Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, home of ancient Hawaiian lava and volcano goddess Pele, is situated within larger, steep-walled ...

Watch live as the world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, erupts for the first time in almost 40 years ...

Kilauea, one of Hawaii’s most active volcanoes, just erupted, sending lava over 1,000 feet into the air and visitors to the state’s most famous national park scrambling for cover. The 4,000-foot ...

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting intermittently since December last year. A volcanic eruption may have set off a chain reaction that led to Europe's deadliest ...

A dormant volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has recently come back to life after more than 400 years of inactivity. The Krasheninnikova volcano began erupting in early August 2025, capturing the ...

Kilauea in Hawai’i has been in a state of near-constant eruption for decades, providing researchers with a uniquely reliable setting to study one of our planet’s most unpredictable and destructive ...

Ever wonder what it would look like to be engulfed in a lava fountain as you choke on volcanic ash and burn to death? No? Well, you’re wondering now, aren’t you? Don’t worry, what you’re about to see ...

Tiny crystals suggest extinct volcanoes could still grow underground, a finding that could reshape how scientists assess ...

We are used to seeing eruptions from the summit region of Kilauea contained to the region that is referred to as Halema‘uma‘u ...

Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by US Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists ...