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| Aug 28, 2026 | Lewotobi Laki-laki Fires Ninth Eruption in Seven Days; Lahar Risk Outlasts Ash | By Oscar Lazenby
Published: Aug 28 2026, 9:48 AM EDT
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| Aug 26, 2026 | Kilauea Erupts for First Time Since Hurricane Lala Battered Hawaii Volcanoes | By Jeremy Fielding
Published: Aug 26 2026, 10:12 AM EDT
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| Aug 12, 2026 | Hawaii Submarine Volcano Hits M5.2 Swarm: Sensors Detecting One in Ten Events | By Elijah Armfield
Published: Aug 12 2026, 11:07 AM EDT
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| Jul 29, 2026 | Kīlauea Volcano Episode 52 Erupts With 500-Foot Lava Fountains, Extending Record | By Levi Kohler
Published: Jul 29 2026, 10:55 AM EDT
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| Jul 27, 2026 | Scientists Survey Ruby Seamount for First Time Since Its 2023 Eruption | By Caleb Pittmann
Published: Jul 27 2026, 4:13 PM EDT
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| Jul 27, 2026 | Sheveluch Hits FL350 Again, Crossing Cruising Altitude on Its 305th Advisory of the Year | By Edward Northmore
Published: Jul 27 2026, 2:27 PM EDT
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| Jul 20, 2026 | Kīlauea Episode 52 Lava Fountain Window Narrows: HVO Targets Late July | By Collin Mercer
Published: Jul 20 2026, 10:47 AM EDT
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| Jul 12, 2026 | Kīlauea Lava Fountain Episode 51 Shifts to July 13–15 as Deflation Stalls Buildup | By Kyle Belmonte
Published: Jul 12 2026, 8:25 PM EDT
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| Jul 12, 2026 | Alaska Volcano Enters Year Five of Lava Eruption Under Pacific Flight Paths | By Clark Johnson
Published: Jul 12 2026, 10:21 PM EDT
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| Oct 1, 2025 | Kilauea’s lava soared as high as a skyscraper during a 6-hour eruption. Here’s what to know | By AUDREY McAVOY
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been shooting lava from its summit crater at semiregular intervals since late last year, delighting residents, visitors and online viewers alike with a fire hose of molten rock. ... |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is on the verge of erupting again | Kilauea is on Hawaii Island, the largest of the Hawaiian archipelago. It’s about 200 miles south of the state’s largest city, Honolulu, which is on Oahu.
Here’s what to know about Kilauea’s latest eruption:
Towering fountains of molten rock... |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Hawaii's Big Island | Hawaii's Big Island rattled by preliminary 5.7 magnitude earthquake
Hawaii's Big Island rattled by preliminary 5.7 magnitude earthquake 00:20
HAWAII - A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the Big Island of Hawaii Friday afternoon.
The U.S. Geol... |
| May 22, 2023 | Alert level raised for Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico | Mexico on Sunday raised the alert level for the Popocatépetl volcano to "yellow phase 3", which is just below the "red" alarm level.
Hundreds of tremors have been registered in the region in the last week, officials said... |
| Dec 7, 2022 | [LOOK] Hawaii's Mauna Loa Continues to Blast Lava in Stunning Satellite Images | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 07 December 2022, 01:12 am
The largest volcano in the world has been sleeping soundly for more than four decades that is until a week ago, Mauna Loa rose from its deep slumber and spewed lava and plumes of volcani... |
| Nov 30, 2022 | [LOOK] Satellites Capture Lava Flowing from the World's Largest Volcano Mauna Loa | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 30 November 2022, 10:11 pm
Satellites are now keeping a close eye on the world's largest volcano after its first eruption in decades.
On Sunday, November 27, Hawaii's Mauna Loa started erupting for the first time ... |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, erupting for first time in almost 40 years | Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, started erupting Sunday night and lava was flowing from its summit by Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The lava wasn't expected to threaten populated areas, officials s... |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano Just Started Erupting. Here’s What You Need To Know | Lava is cascaded into the summit water lake, boiling off the water and forming a new lava lake. The ... [+] northern fissure, pictured, was producing the tallest lava fountain at roughly 50 m (165 ft), and all lava was contained within Hale... |
| Jan 5, 2020 | Hawaii’s Backyard: Host of talks, hikes mark Volcano Awareness Month | NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Hikers explore the surface of the hardened lava lake that formed during the 1959 eruption at Kilauea Iki crater. A blooming ohia tree is in the foreground.
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A United States Geological Survey aerial... |
| Dec 18, 2019 | Mazie Hirono secures $21M in federal funding for Hawaiian Volcano Observatory | COURTESY PHOTO
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono and Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge Tina Neal at the Emergency Operations Center in Hilo in May 2018.
