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Chronology of recent volcanic activity on the Island of Hawai‘i, Hawaii

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1750-01-01
End Date
2023-12-31

Citation

Mulliken, K.M., Kauahikaua, J.P., Swanson, D.A., and Zoeller, M.H., 2024, Chronology of recent volcanic activity on the Island of Hawai‘i, Hawaii: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9V3NQYB.

Summary

The youngest and largest island in the State of Hawaii—the Island of Hawai‘i—is formed by five volcanoes, three of which have erupted within recent geologic history: Mauna Loa, Kīlauea, and Hualālai. This data release provides a chronology for activity and impacts at Mauna Loa, Kīlauea, and Hualālai over approximately the past two and a half centuries. This data release includes a word document, “HI_volcanoes_chronology_description,” that describes the data compilation process and provides simple summary tables of eruptive activity and maps. A CSV file contains the compiled eruption chronology data for all volcanoes—"HI_volcanoes_chronology_data”—references for which are provided in a separate CSV file titled “HI_volcanoes_chronology_references.” [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Originator :
Katherine M Mulliken, James P Kauahikaua, Donald A Swanson, Michael H Zoeller
Metadata Contact :
Katherine M Mulliken, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Volcano Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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HI_volcanoes_chronology_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		27.57 KB application/fgdc+xml
HI_volcanoes_chronology_data.csv
“Compiled chronology data” 		184.05 KB text/csv
HI_volcanoes_chronology_references.csv
“References” 		44.17 KB text/csv
HI_volcanoes_chronology_data_and_references.xlsx
“Formatted excel file with compiled chronology data and references” 		103.34 KB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
HI_volcanoes_chronology_description.docx
“Document describing the data release” 		2.13 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Purpose

A chronology documenting geologically recent volcanic activity is useful for understanding where and when activity occurred in the past, as well as the scale of activity. This information informs the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), whose mission it is to monitor, investigate, and assess volcanic hazards in Hawaii, of the potential character of future eruption scenarios.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9V3NQYB

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