Previous Feature Stories

The feature stories appearing on our home page since October 1998 are accessible from the list provided below. Topics range from volcanic features on the Big Island, guided tours of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, eruptions and eventful earthquakes, what's happening at Puʻu ʻŌʻō, water temperatures at lava ocean entries, gaseous emissions from the volcano, to other topics about the work of scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Sep. 19, 2013	Are you ready for Hawaii's next big earthquake?
July 9, 2013	HVO monitors more than volcanoes
June 28, 2013	Time-Lapse Summary of Two Years of Halemaʻumaʻu Activity
Apr. 19, 2013	Hawaiian Volcanoes: From Source to Surface
Feb. 7, 2013	Volcano Awareness Continues
Dec. 20, 2012	Volcano Awareness Month
Oct. 11, 2012	New USGS Fact Sheet about Mauna Loa available online
Sep. 11, 2012	HVO Happenings / Hawaiian Volcanoes—This month in History
Aug. 17, 2012	HVO's 100th anniversary commemoration continues
Feb. 1, 2012	Recent USGS Publications about Hawaiian Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Jan. 10, 2012	January 2012 HVO's 100th Anniversary and Volcano Awareness Month
Dec. 1, 2011	HVO—100 years ago this December / Preview of coming events
Nov. 1, 2011	HVO—100 years ago this month (November) / Hawaiian volcanoes—This month in history (November)
Oct. 1, 2011	HVO—100 years ago this month (October) / Hawaiian volcanoes—This month in history (October)
Sep. 1, 2011	HVO—100 years ago this month (September) / Hawaiian volcanoes—This month in history (September)
Aug. 1, 2011	HVO—100 years ago this month (August) / Hawaiian volcanoes—This month in history (August)
July 1, 2011	HVO—100 years ago this month / Hawaiian volcanoes—This month in history
June 1, 2011	This month in Hawaiian volcano history . . . June
May 1, 2011	This month in Hawaiian volcano history . . . .
April 1, 2011	This month in Hawaiian volcano history . . . .
Mar. 6, 2011	This month in Hawaiian volcano history . . . .
Dec. 10, 2010	Volcano Awareness Month
Feb. 12, 2010	Volcano Awareness: A Good Idea for Every Month
Dec. 1, 2009	January 2010 Proclaimed Volcano Awareness Month
Aug. 24, 2009	HVO seeks photos of historic Hawaiian eruptions or volcanic landscapes
May 19, 2009	2009—A year of noteworthy volcano anniversaries in Hawaiʻi
Mar. 20, 2009	Mauna Loa's Silver Anniversary
Aug. 20, 2008	2008 Marked by Significant Changes on Kīlauea
June 18, 2008	What's Happening on Kīlauea?
Mar. 24, 2008	Halema`uma`u gas plume
Sept. 8, 2007	Lava erupting from vents east of Puʻu ʻŌʻō
July 23, 2007	Lava quietly returns to Puʻu ʻŌʻō crater
June 26, 2007	Kīlauea still restless despite no lava at surface
June 19, 2007	Ongoing changes at Kīlauea Volcano
October 2006	Two Damaging Earthquakes with Revised Magnitudes 6.7 and 6.0 Occur on Northwest side of Hawai'i Island
July 2006	Longtime observer says "Aloha"
August 2005	Kīlauea: an explosive volcano in Hawaiʻi
June 2005	In Memoriam, Robert W. Decker 1927 - 2005
January 2005	Live panorama images of Puʻu ʻŌʻō's crater
June 2004	Kīlauea lava flows entering ocean again
Dec. 2003	In Memoriam, Donald Peterson, 1925-2003
Nov. 2003	In Memoriam, Eric Rutherford, August 8, 1974 - November 12, 2003
Oct. 2003	New CD-ROM of Kīlauea: Selected Images of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō - Kupaianaha eruption, 1983-1997
July 2003	USGS report describes research results of the ongoing eruption of Kīlauea
July 2003	The age of young lava flows on Haleakala's crater floor, East Maui volcano
Feb. 2003	New USGS Fact Sheet Summarizes the Ongoing Puʻu ʻŌʻō - Kupaianaha Eruption
Jan. 2003	Open House of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Oct. 2002	Mauna Loa is Inflating Again
Sept. 2002	How lava builds new land that can suddenly collapse—enjoy the show, but be aware potential danger
May 2002	New photo gallery of the east rift zone of Kīlauea Volcano
Oct. 2001	Annual deformation surveys completed for Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes
May 2001	The 1924 explosions of Kīlauea volcano
April 2001	Lava flows from current eruption cover 7.25 percent of Kīlauea Volcano
Nov. 2000	Viewing lava safely—common sense is not enough
Oct. 2000	New state-of-the-art volcano monitoring instruments installed on Mauna Loa and Kīlauea
Sept. 2000	50th anniversary of the 1950 eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano
May 2000	Lava covered Kalapana 10 years ago
Jan. 2000	1960 Kapoho eruption of Kīlauea 40 years old
Nov. 1999	40th anniversary of "The Eruption" of Kīlauea Iki"
May 1999	Explosive eruptions at Kīlauea Volcano?
Mar. 1999	Watching lava enter the ocean can be dangerous
Feb. 1999	Sharing the aloha of the Hawaiian language
Dec. 1998	Thank goodness November has passed!
Oct. 1998	Photo tour of Kīlauea Volcano's summit caldera