For nine unbroken hours on the evening of May 14, 2026, lava fountains roughly 650 feet tall roared from the south vent ...

This Volcano Watch was written by research geophysicist Ingrid Johanson with Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Over the past ...

Over the past month, the frequency of fountaining events at the summit of Kilauea has increased to nearly one per week. This is reminiscent of the early days of the current episodic eruption that ...

Kilauea’s latest fountaining episode at the summit ended abruptly early today after sending ash and volcanic glass into ...

Kilauea has periodically sent fountains of lava soaring during more than a year of an on-and-off eruption.

Episode 47 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption at the summit of Kīlauea ended abruptly at 12:27 a.m. HST on May 15. The ...

--- ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected an increase in shallow seismicity and localized ground deformation beneath the south rim of Halema‘uma‘u crater, in Kilauea summit‘s south caldera region ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The so-called Hope Ranch Volcano in Santa Barbara — which ignited Thursday — isn’t actually a volcano. Geologists ...

Fire crews responded to a Hope Ranch “volcano” near Santa Barbara, California, as smoke and fire emerged from a coastal bluff vent on April 23, 2026. Santa Barbara County Fire Department Fire crews ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted again on Thursday, marking the 45th episode of its kind over the last year and a half. Lava began to burst from the volcano in the early morning, around 1:30 a.m.