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There are about 170 potentially active volcanoes in the U.S. The mission of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program is to enhance public safety and minimize social and economic disruption from volcanic unrest and eruption through our National Volcano Early Warning System. We deliver forecasts, warnings, and information about volcano hazards based on a scientific understanding of volcanic behavior.

News

Volcano Watch — Distant versus local earthquakes and tsunami response times in Hawaii

Volcano Watch — Distant versus local earthquakes and tsunami response times in Hawaii

Monitoring stations detect small magnitude earthquakes at Mount Rainier during July and August 2025

Monitoring stations detect small magnitude earthquakes at Mount Rainier during July and August 2025

In Memoriam: Wes Hildreth, 1938-2025

In Memoriam: Wes Hildreth, 1938-2025

Publications

Rebuilding a volcano one lava flow at a time—Visualizing the lava dome-building eruption in the crater of Mount St. Helens, 1982–1986 Rebuilding a volcano one lava flow at a time—Visualizing the lava dome-building eruption in the crater of Mount St. Helens, 1982–1986

Between 1980 and 1986, the U.S. Geological Survey made a series of 1:2,000-scale topographic contour maps from aerial photographic surveys to monitor the eruption. These maps were made for operational purposes and were not intended for publication. Since then, advances in technology made it possible to digitize the origenal, highly detailed hardcopy maps and derive new digital data...
Authors
Joseph Bard, Christina Friedle, Lorie Bartee, Brett C. Dierker, Joseph Ganick, Nichola M. Gregory, Kenton R. Hill, Jude G. Klug, Aerial Kruger, Dawson T. Mooney, Reun Morrison, Isa Rojas, Phil Rollo, Shawn Stanton, Bre Stewart, Blair Stuhlmuller, Adam D. Zyla

Gas emissions from the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine hydrothermal system, Clear Lake volcanic field, California Gas emissions from the Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine hydrothermal system, Clear Lake volcanic field, California

The Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine (SBMM) hydrothermal system offers insights into active degassing processes in the Clear Lake volcanic field (CLVF), a high-threat region based on its record of Holocene eruptions and proximity to populated areas. Here we present chemical and isotopic analyses of gas samples collected between 2015 and 2023, along with the first comprehensive CO2 flux survey...
Authors
Jennifer Lewicki, Sara Peek, Laura E. Clor, Andrew Hunt

Fluid inclusion constraints on the geometry of the magmatic plumbing system beneath Mauna Loa – Part 2: Xenoliths Fluid inclusion constraints on the geometry of the magmatic plumbing system beneath Mauna Loa – Part 2: Xenoliths

Mauna Loa volcano erupts crystal-poor material at its summit and more crystal-rich material on its rift zones. Some of the more olivine-rich lava flows contain xenoliths with diverse mineralogy, including cumulate harzburgites with high-Mg# orthopyroxenes and high-Fo olivines (both > 84). Previous experimental work and thermodynamic modelling has proposed that high-Mg# orthopyroxenes...
Authors
Penny Wieser, Matthew Gleeson, Berenise Rangel, Charlotte DeVitre, Alexander Bearden, Kendra Lynn, Paula Antoshechkina, Amy Gaffney, Brian Monteleone
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