The committee hopes that if a major eruption were to occur in the United States in the year 2010, the USGS VHP would be prepared to respond in a manner more similar to Prologue 2 than to Prologue 1.

Volcanologists monitoring the Pacific Northwest have issued renewed warnings about several volcanic systems along the Cascade Range that are showing elevated seismic and thermal activity. The USGS ...

During volcanic crises, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) plays a pivotal role, sharing information on activity and associated hazards with close partners on the Island of Hawaii, including ...

Mount Dukono, a stratovolcano on the northern tip of Indonesia’s Halmahera Island, reportedly unleashed 86 explosions in a ...

Dr. John Eichelberger is the program coordinator for the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. He has more than 34 years of experience as a volcano expert and was previously the chair of the University of ...

Mt. Vesuvius, located in Campania Region (Southern Italy), is considered one of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes due to its probability of future explosive eruptions in a densely populated area.

Not all of the problematic issues identified during this review could be neatly categorized as affecting only research, assessment, monitoring, crisis response, or outreach. Several of the barriers to ...