When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the activity ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly column and volcano/earthquake activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano ...

Episode 11 of the ongoing eruption has paused after 12 hours and 44 minutes of activity. Lava fountains had reached peak heights of around 600 feet within one to two hours of the eruption’s onset, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The overlook at Haleakala National Park and its view into Haleakala Crater. (Clive Hollingshead/Getty Images/500px Prime) Above ...

Researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Department of Earth Sciences assessed an unprecedented 120 years of data from Kīlauea Volcano on Hawai'i Island, uncovering, for the first time, ...

Delaney, P. T., Fiske, Richard S., Miklius, A., Okamura, A. T., and Sako, M. K. 1990. "Deep Magma Body Beneath the Summit and Rift Zones of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii ...

There are roughly two dozen or so volcanoes in a state of “unrest” or erupting somewhere on the planet. 2025 has been no different but some activity has attracted media attention and one is in our own ...

Kilauea’s latest eruption episode in Halemaumau crater has come to an abrupt halt, geologists said today. The lava fountains that began Monday evening stopped by 10:47 a.m. today, marking the end of ...