Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawaii’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This week we explore how the beach at Pohoiki, near the ...

The beach at Pohoiki grew rapidly in the year following the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea and has continued ...

Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes and revered as the divine creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Every year, people leave over 10,000 offerings at Pele’s shrine at Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

No unusual activity has been noted along Kilauea’s East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone. Mauna Loa is not erupting. Its USGS ...

Hawaii, an archipelago in the tropics, sits 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles) into the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.

When fully implemented, the warning and mnitoring system will operate through an interoperable network of domestic volcano observatories. Central to its success will be the National Volcano ...

For many Native Hawaiians, an eruption of a volcano like Mauna Loa has a deep yet very personal cultural significance.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The volcano's latest eruption began on December 23 and has been pausing and resuming since. The largest of the state’s six ...

Mauna Loa is not erupting. Its USGS Volcano Alert Level is at NORMAL. Two earthquakes were reported felt in the Hawaiian Islands during the past week: a M3.3 earthquake 20 km (12 mi) SSE of ...

The volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has been erupting on-and-off since Dec ... The largest is Mauna Loa, which is also on the Big Island and which erupted in 2022.

Kilauea and Mauna Loa each have two major rift zones that radiate away from the volcano summits, and rift zone eruptions are common. Mauna Loa’s 2022 eruption, and Kilauea’s 1983–2018 Pu‘u ...