Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted in early May, sending a smoldering flow of lava into residential areas on the Big Island. Authorities ordered people living in Leilani Estates and Lanipuna ...

Geologists say Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode.

During that last eruption, the lava flow came within 4.5 miles of the island's largest population center. In mid-September, Moana Loa began a period of "heightened unrest," according to the USGS ...

Six small, short-lived lava flows erupted at Kilaueaʻs Halemaʻumaʻu crater between midnight and 6 a.m. on Wednesday, March 19 ...

Officially, the rule is that you have to keep 500 metres away from the lava, but from the many images of curious tourists online, it seems that no one sticks to this.

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 ...

Episode 12 started this morning with “sluggish” lava flows from the south and north vents of the summit caldera, according to HVO. But at about 12:45 p.m., small fountains within the south ...

Fountains from the north vent ceased 11 minutes earlier, scientists said. Lava flows from the latest episode covered about 75% of the floor of Halemaumau within the southern part of the caldera ...