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

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

A fissure on the northwestern crater wall of Makauopuhi Crater on the East Rift Zone of Kīlauea sent lava cascading into the ...

While there were several summit eruptions at Kilauea during the 60s, including one that lasted more than 8 months, eruptions along the ERZ (mainly in the upper and middle portions) were much more ...

This probably relates to the proximity of the Chain of Craters to the summit of Kilauea, where magma rises from the mantle. It stands to reason that such proximity leads to more intrusions than ...

(U.S. Geological Survey photo/E. Endo) While there were several summit eruptions at Kīlauea during the same decade, including one that lasted more than 8 months, eruptions along the East Rift ...

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The U.S. Geological Survey said Saturday that a shallow earthquake storm had been detected under the summit of Kilauea. That signals that “resumption of eruptive activity at Kilauea summit is ...

Kilauea’s eruptions produce lava flows that are volatile ... 100,000 times the thermal energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Tourists still hike to its summit and peer into the crater. It is said that ...

This probably relates to the proximity of the Chain of Craters to the summit of Kīlauea, where magma rises from the mantle. It stands to reason that such proximity leads to more intrusions than ...