When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How ...

By the end of the day, about 7 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, data from 16 crystals was collected and analyzed. The data, which was shared with Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, showed that the erupted ...

Scientists have long known that volcanoes shaped the near side of the Moon, visible from Earth. However, very little was ...

Magnitude-3.4 at 12:46 a.m. March 11 at 10 miles southeast of Pāhala and depth of 20 miles. Magnitude-3.4 at 4:08 p.m. March 10 at 3 miles west of Puakō and depth of 21 miles.

None of the analyzed lakes had a hot spot in the middle, Mura notes, suggesting that magma doesn’t simply upwell at a lake’s center. He and his team hope to understand whether multiple lava ...

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

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park saw first signs of activity at around midnight when seven small, short-lived lava flows ...

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 ...

March 27 marks the anniversary of the onset of Mauna Loa’s dramatic 1868 eruption, when lava flows from the Southwest Rift ...

Lava spatters inside and flows down the side of the north vent inside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on ...

There may be a legitimate geologic reason—magma remaining stored in the rift zone, or lava lost offshore—but 19th century mapping methods were coarse by modern standards, so the volume ...

BACOLOD CITY (PIA) — The solidification of magma inside the volcano near the crater traps the ... evacuated from within the 6-kilometer radius due to the threats of lava flow, rockfall, and lahar and ...