Volcano Alert Level: Watch. Kīlauea has erupted episodically since Dec. 23, 2024, within the summit caldera located within ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

Volcanoes that dominate postcards and disaster movies are often the ones we can see, their peaks etched against the sky. Yet ...

Sessions are scheduled for Jan. 14 and 21 at Pāhala and Nāʻālehu public libraries, respectively. Come to the Kahuku Unit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Jan. 17 to hear a Kīlauea eruption update ...

The left map shows the tephra fall associated with Kilauea’s episodic summit eruption, from December 2024 to December 2025.

The world's most active volcano, located in Kilauea, Hawaii, resumed its latest eruption on Wednesday. Volcanic activity was noted just before 3 p.m. local time in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The ...

In this aerial photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, an eruption takes place on the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP) HAWAII ...

In Volcano area, hear a Kilauea summit eruption update at the Kilauea Military Camp the evening of January 26, and learn all about volcanology and how we monitor volcanoes during an evening ...

Introduction -- Global distribution of active volcanoes / Elizabeth Cottrell -- Basaltic lava flow hazard / Andrew J. L. Harris -- Impacts from volanic ash fall / Thomas M. Wilson, Susanna Jenkins, ...

The updated U.S. Geological Survey assessment finds that 161 U.S. volcanoes pose potential threats to American lives and property, eight fewer than in 2005. The eighteen very highest threat volcanoes ...

A close-up photograph of the summit of Mayon on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, shows that new spines of dark lava have been extruded from the volcano’s summit lava dome. — Photo from ...

Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. On Dec, 23, 2024, a unique eruption began in Kīlauea’s ...