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

The world's biggest active volcano spans approximately 2,000 square miles and ascends about 13,600 feet above sea level - and ...

Tiltmeters are a crucial component of the volcanic monitoring network in Hawaii. By detecting subtle changes in ground ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says it has detected an increase seismic activity around Kamaʻehuakanaloa. The underwater volcano ...

Kamaʻehuakanaloa volcano (formerly Lōʻihi Seamount), offshore to the southeast of the Island of Hawaiʻi, entered a period of ...

Nearly 20 people, several within minutes to an hour of Pusch’s post, replied after the Big Island was jolted by an unexpected ...

U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said. Eruptive activity increased early Tuesday but there is no immediate threat to homes or infrastructure, the observatory said.

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 ...

Activity at Kamaʻehuakanaloa volcano will be monitored by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and will provide updates on significant changes in activity.

In the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī, which lies in the moku of Kona here on Oʻahu, stands a roadway named after Hawaiʻi’s last direct heir to the Hawaiian Kingdom. Chaminade University women ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii – Seismologists believe a recent uptick in earthquake activity off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island is likely associated with the movement of magma beneath an underwater ...