Retired USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Don Swanson stands in front of an outcrop near Uekahuna at the summit of Kilauea, where deposits of the Keanakakoʻi tephra are exposed. Unit B, the ...

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Kīlauea Volcano on the Big Island in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park erupted on April 9. The U.S. geological survey placed the area under a red warning, which is the highest level alert issued and ...

This is Kilauea's 44th eruptive episode. It forced a school to evacuate and Volcano National Park is closed.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted on April 9, sending impressive lava fountains over 200 meters high, marking its 44th ...

Lava exploded more than 200 meters (about 700 feet) into the air as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted on Thursday. A video of the eruption shows bright orange lava spurting from the volcano on the Big ...

Lava flowed from the summit of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on Thursday 9 April, with fountains reaching heights of 625ft (190M), according to the United States Geological Survey. The geological agency ...

One of the world's most active volcanoes has begun erupting this week, shooting fountains of lava into the sky ...

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Rangers evacuating the area reported softball-sized chunks of tephra falling across the overlook near Kilauea Military Camp.

Dubbed the Kikai caldera, this mostly-underwater caldera located south of Japan’s Ryuku Islands last erupted 7,300 years ago, ...