After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

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

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

The known sequence of Maunaloa’s 1868 events began with an eruptive phase beginning at about dawn March 27 at the summit, lasting a couple of hours. Seismicity escalated thereafter, with Kaʻū ...

She eagerly proceeded to provide an overview of Jewish life on Oahu – the island which is home to the state capital of ...

When a dike reaches the surface, it often erupts as a linear curtain of lava, as several recent eruptions on the Island of Hawaii have ... Loa updates, volcano photos, maps, recent earthquake ...

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 ...

The episodic summit eruption of Kilauea in Halema‘uma‘u crater has been going on for over three months now, with sixteen ...

Researchers uncover a possible active underwater volcano chain near the Cook Islands, hinting at fresh geological activity.

A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, a country in Polynesia made up of 171 islands with a population of a little ...

And then there are the volcanoes. Big Island's most visited volcanoes are found in the in the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, on the southeast side. Kailua-Kona (or Kona, for short) is known for ...