Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting episodically, and as it progresses, the lava fountain's heights are rising.

Kilauea has been erupting episodically — starting and stopping for a period — inside Halemaumau Crater within Hawaii ...

Episode 17 of the eruption featured lava fountains reaching 50 to 200 feet from the south vent and lasted 35.5 hours. The north vent activity ceased Tuesday morning, and the north vent pond collapsed ...

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Mauna Loa is not erupting. Its USGS Volcano Alert Level is at NORMAL. No earthquakes were reported felt in the Hawaiian Islands during the past week. Thomas-Jon Hoomanawanui is HVO’s systems ...

You can see Kilauea’s churning “lake” from overlooks in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and you can watch its lava tubes bleed into the ocean several miles southeast. For all these reasons ...

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Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes and revered as the divine creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Every year, people leave over 10,000 offerings at Pele’s shrine at Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

There is a reason people travel all over the world to Hawaii — it’s truly a slice of paradise. While there are botanical gardens, waterfalls, and hiking trails that amaze and inspire on the islands, ...

During a monitoring overflight on April 9, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory field crews observed that the ponded lava in the north vent from April 8 had drained and/or collapsed.

When a volcano erupts there can be lava, ash, steam or gaseous emissions. Sometimes eruptions are explosive and lava is thrown out as volcanic bombs. Hotspots are places where the magma rises up ...