According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake hit at 9:46 p.m. local time near Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo in the South Kona region of Hawaii Island. The quake struc ...

Dominant northeast trade winds during most of the fountaining episodes carried the hazardous eruption plumes to the southwest ...

Kīlauea has erupted episodically since Dec. 23, 2024, within the summit caldera. Episode 47 of lava fountaining happened for 9 hours May 14-15. No unusual activity is noted along Kīlauea’s East Rift ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can't know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with the world's largest active volcano.

This inter-volcano response illustrates how Mauna Loa’s activity can affect stress fields across the island and potentially influence other volcanic systems. Currently, instruments on Mauna Loa show ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift Zone severely impacted the Ka‘u district. However, this may not have been the ...

Ash and lava have begun spewing out of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island -- the largest active volcano in the world. The activity, which began Sunday around 11:30 p.m. and continued into ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego reported today that carbon ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists can’t know ...