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MEDIA RELEASE Recent research showing that Kilauea Volcano has experienced long periods of explosive eruptions during the past 2,500 years will be the topic of a presentation at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Don Swanson, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, will give the free presentation on Kilauea’s explosive history [...]

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* Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium * April 5 – “The 1790 Eruption of Kilauea: What Happened, and Could it Happen Again?” The 1790 eruption was Kilauea’s largest explosive event in at least 800 years, and the more than 80 fatalities give Kilauea the dubious distinction of being the most lethal [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Take a guided hike to Mauna Ulu, and learn how the dramatic volcanic landscape was created more than 40 years ago from a scientist who watched it happen. Don Swanson, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, witnessed the first two years of Kilauea Volcano’s 1969–1974 east rift zone eruption. [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE An explosive eruption that killed more than 80, and possibly several hundred, people on Kilauea Volcano’s slopes 220 years ago will be the topic of a presentation at the University of Hawaii at Hilo on Friday, Jan. 7. Don Swanson, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), will give [...]

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(Volcano Watch is a weekly article written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) “Volcano Watch is a weekly article and activity update written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.” These words — the byline at the end of each article — are often overlooked, leaving some readers [...]

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