Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

Tim Wright/Special to the Tribune-Herald Kimo Alameda, candidate for Hawaii County mayor, shares a shaka with supporters on ...

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for the island of Kauai, effective until 12:15 a.m. Wednesday.

An undersea volcano off the southeastern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii has been rocked by a swarm of more than 70 ...

Some Hawaii Island residents felt a jolt early Tuesday morning because of an earthquake just outside of Pahala. The ...

Over the past century, technological advancements have vastly improved volcano monitoring. One key innovation was the ...

A video produced by the Ford Motor Company shows the great, active volcano of Kilauea in Hawaii. This is a popular landmark ...

The recent eruption at Nāpau Crater was the first on Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone (ERZ) in six years. We often remember the Pu‘u‘ō‘ō and Maunaulu eruptions when thinking about the middle East Rift ...

A study to identify possible alternate traffic routes out of Puna could begin in early 2025. The goal of the Puna Alternate Route Study is to find potential locations for another route into Puna in an ...

Thousands of Hawaii residents are coping with a shortage of inexpensive insurance in sprawling subdivisions built on Big Island generations ago in the two most hazardous lava zones ...

The intense seismicity and ground deformation along the East Rift Zone of Kilauea in the past couple of months is interpreted to indicate intrusion of magma. Some of this magma can leak to the surface ...

“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and affiliates. The intense seismicity and ground deformation ...