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Lava in Hawaii, seismic shaking in Alaska and underwater rumblings near Oregon. Scientists say it’s not the end of the world, ...
Volcanoes are rumbling as scientists monitor earthquakes at Washington's Mount Rainier and Alaska's Iliamna volcano.
HPR contributor Betsy Brown spoke with a USGS geologist during the last eruptive episode to find out what’s causing this ...
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption ...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field engineers on July 10, 2025, visited monitoring stations downwind of the Kīlauea summit ...
Park officials say this is the time of year when nene began to gather there to establish bonds ahead of nesting season.
Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in narrow conduits—although they can happen in larger lava lakes and even in lava ...
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in webcam images indicating that Kilauea had begun erupting inside Halemaumau crater at the volcano’s summit caldera, the agency said.
Hawaiian volcanoes suddenly go quiet, but scientists don’t know exactly why. The pause in Mauna Loa and Kilauea’s eruptions highlights broader challenges experts face in understanding when and ...
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, one of the most active on Earth, erupted again, forming lava fountains and sending smoke billowing from the crater at its summit. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the ...
HAWAI‘I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK >> It was all but silent on a recent morning at Uekahuna, the newly restored viewing area ...
Seismic activity at the Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii’s Volcanoes National Park continues, with 500 earthquakes occurring over the weekend. However, geologists say the volcano is not erupting.