Kilauea Volcano Videos

Shield volcano 1277 m (4,190 ft)
Hawai'i, 19.41°N / -155.29°W

Kilauea volcano: activity at Pu'u 'O'o during the past 2 weeks

Time-lapse video of the thermal webcam placed on the northern rim of Pu'u 'O'o. 3 active vents with occasional small lava overflows are visible. More at http://webcams.volcanodiscovery.com

Time-lapse of Kīlauea lava flowing downhill on September 21, 2013

Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i: Lava from Kīlauea volcano's Peace Day fissure eruption flows downhill towards Kalapana on September 21, 2013. These lava flows have been active on and off for the past 2 weeks, after a partial change in the plumbing system of the volcano. Contact us for more information about visiting this and other fantastic volcanic sites!

Eruption Update

Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): intense seismic swarm

The seismic swarm has been continuing over the past 24 hours (image: HVO)

An elevated seismic unrest has been continuing beneath the volcano's Southwest Rift connector over the past hours. ... Read all

Sat, 14 Oct 2023, 17:12

Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): uplift has reached 10 cm, continuing magma intrusion manifests in elevated inflation

Colored fringes denote areas of ground deformation and yellow circles denote earthquake locations (image: HVO)

A new InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensing revealed a ground uplift beneath the southwestern area of the volcano from 24 Sept-10 Oct, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) reported. ... Read all

Satellite photo of Kilauea volcano, showing the summit caldera and parts of its east rift zone with the active vent Pu'u 'O'o.

Three-dimesional view of Kilauea volcano based on satellite imagery.

Map of Kilauea volcano, Big Island Hawai'i

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