Residents and visitors are on alert after Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano entered its fifth eruptive episode since December on Wednesday.
Kilauea's volcanic activity on Wednesday marked the fifth episode since the latest eruption began in December 2024.
Instead, volcanoes have formed the long chain of islands because of the "Hawaiian hot spot". A hot spot is made up of super-heated material deep inside the earth, located in the middle of a plate.
From the rim of the caldera in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park you ... Big Island is currently on top of a lava producing “hot spot” in the earth, but today’s display is especially impressive ...
Mauna Loa, which means "long mountain" in Hawaiian, is the largest active ... up underneath Mauna Loa and neighbouring volcanoes from a "hotspot" deep within the Earth. Unlike many volcanoes ...
A hotspot that is now located in the Atlantic played a key role in forming the lakes, home to a fifth of the world's fresh ...
Axial Seamount is a young, 30 million-year-old undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. coast, and it’s expected to ...
Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is erupting with fountains of lava. Check out a USGS livestream from within the Halema'uma'u crater.
An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say. Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most ...
HAWAII COUNTY, Hawaii – Kilauea volcano's eruption has significantly slowed and appears to be paused, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The eruption occurred about 2:20 a.m. local ...
A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed where they did.
The Big Island offers a unique volcano experience and continues to grow ... Oahu’s Pearl Harbor beckons the history ...