PHOTO BY M. ZOELLER / COURTESY USGS. A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist is silhouetted by the illuminated gas plume emanating from Halemaumau crater...
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After just more than a day of eruptive activity, the Episode V of the Big Island volcano's ongoing summit eruption ended early Thursday morning.
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Reconstructing the volcanic history of the Kikai caldera, a large active volcano that produced a ~ 160 km3 eruption at 7.3 ka off the southern coast of...
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New activity/unrest was reported for 9 volcanoes from January 15 – 21, 2025. During the same period, ongoing activity was reported for 13 volcanoes.
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One of the last things you'd think could be lost is a volcano. Yet, when we look at the record of volcanic activity, even in the past few hundred years,...
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The eruption of Kīlauea within the Kaluapele summit caldera resumed just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. This marks the beginning of the fifth...
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The effusive eruption returned to the Kaluapele summit caldera. At about 02:57 PM local time yesterday, small spattering started to take place from the...
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) reported that the seismic swarm that began at Bárdarbunga on 14 January in the NW part of the caldera did not...
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Kilauea's volcanic activity on Wednesday marked the fifth episode since the latest eruption began in December 2024.
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The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) reported that the seismic swarm that began at Bárdarbunga on 14 January in the NW part of the caldera did not...
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