Hawaii volcano

WATCH: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts red hot lava, knocks out remote camera

December 09, 2025 12:18 pm

A monitoring camera which was being operated by the US Geological Survey (USGS) was taken offline on Saturday after a powerful eruption at Kilauea, which is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.

Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii erupts: What is the science behind volcanic eruptions?

November 30, 2022 9:32 am

The Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii has not been a cause for worry, and the intensity of an explosion depends on many factors. We explain.

Where Mauna Loa, Hawaii's biggest volcano, will erupt from

November 04, 2022 9:04 am

Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984, is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago.

Hawaii: 5.0 earthquake hits during Mauna Loa volcano unrest

October 15, 2022 7:14 am

Hundreds of responses on the USGS earthquakes website reported weak-to-light shaking across the vast island.

Erupting Hawaii volcano's alert level is lowered to 'watch'

October 06, 2021 12:24 pm

Kilauea had a major eruption in 2018 that destroyed more than 700 homes and displaced thousands of residents. Before that eruption, the volcano had been slowly erupting for decades, but mostly not in densely populated residential areas.

As Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii, social media flooded with pictures, videos of spectacle

December 22, 2020 6:52 pm

According to reports, in the first few hours of the eruption, lava mixed rapidly with water in the summit’s Crater Lake to create steam. The sky above the eruption also reportedly turned into shades of orange and red.

Volcanic lava 'bomb' injures 22 people on tour boat in Hawaii

July 17, 2018 9:08 am

The boat was able to return to its port in Hilo less than an hour later, and three of the injured were taken to a local hospital by ambulance, Okinaka said

Scientists: No way to know when Hawaii eruption will end

June 08, 2018 2:01 pm

The fast-moving lava poured into the low-laying coastal Hawaii neighborhoods in just two days this week, destroying hundreds of homes.

Hawaii volcano lava destroys hundreds of homes overnight

June 07, 2018 10:21 am

The latest lost homes were in addition to at least 117 others that were previously reported by officials since lava began spilling last month from cracks in the ground in a mostly rural district of the Big Island.

Fast lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano closes highway

May 30, 2018 3:23 pm

Kilauea entered its fourth week of what may be an unprecedented, simultaneous eruption at its summit crater and along a six-mile (9.7-km) string of fissures 25 miles (40 km) down its east flank.

Mauna Loa: World's largest active volcano in Hawaii erupts for first time in 38 years

November 29, 2022 3:24 pm

In Pictures: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to keep residents on edge

May 11, 2018 3:39 pm

A similar 1924 explosion threw pulverised rock, ash and steam as high as nine kilometers into the sky, for a couple of weeks. Kilauea has been continuously erupting since 1983 and is one of five volcanoes that make up the Big Island.