Kīlauea erupted for six hours on Wednesday. Officials say lava fountains reached 1,300 feet, or 400 meters, before petering out. That is taller than New York's Empire State Building.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will remain accessible to the public during the federal government shutdown, but some ...

Kīlauea continues to keep the world enthralled with its epic eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, which started on Dec. 23, 2024.

Kīlauea Volcano began a new eruptive episode early today with lava fountains soaring as high as 330 feet inside Halemaumau crater, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said.

A view from the U.S. Geological Survey’s livestream V3cam as of 5:18 a.m. Oct. 1, 2025, of the lava fountains from Episode 34 ...

Update: Episode 34 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 7:03 a.m. HST on Oct. 1 after just over 6 hours of ...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitors volcanic activity across the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa, helping to ...

Born and raised in Hilo, I grew up hiking in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, fishing in Ka’u, and stargazing on Maunakea. I knew then that the Big Island is one of the most beautiful places on Earth ...

The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii spewed fountains of lava over 500 feet into the air during its latest eruption on Tuesday, September 2. According to the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted again this week, spewing lava 500 feet into the air from the crater at its summit, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The eruption ended around 8 p.m. local time on ...