#USGS Volcano Volcano Alert

Volcano Watch: Hualālai’s Wahapele eruption: cone-building, explosive phreatic activity, and lava flows

While our attention is generally drawn to the Island of Hawai‘i’s most active volcanoes, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, it is also important to keep watch on the Island of Hawai‘i’s third-most active volcano, Hualālai, which underlies the most populated areas of Kailua-Kona and the central Kona coast.