Disease could kill most of the ‘ohi‘a forests on Hawaii’s Big Island within 20 years
Ten years ago, a mysterious new disease was found sweeping through Hawaii’s native ‘ohi‘a forests, killing off the foundation ...
Big Island Now9h
Volcano Watch: ʻAilāʻau or Kualoloa? Hawaiian chant suggests lava flow name change
Examining familiar place names in the chant, compared with the geographic extent of the flow field mapped by Holcomb, ...
Earthquake swarm detected around underwater volcano near Hawaii
The U.S. Geological Survey says it has detected an increase seismic activity around Kamaʻehuakanaloa. The underwater volcano ...
Big Island Now13d
Volcano Watch – Tilting toward lava: How tiltmeters monitor volcano activity
Tiltmeters are a crucial component of the volcanic monitoring network in Hawaii. By detecting subtle changes in ground ...
ABC News3d
World's largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022
About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby ...
Yahoo12d
Earthquake swarm detected around underwater volcano near Hawaii
HONOLULU, Hawaii – Seismologists believe a recent uptick in earthquake activity off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island is likely associated with the movement of magma beneath an underwater ...
Hawaii's underwater volcano rocked by dozens of earthquakes since the weekend
An undersea volcano off the southeastern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii has been rocked by a swarm of more than 70 ...
Swarm of small quakes shakes undersea volcano off Hawaii island
COURTESY USGS A swarm of small earthquakes struck Kama’ehuakanaloa volcano, formerly called Lo’ihi Seamount, off Hawaii island’s southeast coast today. Scores of small earthquakes—the largest at ...