Hot lava was caught on camera shooting more than 1,000 feet into the air.

Kīlauea volcano in Hawaiʻi Island erupted dramatically, sending lava fountains reaching 1,300 feet high. This event marked ...

Most webcams used by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory take a snapshot every few minutes to conserve bandwidth, but three webcams are currently “livestreaming” — meaning they transmit real-time ...

Since late 2024, Klauea has unleashed 42 episodic fountaining events, each typically lasting a day or less, separated by ...

The latest activity marks Episode 42 of Kilauea’s ongoing summit eruption, which began on December 23, 2024. This new episode started at 5:20 am IST on February 16, 2026, inside the Halemaumau crater ...

Live view of Kilauea, Hawaii’s most active volcano. The volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been erupting on-and-off since December 2024.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Episode 42 ended at about 11:38 p.m. Sunday after nine hours ...

Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding how volcanoes work. Technological advancements — such as livestreaming ...

This map shows the tephra fall associated with episode 41 of Kilauea's episodic summit eruption, on Jan. 24. Tephra is a generic word for any material erupted by a volcano that travels through the air ...

KILAUEA, Hawaii – Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again on Wednesday for the 39th time in a year, continuing to be among one of the world’s most active volcanoes. The eruption began on the ...

Kilauea has been erupting episodically within the summit caldera since Dec. 23, 2024. Its USGS Volcano Alert level is WATCH.