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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

Photo & Video Chronology — March 20, 2025 — Kīlauea summit eruption episode 14

Photo & Video Chronology — March 20, 2025 — Kīlauea summit eruption episode 14

Volcano Watch — A collapse at Mauna Loa’s summit in 1868, like Kīlauea’s in 2018?

Volcano Watch — A collapse at Mauna Loa’s summit in 1868, like Kīlauea’s in 2018?

Photo & Video Chronology — March 19, 2025 — Kīlauea summit eruption

Photo & Video Chronology — March 19, 2025 — Kīlauea summit eruption

Publications

Deposits of volcanic wet flows

No abstract available.
Authors
T.C. Pierson, Lee Siebert, Kevin M. Scott

lasertram: A Python library for time resolved analysis of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry data

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) data has a wide variety of uses in the geosciences for in-situ chemical analysis of complex natural materials. Improvements to instrument capabilities and operating software have drastically reduced the time required to generate large volumes of data relative to previous methodologies. Raw data from LA-ICP-MS...
Authors
Jordan Edward Lubbers, Adam J.R. Kent, Chris Russo

Grfin Tools—User guide and methods for modeling landslide runout and debris-flow growth and inundation

The software package, Grfin Tools, can estimate potential runout from landslides or inundation from geophysical mass flows such as debris flows, lahars from volcanoes, and rock avalanches within a digital elevation model (DEM). Grfin is an acronym of growth + flow + inundation. The tools within this package apply simple, well-tested, empirical models of runout that are computationally...
Authors
Mark E. Reid, Dianne L. Brien, Collin Cronkite-Ratcliff, Jonathan P. Perkins
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