaiʻi County has launched a new phase of Talk Action, Take Action, as part of the gather-information-share-information initiative for Kīlauea eruption recovery.

What’s Next for Kīlauea Volcano?

The current inactivity at Kīlauea has so many possible outcomes that it is a real challenge to figure out what might happen next.

Kīlauea Activity Update: Nov. 15, 2018

Kīlauea is not erupting. Low rates of seismicity, deformation, and gas release have not changed significantly over the past week.

HDOT Preparing Highway 130 Alternate Route

Preparation of an alternative route in Puna are in progress should Kea‘au-Pāhoa Road (Highway 130) be cut off by the Kīlauea Volcano East Rift Zone Eruption.

VIDEO UPDATE: Series of Earthquakes Rattles Hawai‘i Island Chain

Recent earthquakes on Hawai‘i Island were felt as far away as Kaua‘i.

Hawai‘i Volcano Update: Earthquakes & Magma Intrusion Continue

The intensity of seismicity has diminished slightly overnight and the trend of eastward migration of earthquake activity appears to have slowed or ceased.

Slight Drop in Hawai‘i Island Earthquake Intensity

Earthquake activity continues with a slight drop in intensity since yesterday.

Volcano Overflight: ‘Lava on the Move!’

The complete collapse of the active vent on Kīlauea’s east rift zone on April 30, sent an amazing ash plume skyward…

Volcano Activity Update: Intrusion of Magma Continues

Overnight, earthquakes continued at a high rate in the area of the rift zone from Highway 130 eastward towards Kapoho…

50-Year-Old Kīlauea Dome Fountain Photo Resurfaces on Social Media

Mainstream media has picked up on a 50-year-old USGS image tweeted on March 29, 2018—an image of a ocean dome fountain that is nearly 65 feet tall.

Hawai‘i Volcano Overflight: Big Lava Outbreaks Near Vent, Coast

Small surface breakouts were observed on the delta and breakouts were also active upslope on the coastal plain.

Hawai‘i Volcano Overflight: Lava Flows Seen Above and Below the Pali

The crew discovered a handful of pahoehoe outbreaks just below the Pali on the coastal flats and also saw a small amount of lava entering the ocean