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September 8, 2026—Kīlauea summit eruption reference map
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (44+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS September 8, 2026—Kīlauea summit eruption reference map - Vent level below crater rim: 60 meters (195 feet) - Vent height to surrounding lava: 50 meters (165 feet)...
New Kīlauea summit eruption map | U.S. Geological Survey
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (112+ words) New Kīlauea summit eruption map usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS New Kīlauea summit eruption map This reference map depicts the Kīlauea summit eruption within Halema‘uma‘u crater that began on December 23, 2024. Most of…...
Images - Kīlauea | U.S. Geological Survey
1+ week, 1+ day ago (565+ words) Kīlauea images of eruptive activity, field work, and more. Seaward sliding of Kīlauea's south flank over many thousands of years has resulted in large ground displacements along shallow faults that break the surface, as shown by the cliffs ("pali" in…...
Is California going to "lose" a threatening volcano?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (348+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Is California going to "lose" a threatening volcano? It's National Preparedness Month, and USGS geologists are currently reassessing the list of young and threatening volcanoes in California and Nevada....
New Kīlauea summit eruption tephra map
1+ week, 3+ day ago (111+ words) usgs.gov The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory produced a new map following a helicopter LiDAR survey of the ongoing Kīlauea summit tephra deposit and crater floor shortly after the end of lava fountaining episode 52 the morning of July 29, 2026. This map…...
USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Now Covers 50 States, U.S. Territories
1+ week, 3+ day ago (455+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Now Covers 50 States, U.S. Territories New version unlocks geology critical to understanding resources and hazards across the Nation RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey today…...
USGS and Nebraska Release First-Ever Statewide Map of Surface Geology
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (186+ words) RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have released the first statewide map depicting the geology at Nebraska's land surface, closing a long-standing gap in the nation's geologic map coverage. Until now, Nebraska had no modern…...
August 25, 2026 — Kīlauea summit eruption episode 54
2+ week, 5+ day ago (126+ words) The landscape at the summit of Kīlauea has changed during the course of the episodic lava fountaining eruption that began in December 2024. This photograph, taken during episode 54 on August 25, 2026, shows the impressive hill of tephra on the west rim of…...
August 25, 2026 — Episode 54 at Kīlauea summit
2+ week, 5+ day ago (49+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS August 25, 2026 — Episode 54 at Kīlauea summit Episode 54 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea began at 10:30 a.m. HST on August 25, 2026....
August 12, 2026 — Episode 53 plume at sunset
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (101+ words) This wide-angle, panoramic photo from the northwest rim of Halemaʻumaʻu shows the outgassing plume from Kīlauea summit eruption episode 53 lofting vertically and then drifting west—towards the summit of Mauna Loa—on August 12, 2026. The sun was setting behind the plume,…...