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What’s Shaking Deep Under Hawaii?
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Most people know that the Island of Hawaiʻi has many earthquakes, including several every year that...
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Did You Know: Sulphur Banks
Did You Know? As rainwater soaks into the ground at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, it encounters hot rock and vaporizes. Shallow earth cracks emit steam, like what is seen at Steam Vents in the park....
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U.S. Ranks High in the World with Active Volcanoes and Eruption-Warning...
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: When Mount St. Helens erupted explosively in 1980, most people were unaware that the U.S. ranks as...
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A Reminder from Flossie: Be Prepared for Natural Disasters
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: As we watched tropical storm Flossie weaken and change course from the path that would have landed it...
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What will the next eruption of Hualālai be like?
The following is this week’s installment of Volcano Watch from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Hualālai, looming majestically above Kailua-Kona, is Hawaiʻi’s third most active volcano...
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The Great Hawaii ShakeOut: Get ready to…Drop, Cover, and Hold on!
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Get ready! The Great Hawaii ShakeOut will “rumble” across the islands at 10:17 a.m., HST, on October 17,...
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The Great Hawaii ShakeOut is Today!
Get ready! The Great Hawaii ShakeOut will “rumble” across the islands at 10:17 a.m., HST this morning! (The following is from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory) We first mentioned this upcoming...
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After 50 Years, a Renewed Effort to Drill to the Moho
The following is this week’s installment of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: The Earth’s surface, oceans, and atmosphere are readily accessible to direct exploration. That...
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A Few Puzzle Pieces at 6,000 Feet
What can a few puzzle pieces tell us about a big picture? Perhaps not a lot, but without them the picture is noticeably incomplete. Never before has society required us to gather so many pieces across...
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The Whole Ground Truth
A Typical Day in the Field Grab your partner, gear, GPS, maps, notes, camera, and compass. Don’t forget your lunch. Now, hike for miles through forests and across lava fields. Reapply sunscreen. Try to...
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Exploring the Deep Source of Hawaiian Volcanoes
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Welcome to Hawaiʻi Island’s 5th annual Volcano Awareness Month! Throughout January 2014, the USGS...
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Assembling Hawaii Island’s Volcanoes: Does size really matter?
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: In this second of four Volcano Watch articles addressing the “big” questions faced by volcanologists...
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Slip-Sliding Away—Disassembling Hawaiian Volcanoes
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: In our January Volcano Watch articles during Hawaiʻi Island’s 5th annual Volcano Awareness Month, we...
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China and Hawai‘i Linked by Sister Park Agreement
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and Wudalianchi National Park in China have announced a sister park agreement to strengthen their shared volcanic heritage by promoting international cooperation and...
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A New Submarine Eruption in the Northern Mariana Islands
The following is this week’s edition of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory‘s Volcano Watch: During the past week, we have been keeping a close watch on the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI), as...
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Kīlauea was Jumping and Rocks were Flying
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (USGS): Ninety years ago this month, Kīlauea was exploding. For some 20 days starting May 11, 1924, more...
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Can a Major Landslide Occur in Hawaii?
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Can an event like the SR530 landslide near Oso, Washington, happen in Hawaiʻi? Landslides are hazards...
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Wheel of Fortune on location at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park
Guess who was in the park this week! Wheel of Fortune hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White filmed on location in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on Wednesday for a series of shows being taped on Hawai‘i...
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International Volcano Conference Features Wet Volcanoes Workshop
The following is this week’s edition of “Volcano Watch” from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: The recent anniversary of Kīlauea’s May 1924 explosive summit eruptions reminds us of the sometimes...
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Explore Kahuku in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, July – September 2014
Everyone is invited to participate in the upcoming Kahuku events and hikes at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, offered July through September 2014. Two new hikes and special holiday programs are...
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