The U.S. Geological Survey will potentially receive $21 million in federal funding ... |
| Jul 2, 2019 | Mauna Loa volcano alert level raised due to earthquakes, ground deformation | COURTESY HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY / July 2, 2008
The U.S. Geological Survey raised the alert level for Mauna Loa volcano from normal to advisory today. This 2008 photo shows Mokuʻaweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, as seen from So... |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Agency upgrades aviation rating for Kilauea volcano | COURTESY USGS
A small glow was seen from the Kilauea lower East Rift Zone in Spetember.
The U.S. Geological Survey has changed the aviation color code for Kilauea from orange to yellow after 30 days of no observed, lava activity at the surf... |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Baby volcanic cone develops within Kilauea’s fissure 8; small glow visible overnight | Video: U.S. Geological Survey
The cone formed as lava erupted from an opening on the surface of the flow that covers the crater floor, according to USGS.
COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The USGS on Tuesday morning found bits of molten lava ... |
| Sep 6, 2018 | Baby volcanic cone develops within Kilauea’s fissure 8; small glow visible overnight | Video: U.S. Geological Survey
The cone formed as lava erupted from an opening on the surface of the flow that covers the crater floor, according to USGS.
COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
The USGS on Tuesday morning found bits of molten lava ... |
| Aug 13, 2018 | Eruptive activity remains low at Kilauea summit and East Rift Zone | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
HVO scientists observed no new activity during their overflight this morning.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Ocean entries were small and scattered this morning, but lava had made no significant advance toward Isaac Hale Beac... |
| Jul 3, 2018 | Kilauea lava continues to pour into ocean, tradewinds to push vog south and west side of island | COURTESY USGS
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A USGS geologist makes observations of the fissure 8 lava channel at sunset July 3.
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Fissure 8 emits volcanic gas.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Fissure 8 emits volcanic gas.
UPDATE:
6 p.m... |
| Jul 1, 2018 | Kilauea starts week with another explosive eruption | COURTESY USGS
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Fountains from the fissure 8 spatter cone continued to supply lava to an open channel on Saturday. The spatter cone was about 180 feet tall at its highest point.
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Lava from fissure ... |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Trade winds to push vog to southern, western parts of Hawaii island | COURTESY USGS
An aerial view of Fissure 8 oozing lava
BRUCE ASATO / [email protected]
Emissions rise from the Halemaumau Crater on Thursday.
BRUCE ASATO / [email protected]
Ash covered the surface of the exposed overlook at ... |
| Jun 28, 2018 | Halemaumau Crater explosion generates small ash plume | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Lava roils and pours out of the fissure 8 spatter cone into the open channel.
UPDATE: 8:30 a.m.
A “collapse explosion event” occurred at Kilauea’s summit this morning, releasing energy equivalent to a moderate earthqu... |
| Jun 8, 2018 | No damage from earthquake triggered by Kilauea explosion | USGS
USGS update for June 7.
Video by Sarah Domai / Honolulu Star-Advertiser
This timeline of maps provided by USGS shows the progression of lava from May 4 to June 5, 2018.
Video courtesy USGS
Clear conditions at Pu'u 'Ō'ō provided good vi... |
| Jun 4, 2018 | Who Owns the New Land Created By a Volcano in Hawaii? | Hawaii is among the smallest states in America, but that doesn’t mean the archipelago isn’t growing over time.
The Big Island’s volcanic eruption this month, for instance, covered 2,400 acres of existing land with new lava. More could be ad... |
| Jun 2, 2018 | Big Isle mayor envisions ‘whole new community’ for Puna; crews work to open new evacuation routes | Video footage courtesy Hawaii DNLR
Work on an alternate emergency route through Chain of Craters-Kalapana Road that began on Wednesday is expected to be completed for emergency use on Saturday.
DENNIS ODA / [email protected]
John Mako... |
| Jun 2, 2018 | Helicopter rescues 3 from areas isolated by lava activity | USGS
Changes occurring within Halemaumau crater
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems assist with lava rescue in Leilani Estates
Andrew Gomes
Leilani Estates residents talk about evacuating their home as lava advances
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Emergency lava ro... |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Evacuations continue as lava flow front splits into two lobes | Video by U.S. Geological Survey
A UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) mission on May 31 filmed details of the dramatic changes occurring within Halemaumau crater at Kilauea's summit since explosive eruptions of ash and gas and ongoing wall coll... |
| May 29, 2018 | Live webcam photos from Kilauea’s summit and Lower Puna | DENNIS ODA / [email protected]
Lava from fissure 8 flowed over Pohoiki Road between the Leilani Estates and the Puna geothermal plant on Monday.
