Kilauea’s Halema‘uma‘u crater, with a style of activity not seen for nearly 40 years. The eruption, characterized by high lava-fountaining episodes, has continued for nearly a year. Hawaii Volcanoes ...

The production of maps to track the progress of ongoing eruptions has long been part of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory mission to inform the public about volcanic hazards in Hawaii. The methods ...

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go, and will it erupt? But even long after the activity ...

One of the U.S. state is known as the ‘Land of Volcanoes.’ The islands were formed there by volcanic eruptions over millions ...

In Volcano area, hear a Kilauea summit eruption update at the Kilauea Military Camp the evening of January 26, and learn all about volcanology and how we monitor volcanoes during an evening ...

Mars shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity, including Olympus Mons, a massive shield volcano. Ceres' Ahuna Mons is a cryovolcano, erupting salty water instead of lava. Io, Jupiter's ...

The latest catalog expands the number of previously known Venusian volcanoes by a factor of 50. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

When you think of the United States, images of sprawling cities and vast landscapes might come to mind, but not the hidden and ever-present geological threat: volcanoes. While you might associate ...

For years, scientists have wondered why North America’s highest mountain is not a volcano. All the ingredients for volcanic activity lurk deep beneath Denali, which sits above where one planetary ...