Live webcam photos provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (usgs.gov). Photos are updated ... |
| May 22, 2018 | Live webcam photos from Kilauea’s summit and Lower Puna | GEORGE F. LEE / [email protected]
Active lava fissures near Kahukai Street continued to spew forth lava at Leilani Estates on Thursday.
Live webcam photos provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (usgs.gov). Photos are updated regularly... |
| May 19, 2018 | 4 rescued by helicopter as lava cuts off access to about 40 houses | JAMM AQUINO / [email protected]
The night sky was illuminated by lava Friday in Pahoa.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Fissure 17 continued to erupt Friday morning in the Kapoho area of Puna. As of Friday, 22 fiss... |
| May 19, 2018 | Lava crosses Highway 137 and enters ocean | JAMM AQUINO / [email protected]
Lava flows inside Leilani Estates on Saturday in Pahoa.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Brittany Kimball watches as lava erupts from a fissure near Pahoa today.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A resident photographs toxic gases e... |
| May 18, 2018 | People airlifted out of area isolated by fast-moving lava | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abe Pedro watches lava shoot out of a fissure on Pohoiki Road today. Hawaii residents covered their faces with masks after a volcano menacing the Big Island for weeks exploded, sending a mixture of pulverized rock, glass an... |
| May 15, 2018 | Live webcam photos from Halemaumau Crater at Kilauea Volcano | COURTESY USGS
A webcam at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory in the tower shows plume this morning.
COURTESY DAVID OKITA / VOLCANO HELICOPTERS
Halemaumau Crater ash and gas emissions increased significantly this morning.
COURTESY USGS
Live webc... |
| May 12, 2018 | New fissure reported, residents ordered to evacuate | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Lava spewed from a fissure which erupted this morning between Highway 132 (Kapoho Rd.) and Pohoiki Rd. outside of Pahoa. A new fissure is reported to be about 100 meters below this one.
UPDA... |
| May 2, 2018 | Part of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park closes as threat of Kilauea eruption looms | HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
A view of the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea, as seen on Monday.
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A view of the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea, as seen on Monday.
Hawa... |
| Sep 25, 2017 | Kilauea steadily pumps lava seaward as Mauna Loa twitches | COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
A lava pond has been active in this pit for over a year, and the time-lapse camera tracks changes in the pond activity.
COURTESY USGS
An aerial view of Halemaumau shows a normal spattering range at the south ... |
| Jul 1, 2016 | 25 of the most mind-boggling natural phenomena on Earth | An unusual lake in Canada. Justin Raycraft/Flickr
From Pele's hair to kaleidoscopic clouds, our planet is filled with unbelievable natural phenomena.
You have to be at the right place at the right time to witness many of these events.
Here ... |
| Lava creeps within 500 feet of Pohoiki boat ramp at Isaac Hale Park | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Aerial view of the Pohoiki boat ramp, left, photographed during a Paradise Helicopters tour on Tuesday with lava on the right which overtook the surf spots Bowls and Shacks.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL ... |
| Kilauea’s fissure 8 cone, flow field are not showing any glow | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Void spaces within the cooled lava channel and along the channel margins created hazardous conditions on the fissure 8 flow field. Here, part of the void is visible, but a fragile veneer of lava hides other parts of i... |
| Large earthquake shakes Kilauea Volcano’s south flank | There’s no reason to get all shook up about Wednesday’s magnitude-5.5 earthquake beneath Kilauea Volcano’s south flank, said U.S. Geological Survey scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
The large quake is not a harbinger of an imp... |
| USGS lowers Kilauea Volcano alert level back to normal | COURTESY USGS
View into Halemaumau from the west rim of Kilauea’s summit caldera on March 3.
The U.S. Geological Survey has moved Kilauea Volcano’s alert level back to normal, signifying an end to one of the most voluminous eruptions in Haw... |
| No cause for alarm despite Mauna Loa’s heightened alert level | Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story!
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View of Moku‘āweoweo’s (the caldera at the summit of Mauna Loa) North Pit, looking to the west-southwest.
Several months of small earthquakes and ... |
| Forecasters say very light ashfall, hazardous air quality possible on Big Isle | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
A plume of ash was seen Tuesday above Halemaumau crater on Hawaii island.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Spectators at the Volcano Golf and Country Club photograph the sta... |
| На Гавайях произошло извержение вулкана Килауэа
Чем Владимир Путин занимался в Китае | В американском штате Гавайи произошло извержение вулкана Килауэа. Об этом говорится в сообщении геологической службы США (USGS).
По данным службы, извержение произошло из кратера Халемаумау и продолжалось непрерывно на протяжении 13,4 часа,... |
| Warnings intensify for more lava and summit eruption; Trump declares federal disaster | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
A barricade was placed at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park today.
COURTESY USGS
At 9:06 a.m. today, an ash plume rose from the Halemaumau Overlook crater at Kilauea’s summit, which was likely... |
| Senate bill would unify all U.S. volcano monitoring activity | ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, shown here on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2017, is touting a Senate bill that would combine all U.S. volcano monitoring activity.
U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono announced today that she and fellow... |
| Ashfall advisory canceled but scientists say more explosive Kilauea eruptions possible at any time | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY / HVO
This image was captured at the Kilauea Volcano summit by the Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory observation tower webcam at 5:44 a.m. today, after an explosive eruption.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY / HVO
This image was c... |
| ‘You are at risk of being isolated,’ Civil Defense warns residents near Highway 132 as lava advances | Hawaii Army National Guard Major Jeff Hickman describes the advance of lava from vent 7, which advanced 30 yards over the last 24 hours leading up to midday Sunday. (Video by Andrew Gomes, Star-Advertiser)
Fissure 8 was fountaining to heigh... |
| Fissure 8 lava flow moving north; laze creating plume at Kapoho Bay | USGS
USGS update for June 4.
Andrew Gomes
Fountaining lava is shooting out as cinder pieces called pyroclasts from marble to baseball size.
USGS
Changes occurring within Halemaumau crater
CIVIL AIR PATROL VIA U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Lava adv... |
| Explosive eruptions at Kilauea’s summit possible, geologists warn | COURTESY USGS This infographic provided by the US Geographic Survey explains how explosive eruptions can occur.
COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
As seen from the Jaggar Museum overlook at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, an ash column rises f... |
| Small explosion shakes Kilauea summit, more ash ejected | USGS
USGS update for June 7.
Video by Sarah Domai / Honolulu Star-Advertiser
This timeline of maps provided by USGS shows the progression of lava from May 4 to June 5, 2018.
USGS
Changes occurring within Halemaumau crater
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SU... |
| Lava fountains reach up to 230 feet overnight at fissure 8 | USGS
USGS update for June 6.
Video by Sarah Domai / Honolulu Star-Advertiser
This timeline of maps provided by USGS shows the progression of lava from May 4 to June 5, 2018.
USGS
Changes occurring within Halemaumau crater
USGS
The fissure 8... |
| Puu Oo eruption over after 7 quiet months, scientists report | COURTESY USGS
After a seven-month lapse in activity, USGS said it was “extremely unlikely” lava would resume activity within Puu Oo, and declared it a “concluding milestone for this long-lived event.” Puu Oo as viewed from a helicopter over... |
| Official count of homes consumed by lava reaches 130 | USGS
USGS update for June 4.
Andrew Gomes
Fountaining lava is shooting out as cinder pieces called pyroclasts from marble to baseball size.
USGS
Changes occurring within Halemaumau crater
USGS
The fissure 8 fountain height has diminished, a... |
| Residents of Lower Puna who do not evacuate today risk being stranded | Video by Andrew Gomes/ Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Ken "Super Kenny" Peeler and Elisabeth "Ziji" Kerekgyarto reflect on being displaced from their home in Leilani Estates nearly four weeks after lava began crawling, and at ... |
| More Puna residents advised to evacuate as lava advances | Hawaii Army National Guard Major Jeff Hickman describes the advance of lava from vent 7, which advanced 30 yards over the last 24 hours leading up to midday Sunday. (Video by Andrew Gomes, Star-Advertiser)
Video Courtesy U.S. Geological Sur... |
| Lava flow from fissure 8 might go on for months or years | COURTESY USGS
A Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist stood Thursday on airborne lava fragments, such as Pele’s hair, that erupted from and deposited downwind of the fissure 8 vent. He was there to observe vent activity and to capture both... |
| Ash plume erupts and recedes at Kilauea summit | CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / [email protected]
Roland Ellithorpe, 4, ran Tuesday at the Volcano Golf and Country Club as an ash plume billowed out of Halemaumau Crater. The plumes erupt from the crater, located within the Kilauea caldera... |
| Kilauea’s tally in Lower Puna rises to 40 structures destroyed by lava | U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Aerial view of ground cracks, left, on Pohoiki Road during an overflight of the eruptive fissure area at about 7 a.m. Thursday. The cracks are caused by the underlying intrusion of magma into the lower East Rift Zone,... |
| USGS using drones to measure CO2 emissions at Kilauea | COURTESY USGS
The flow that erupted from fissure 8 on Kilauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Zone on June 1, 2018, shows how the interior of a lava flow remains incandescently hot even though surface cooling forms a crust of solid rubble.
COURTE... |